The reading that was assigned to us in class made me look at sports in a different light. As the author said early in the piece, i would consider football the most common sport in america due to its wide spread attention and how college football is like a platform for the pros, that gets just as much attention, if not more, in the media and in households as well. But because of its largely spread popularity, is it not a top sport because of the limited amount of spots there are to play in it? football is a rough gruesome sport that requires physical ability, that of which once you get to a certain age, if you are not training for it, you most likely are not good enough to play. Therefore, i agree with this because i have never looked at a sports popularity by the amount of people who actually play the sport.
In addition, i have never looked at a sport for me as a recreational sport. To me a sport is a sport whether it is a pick up basketball game or playing high school baseball; if you are competing you are playing. however, this piece says that there are two different reasons people play sports; extrinsic or intrinsic reward. Extrinsic meaning external rewards such as money or fame, intrinsic meaning internal rewards such as fitness or pride. throughout this reading i enjoyed what was being said because i truly have never looked at sports in such depth. To me sports is something i enjoy to do and it had never been something that i had even thought about analyzing in this depth
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