Sunday, December 7, 2014

Chelsea F.C Finally taste defeat

Chelsea, who have been undefeated since the start of the season, have finally lost away from home against Newcastle. I feel that it was good for them to lose and let the other league teams catch up. Chelsea are still in charge and are on top of the league table. They have 26 points with Manchester city right behind them with 23 points. This shows that no team is perfect and they lost to a team that have shown in- form performances. It's good to see them slow down as I am not a very big fan of the soccer club. I'd rather see another club win the league than Chelsea. Lets hope their bad performance against Newcastle is the same and consistent for their next game.
"Newcastle United 2-1 Chelsea: Blues Stunned, Lose Unbeaten Record." Yahoo Sports. Web. 07 Dec. 2014. <http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nbc-yahoo-sports/newcastle-united-2-1-chelsea--blues-stunned--lose-unbeaten-record-150644274.html>.

"Playing until it hurts"

High schools across our nation have been asked to make "rules" to the amount of practice time playing a sport. It may not be a problem right now, but during the football season many high school teens have been dying through heat strokes and being out in the sun to long. Some people just don't know when to stop and perhaps it's there coaches who keep them out there playing till 7:00. I could just imagine the "pre-season" where coaches have teens practicing in mid-July, the most hottest days of the year.And its not just heat-related deaths, but some high schoolers are getting hurt physically. Concussions, broken bones, broken ligaments all contribute to the factors of why we need rules just to play a beloved sport. In the past 10 years, around 10 deaths have occurred in Georgia to heat related sport activities. For this to stop, the coaches need to learn when enough is enough .

"States Take Aim at Heat Stroke, Other Serious High School Sports Injuries."Newsela. Web. 07 Dec. 2014. <https://newsela.com/articles/heatstroke-students/id/5513/>.

Sunday, October 19, 2014

How expensive can soccer get?

In England, the soccer league Barclay's Premier league has started a multi-billion enterprise. Soccer clubs are getting paid way more than they have been getting in years just from fans."The average price of the cheapest tickets across English football has risen at nearly twice the rate of the cost of living since 2011" says Josh Warwick. Tickets are over 2,000 pounds now just to watch your favorite team in live action. I believe this has to do with population. The population is growing and all these people are getting addicted to action of the soccer clubs in the most popular league ever. People all over the world are probably coming just to watch a game of there favorite team playing. People don't care how much though and they just spend to support there club. This is similar and a lot           like Americans supporting there football teams. This connects to history with over population and math with all the money and investments. If i were really rich, now would be a good time to invest your money on a winning club! 

"The Rising Price of Football: The Truth Is Fans Just Don’t Care." The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, 15 Oct. 2014. Web. 19 Oct. 2014. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11164423/The-rising-price-of-football-the-truth-is-fans-just-dont-care.html>.

Monday, September 29, 2014

Ebola begins to affect the entertainment of soccer

The African Soccer Cup just may be cancelled this year due to a deadly virus we all know as Ebola. Just in case you don't know what Ebola is, it is a infectious and generally fatal disease that causes internal bleeding and a high fever. It originates in Africa and is planned to stay there so it doesn't spread to other parts of the world. Soccer matches and the quarter finals were supposed to be held  in Guinea. Unfortunately, thousands of people there have died from Ebola. The government, not trying to bring Ebola in the country, have cancelled traveling games to Guinea. 

I believe this is not fair. Not having a African cup will cause many problems. Players will not be getting paid for playing and proceeding in the tournament. hey should reschedule games and have them played in other regions. We should still continue for a cure, but as long as Ebola continues to kill and spread it will cause even more problems than just having soccer games being cancelled. Will there be an African soccer cup winner this year? If you had options and choices to deal with these problems, what would you do? 
https://newsela.com/articles/ebola-soccer/id/4783/