Obviously, Sports Do Not Build Character

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Mon Nov 10, 2008 10:32 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

I wholeheartedly disagree. I played football, I built character that I use even in my life as a Christian. There are great players from the NFL and college ball that are good Christians. Maybe if you didn't focus on the negative players you would notice ones like Emmit Smith, Baren Batch,Troy Aikmen, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, in fact the whole Manning family. These are just a few. So before you bash athletics make sure you don't just look at the bad ones like the media does because then you just help fuel the flames of a sterotype.

mkeyandus »

Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:19 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

-Marquise C. Period:4 World Lit.

mkeyandus »

Mon Sep 22, 2008 12:18 am Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

I agree with this story because parents and or friends can help you build you character and are the ones that push it on you everyday. Yeah you may gain some from you team but again you learn most from you family and friends. You learn whats right and wrong and you mannars from your parents and that plays a huge part in ones character, just because if you go to someones house and clown out are ain't like you have no home traning then you seem to be a person with no manners and character. Character are also pressed on by your peers. Everyday you see them and some of there traits may be presses apon you good and bad so very well it can come from them as well. Character i feel if just mostly from you family and friends just because you around them way more then you team.

mykman »

Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:02 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

Is anyone surprised to hear this? All sports do is reveal what is already inside. Sports are a great place to learn life skills assuming one has a good instructor. Sports are not evil as some would have you believe; college soccer taught me the value of working hard until perfection and losing games taught me to find worth in God not in my own abilities. Instead of criticizing sports for all the bad things it can do to kids, perhaps a few of us should volunteer as coaches in youth leagues and give the young Michael Vicks of the world a little guidance.

mrcrumley »

Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:44 am Agree: 2   Disagree: 4

I tend to believe sports do build character. Sports provide a structured "test area" for athletes to perform without the grave consequences for failure found in life. Admittedly, many athletes can perform well on talent alone, and therefore might never learn important moral lessons. But the vast majority can't, and must learn (to some degree) the virtues mentioned in order to succeed athletically. Hopefully, this training is carried over into the rest of their lives.

Also, this discussion seems solely centered on male athletes. Why aren’t an equal proportion of female athletes falling victim to the “inhumane system?” Are there simply more “virtuous adults” in women’s sports than men’s? I don’t think so. I haven’t read the book mentioned, but the evidence cited seems anecdotal and the entire argument seems knee-jerk reactionary to the recent scandals mentioned.

da6383ma »

Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:38 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 0

Oh by the way,...I did`nt mean to point the finger at ANY minorities about my previous comments of the lowering of S.A.T. standards in our Universities, because I`m sure there are quite a few peopleof every background regardless of race or ethneticity that get Scholarships using this avenue that have the best of intent with improving their lives,bless them all but it seems like thats where the issue is,..is Personal INTENT.......

da6383ma »

Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:00 pm Agree: 2   Disagree: 2

I`m just wondering if dropping S.A.T. standards in our fine Universities would be partly to blame for some of this,? hmmmm.....Obviously,...some of these "athletes" did`nt go to College to improve on an "Academic" basis and apparently some of these schools don`t mind cutting some of these people loose to enter Profesional sports before their Senior year is completed, So,..this is one more end product for us as a Country in general for playing the underdog,...Hey, get it? Underdog!!! ha ha ha hardy hardy har har.....alright I`ll knock it off.....

BOC560 »

Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:31 pm Agree: 1   Disagree: 4

I wholeheartedly agree with Anthony’s appraisal of sports as a failure at character building. Competitive sports, by its very nature, anti-Christian. I was encouraged (as most youngsters are) to participate in sports because it would produce an admirable character in me. What I found was the exact opposite.

Sports boasts, “I’m faster!” “I can squash you like a bug!” “I’m great and you’re dung!” “Kill ‘em!” “Destroy ‘em!” “Look at me!”

Does this sound like an asset to building character? People don’t need encouragement to boast, belittle others or to show off their arrogance and pride. Pride is not an asset (contrary to popular teaching). Parents often tell their sons, “Boy, you be proud!” Instead, they should be saying, “Son, you should have some humility and show some respect for the weaker students.”

We need to be teaching humility; we don’t need to encourage pride and arrogance.

BOC560