Powell 1 Grayson Powell LeAnne Garner English 1010 1 December 2010 Football Versus Futbol Football Association, better known in America as soccer, is the single most popular sport in the entire world. While football is one of the most popular sports in America, soccer is loved and favored in countries all over the world. Having played both soccer and football in high school, I feel that soccer is a more difficult sport to play than football, because it is a sport that requires a great amount of skill, concentration, and endurance. There are many reasons why soccer is better than football. Soccer is the original football.
However in 2006, a scandal was unearthed that shocked all of those who paid interest in football. Over the course of the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, a few of the bigger sides in the league became avaricious with their need of winning. Orchestrated mainly by those involved at Juventus, a series of matches in the two seasons aforementioned were fixed by directors to ensure a positive outcome, increasing their chances of winning the league. Along with AC Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Reggina, the affectionately named “Old Lady” was rocked by accusations that initially stripped them of the championship titles that they won in 04-05 and 05-06, a two division relegation and a 30 point deduction. Juventus would be classed as Faustian, as they were successful beforehand, but the greed of wanting more success by any means meant resorting to underhanded and dishonourable tactics to do so.
Football has become the most popular sport in the United States. Millions of people gather to watch it every weekend and its popularity is rising. Football has always been a full-contact sport. Throughout the years, injuries have stayed apart of the game and the league has been engaged in increasing player safety. Many attempts have been made but it is impossible to make this game safe despite rule changes recently added to the rule book, the newfound studies of concussions, and the improvement of equipment.
To counter that argument however I’d refer back to my introduction, 22 years ago, the FA officially joined with the W(omens)FA to try and make women’s football more spread to the masses, the FA is one of the biggest footballing corporations in the world and make billions annually, yet they aren’t afraid to express constant support for gender equality in Britain, the FA hopes in the next 23 years both genders will be equally recognised within their beloved sport. It isn’t only social factors that circulate around gender equality (or differences) in football. Technology is also part of this due to the incredibly popular sports game franchise, FIFA. Not to be mistaken for the football federation for which the game was titled. For 18 years FIFA has been growing under the development of EA Sports.
Union rugby, preferred greatly by Private and Grammar Schools across the UK, was seen as a sport for the upper and middle classes, in Ireland an illustration of the Dublin 4 stereotype, and the image of a rich, stuck up and arrogant rugby jock was an inspiration to Ross O’Carroll Kelly’s best-selling novels. League rugby on the other hand was more for middle and working class citizens, mainly played by small village teams consisting of industrial workers. The game The point of the game, as with most of the other football codes, it to bring the ball, in this case an egg shaped ball, across the opponent’s try line to score points. Five points are awarded every time the ball crosses the try line. The only way the ball can advance up the field is by one of the players running with it because forwards passes are not allowed.
Football Too Dangerous? High School Football has become more dangerous over the years due to the causes of brain disease, Concussions and fractures. High school football players nationally, have sustained more than half a million injuries. High School football has been shown to become more dangerous due to high levels of ankle and knee injuries. The player’s positions that sustained more of these tragic injuries were “Running Backs” also “Linebackers”.
Players would punch, kick, bite, and gouge other players; sometimes, fans would start rioting, which also added to the unnecessary violence. King Edward of England put in regulations stating that anyone caught playing soccer would face imprisonment. Today, soccer is the most played sport everywhere in the world. It is most popular in Europe and South America though. Some famous players include Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Real Madrid, Lionel Messi, who plays for F.C.
[Writer Name] [Supervisor Name] [Subject] [Date] Football and Cultural Representation Introduction The football is special and is the ultimate sport for the masses. This game is famous all over the world. Football is considered to be the sport that is famous among the people of all the age groups. The football competitions are being watched in the whole world. This sport is also provides an opportunity for the people to show their strong connection and patriotism when their team plays on the local and international grounds.
INTRODUCTION According to the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), football is currently the world’s most popular sport, with an estimated 2.65 billion people practicing the sport worldwide in over 200 countries . Much of its popular success has been attributed to its importance as a sociocultural, political, and economic phenomenon, but also due to its nature as a communicational practice filled with symbolism. Football has become a true social, symbolical, and communicational space which brings to the masses not only a means of distraction and recreation, but also a point of integration in which the sentiments of communal belonging and identity are reaffirmed. Moreover, the sport is a socializing vehicle through which the social
Football or soccer as many people call it is the most celebrated game in the world. The world football-governing body indicates that, over 256 million people around the world are engaging in this sport. The sport has been used as a source of income, as social events, as skills and fitness development programs among other platforms. The most magical aspect of the game is the soccer ball. The ball has undergone different stages in its development.