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As we all know, women did not have the same rights as men in the olden days. This includes voting, goint to war, and different roles each sex plays in a household, or any other place. One thing that has really changed as the years went by are Female sports leagues. In the past, women were not eligible to play the game because they were considered "feminine". When I have learned about this, I did not find this right at all. Ladies should be treated and have the same respect as gentlemen do. Race shouldnt matter at all (and this is coming from a male's perspective also). There are plenty females that can play sports just as good as men. For example, a sport as brutal as boxing is now not only a man sport, but a female sport also. There is a woman by the name of Laila Ali, that I am sure can beat a lot of men in boxing. Laila, the daughter of the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali, has numerous medals and Championship belts under her name. She is known for being the best female boxer to ever play the game. This would be another reason as to why females could do just as much or in fact any sport a man can.
Over the past 15 years, it was said that many male sports has been eliminated to provide opportunities for women to play. In the last five years, according to the 1997 NCAA Gender Equity Study, football budgets have increased 139% while the entire women's athletics budget increases have totaled 79%. I dont find this fair to the women. 139% compared to 79% is a big difference. Luckily, with the help of us students, and the schools, this can change, and would help promote more women sports to be played in our schools in the future. I honestly think it is up to us to make this happen, because I dont think no one else would try and make this possible for the ladies.
Here is a link, and more to this story.
http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/cgi-bin/iowa/issues/rights/article.html?record=84
The sport of baseball was originally played first in the United States. The game has been played for about 200+ years to this date. It has been created by a man named Alexander Cartright in 1845. He made a club named the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, which was the first organized baseball team in the history of baseball. The rules of baseball havent really been changed, accept by a few "errors" of the sport. For Example, "plugging" a runner is no longer in effect in the sport of baseball today. Plugging a runner means hitting the runner with the ball to get an out. To substitute for that, there is now a player on each base to throw to to get the runner out.
It was not until the year of 1857 where the first organized baseball league was formed. This league had Fifteen other teams in it. Cartwright called the Baseball rules as the “Knickerbocker Rules” of baseball, which is now the basic rules of the game. During the time of Cartwright's age, I dont think many females played the game. He considered baseball to be a gentleman’s game. Today, the sport of baseball can be played by any sex, whether its male or female.
Baseball has been a success to everybody. Just like every other sport (im guessing), baseball had its "drought" also. Beginning in 1900, the deadball era, which lasted until 1919, was low scoring, pitcher dominated games that wasnt really entertaining for the crowds. Also, to add more insult to injury, a baseball was about three dollars at that time, which was a lot of money at that time. Because of this, One baseball was used for the whole game.
Here is a useful link that shows how the amount and the look of the baseball has changed during the years of the game. Enjoy!
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.19cbaseball.com/images/baseballAd06.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.19cbaseball.com/19th-century-baseball.html&h=350&w=450&sz=45&hl=en&start=7&tbnid=ERKNQ7xSrQuMCM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbaseball%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN
Soccer is one
of the most basic sports to be created. Also known as "football", it origins back to over 3000 years. Many people agree that China was the first people to make up the sport. They use to always kick a ball in a net. Soldiers from the Chinese military also use to play the sport on their free time, kicking the ball in a small net. Today, the sport of soccer is played with a lot of "passion and enthusiasm". It is basically a sport to have fun with. However, Soccer was a sport that was played very fiercely during the Medieval Times. There were towns playing against other towns that involved punching, biting, kicking and cutting into the flesh of players during the course of the game. This was very brutal to the players of the game. Because of this, there were many injuries while playing the game. These games would last the whole day. This has also been a reason why many authorities tried to ban the game. Queen Elizabeth I of England had reportedly passed a law by which the soccer players could be put in prison for a week for the foul behavior they do while playing the game. Soccer steadily grew in fame and today it is a sport played across all continents. The world’s largest spectator sport drew a television audience of 28.8 billion viewers. Soccer has come a long way since the creation of it. As of now, believe it or not, it became the greatest sport in the world.
The history of basketball finds its way back to 1891. The person who introduced the sport was a Canadian man by the name of James Naismith. people started playing the game with a total of 18 people being on the court at once. It took Naismith about 14 days to create a successful sport for everybody. he has made about 14 rules for the game. One of the first rules of the game was the rule of not dribbling the ball while you have it in your possession. Also, he had explained that contact such as holding, tripping, pushing, shouldering, and striking in any way was a foul. That would also be a goal(score) for the opposite team if this happens 2 more times during the game. Also, the player would be disqualified from the game. The rules of this game has changed dramatically since the creation of it in 1891. For example, the present rules of the game has changed one way by each player having the most of 6 fouls to use. If these players exceeds this limit, the player would not be able to play he ret of the game. Also, instead of there being 18 players on the basketball court, it has changed to 5 players, in which each player has a specific position to play by.(Ex: Point Guard, shooting guard, center, etc.).
Basketball has been introduced in America by a man named Walter Brown in the summer of 1946. This sport has had a lot of landmark events that have increased the popularity of the game dramatically. People in the U.S love this aport as if it is their second religion. Basketball is known as a sport that gives a healthy balance to the physical, and mental part of the body. This is truly a game that keeps you on your toes, and may be or is one of the most popular sports that has ever been created. More information on this sport and the creation of it and its history can be found at;http://www.historyofsports.net/
