My editorial is how the seriousness for school related sports has decreased.
Sports aren’t what they used to be. People who say things like “ people are
taking these sports too seriously” or “ the sports are meant to be fun”, I
think, should rethink their opinion. Of course, they are taken seriously, that
doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t fun. Personally I love all of the
yelling and confusion that goes on all around sports, whether it’s on TV, or
the court, or on the field. I also think that nowadays they aren’t being taken
seriously enough. These days sports have become much more that what they used to
be. I looked up the word ‘sports’ in the dictionary, and this is what it
said: 1. an amusing or interesting activity 2. a physical activity especially
one with a set form and body of rules My definition of sports: 1. a political
game Why? You may ask, do I call it this. The first reason is the coaches. Take
basketball for example. I’ve gone to a couple of my sister’s basketball
games (she’s in 5th grade) and noticed that she has gone to every single
practice, and yet, still sits the bench for most of the game. She has two
coaches and both of them have daughters on the team, and both of their daughters
play all of the game. Even though (I think) that my sister is a little bit
better than those two. My father told me that when he was in 8th grade, he had
coaches that had coached the teams for years and years. Not player’s parents.
Now, don’t get me wrong I have no problems with players parents coaching their
son’s or daughter’s team (because I have on right now) but I don’t like
when they aren’t fair. Some of the parents go to their child’s practice and
‘make friends’ with the coach, or suck up to them. When I was in 4th and 5th
grade, my dad coached our team and I never ever played more than any other kid
did on that team. Another thing that isn’t taken seriously enough are the
refs. Again, player’s parents are refereeing their own children’s games.
That’s like being in a class with your mom as the teacher. These refs also
shouldn’t carry personal issues onto the court, for example: if I were to not
be one of the greatest friends with one of the referees, that still gives him no
right to just pick on me during the whole game. I hope this paragraph about the
refs, and the rest of this article is having action taken against them.