General Paper - Statistics, Evidences and Arguments

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Statistics, Evidences and Arguments

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Sports
Over-Emphasis

Yes No
Sport obsession, 2nd grade basketball Team work
nationals. Germany world cup 2014
Times 2013
Canadian psychologist Roger Barnsley
showed that children born from Jan
to March 5 times more likely to be
chosen as junior hockey players than
those born in Nov to Dec

College monetary winnings

1st Texas total revenue of 82mil
2nd Michigan revenue of 104.5mil
25th USC 34.5mil

Overtraining
Stunt growth for those in
gymnastics, weight lifting, etc
Singapore Context Singapore Context
Tennis ranking U10, U12, rankings Dunman high student won
Schools training up to 7 times a week sportsmanship award
DSA through sports
Elite schools win sports
Foreign talent - Aim of winning
2008, Feng Tian Wei, Li Jia Wei, Wang
Yuegu - Olympic silver medalist
FST adopted in 2000, Singapore
Soccer Team, Daniel Bannett -
England, Agu Casmir Nigeria, Billard
champion Peter Gilchrist from
England
MAP (Multi-million dollar award
policy), payout of 1mil to gold
medalist, 500,000 for silver, 250000
for bronze

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Positive and Negatives
For / Pros
Economy
Revenue of Brazils top sports clubs
grew from 396 million to 1.4 billion
from 2003 to 2011. Spending 3.5
billion on soccer stadiums for 2014
world cup
Times 2013
Viewership at 26million
Human inspiration
Roger Banister, breaking 4min barrier
for 1.6km run in 1954
Usain Bolt, breaking 9.6sec barrier in
100m
Lionel Messi, golden boots award 3
years in a row despite height
Women Caster Semenya, ran faster
than mens winner at same event in
2009 during the 800m race
HOWEVER, she had to undergo series
of tests to determine if she was a
women, banned for 11months
Gender Equality
Tennis, since 2007 men and ladies
singles will receive the same prize
money at major tournaments such as
Wimbledon (1.6mil pounds each)
[despite this, womens match best of
3 opposed to mens best of 5]
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Against / Cons
Over-competitiveness [Refer to over
emphasis]
Gender Inequality
Mens World Cup given much more
viewership than womens world cup
Mens exclusion from synchorinised
swimming and rhythmic gymnastics
from Olympics, same for most other
sports such as rugby, basketball, etc
Lack of female Formula One racers
All top 10 paid athletes are males
Mens top 10 total at $50mil
compared to $14mil for womens
prize money total
Cheating [View technology]
Media Celebrity over ability
Mayweather paid $105M, Cristiano
Ronaldo at $80M compared to Messi
at $64.7M
Maria Sharapova top paid female
athelete, Li Na 2nd, Serena Williams
3rd, not due to ranking but at times,
sponsorship and looks
David Beckham
Poor nations disadvantaged [Refer
to technology]
Race
Tennis, soccer, basketball favours
certain races westerners, table
tennis, badminton favours Asin Ma
Long, Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei
Exceptions Li Na 1st Asian women to
appear in finals, winning French
Open 2011 and Australian Open 2014
Kei Nishikori got into finals in US
open 2014
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Timo Boll table tennis

Yao Ming
Jeremy Lin
Singapore Context Singapore Context
Cheating Match fixing
Arresting of Global match-fiixing ring
leader Dan Tan fixed matches in
champions league and even World
Cup qualifying games

Singapore athletes in table tennis

paid higher than those in china

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Technology Ruins Sports
True
Unfair Advantage -Equipment
Advantage to sportsmen who are
privileged and supported by
governmental funding
Speedos 2008 LZR Racer series
Full-length bodysuit developed in
conjunction with NASA
Arena, Jaked, led to record-breaking
results during 2008 Olympics
Unfair Advantage -Drugs
2012 Lance Armstrong, banned for
life and stripped of all titles, massive
doping
Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell
20 of 21 podium finishers in Tour de
France from 1999-2005 were directly
tied to likely doping
Abuse of technology
UK and USSR match, Russian fencer,
Boris Onischenko wired his blade
such that he could control when he
had supposedly scored by means of a
button in his glove
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Untrue
Technology Essence of some Sports
Motor Sports Formula One World
Championship, dependent on design
of car, aerodynamics, suspension,
tires, not just drivers
Fencing previously based on honour
system, now electrical scoring system
Decreased Human Error
Hawk-Eye computer system in tennis
High Speed digital cameras to
establish placing in sprinting
Reflectors to establish distances
during discus and javelin, laser signal
bounced off reflector to measuring
device
Promotion of Sport
Olympics, World Cup, Wimbledone,
English Premier League
Slow Motion, Replays, Close ups
Performance Analysis
Haptic Sports Garment, ability to
sense movement to allow user to
know which areas to improve on
Babolat, strings which are able to
identify users power, spin and other
traits
Performance Consumption
Diet Supplement creatine, muscle
build up
Recovery
Physiotherapy, medical treatment,
kinesthetic tape
Assistive Technology for disabled
Prostheses, light-weight wheelchairs,
for basketball, tennis, racing
Johnnie Peacock, UK, 100m
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