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In the perspective of Roosevelt, sports are seen as a mere distraction when finding a greater purpose in life. As a father, he believed that he a responsibility to ensure that his son finds success and great achievements, but he thinks that sports have a certain limit in which it can build a person. As a source of entertainment, health, and even dangers and division, sports have dispersed globally, and they are viewed in so many different ways. It makes me question how the outlook of sports in different groups can be compared and contrasted.

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Roosevelt presents a different idea regarding sports from the other two passages. While the other passages display sports as a sense of culture and identity, Roosevelt argues that sports shouldn't dictate one's life, and shouldn't be focused on. He argues that sports are very time consuming and individuals should instead be focused on their own success.

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The previous two stimulus materials present the idea that sports are a common factor between different cultures that can unite or tear people apart. Teddy Roosevelt presents a contrasting idea that sports can be distracting and divide one from their true purpose.

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Although Teddy Roosevelt didn't mind his son playing sports he didn't want his son to fully invest in something that could jeopardize his future and prevent him from more important things. Teddy's viewpoint on sports suggests that participating in sports can be a fun pastime however it can be distracting from reaching your full potential in life.

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Roosevelt believes that sports are a great hobby and should be played for fun, as long as it does not control a person's life and makes them greedy for success. He goes on to say that the love of sports should not cross a particular line because there are many other things that count more in life.

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Roosevelt presents the idea that sports are time consuming and take away from more important things. This is contrasting to the other stimulas materials which highted the importnce of sports, and how they can bring people together but also tear them apart.

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Roosevelt concludes that although sports can be a fun hobby, they should not dictate a person's life and stop them from being successful. Roosevelt believes that sports can engulf a person and become a distraction to more worthwhile things in their life.

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Sports are considered a hobby, job, or should be enjoyed but when teddy speaks on sports he turns it personal and cancels the concept of playing a sport and makes it seem like pen and paper.

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Teddy had a different view of the impact sports has on a person. What he sees as a distraction, his son sees as an outlet. Just like how a broken down basketball court has different meanings to different people.

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Roosevelt feels that sports are not necessarily negative, but he does not want sports to become a focus or pressure in a child's life because that is distracting due to its effect of becoming time consuming in a child's life. He believes that there is a time for sports because he wants his son to have fun, but doesn't want that to stop him from being successful.

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Roosevelt discerns sports as such a distraction to one's life and should not be pressured on a child. Although he perceives sports in such a way, he doesn't discourage his son from playing sports.

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Roosevelt had perceived sports to be a distraction, a detriment, to the daily lives of those who prioritize them. Although true in retrospect, this contrasts the general idea of the hoops article that praises the sport of basketball as a symbol of cultural connection, not admonishing it for an uncivilized and useless concept of a hobby.

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Sports may be able to create connections and bring together, but it may also be outweighed by the reality of it's effectiveness in life or how it would lead to something that would help the world. While playing sports can be important, some people may view other things such as studies and sciences to be more important and that sports simply take away from those fields.

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Why are sports such a widespread thing over the world? In hoops, we see pictures of hoops everywhere in the US. In Teddy's letter, we see him implying that sports are on track to consume their childhood.

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Teddy shows how sports can be a metaphor for other aspects in lie. It can be applied to other things in life too.

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Sports are a great way to build team spirit, and they are also great at introducing key life skills such as determination, focus, resilience, etc. However, if taken too far, sports can also hinder the everyday lives of people if they prioritize sports over other aspects of their lives such as studies, jobs, family time, etc. Unless sports are done at the professional level, or with a realistic intention to play at the professional level some day, they can prove to be distracting from normal life if taken too far.

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Like anything, the concept of sports has its pros and cons. While providing a culturally inclusive platform for unity, it can also be a distraction. One must decide for themselves whether the gratification of sports outweighs its negative aspects.

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"Proper Place for Sports" and "The sporting spirit" show the potential negative effects of sports.  However sports can be viewed as a metaphor for life. In life their positive and negative aspects, and one must learn to overcome those negative aspects. Besides, are the risks that Roosevelt and Orwell mention really real?

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Teddy wanted his son to be happy, but he also wanted his son to succeed. He knew his son enjoyed sports, so he didn't want to take football away from him in the fears that his spirit would grow bitter. But Teddy still made sure to remind his son that although it is okay to like sports and work hard to excel in them, there are always going to be things that are more important like one's health and their character. This relates to the other stimulus papers that we have read. It highlights how sports are great and they can bring out the best in people just like "Hoops", but they can cause bigger problems than one can expect. (Orwell's Essay)

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Teddy Roosevelt describes that there is a time for sports, and there is a time to not do sports. He implies that this physical activity should not consume majority of his children's lives.

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In Teddy Roosevelt's letter, he describes sports as a distraction. Roosevelt's letter portrayed a different side of sports compared to the cultural and artistic beauty of the hoops artwork and showed how sports could also be considered bad similar to Orwell's portrayal in his writing of the football match.

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In the way that sports create competition and build morals, they can also be considered as a distraction. Society is given the choice to navigate whether sports pose a distraction or whether they value the connection with sports.

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When Teddy Roosevelt wrote this letter to his son, the norms were different than they are in today's society. He wants what is best for his son and didn't believe he could have a successful future in sports. He viewed sports as a distraction from more important aspects of life, but his son viewed football as a form of escapism that makes him happy.

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Although Teddy Roosevelt wanted to do what was best for his son, his son enjoyed playing sports which Teddy Roosevelt did not appreciate. Roosevelt's son enjoyed football, but his father saw football as a distraction for what is best for his son.

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At what point do the cons (violence, distractions) of sports begin to outweigh the pros (bringing people together, having the sport as an outlet)?

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DO people who feel a cultural connection to a sport, do they experience have more hatred for players who are not on the main team? And why is it that people consider academics more important than sports.

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I think that the father is just looking after his son. He's not discouraging him from the sport but he knows that his son may fail at making it big in sports and is trying to guide him toward the most secure position.

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I believe him to be a good father as he is ultimately doing or urging his son to do what is best for him.

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Sports are a focal point in life for building values and exercises competition, but in the grand scope of things they are not the end all be all of American life.

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Depending on different point of view, he can either be a good father or a bad father. He can be encouraging his son that there are better things in life than sports and he should try something that hes better at. On the other side, he is discouraging him to do something that he tries hard to do. Just because you are not good at it does not mean that he will never be good at it.

This can connect to the other sources about sports. There can be either good or bad values related to doing sports

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Shows how he wanted the best for his son based on what he believed would open the mosts opportunities for him. Supports the idea along with the other passages that sports do not need to be focussed on and can simply exist as a passtime or a form of entertainment. They are often viewed as unimportant.

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What effect do sports have on how society and culture are developed?

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Sports can uncivilize peple like how his dad says. Sports can be good, but being more well rounded can be important as well.

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Back then sports weren't as relevant as they are today. Sports can be good for building character and the father seems to understand this but he also sees that it is not safe to focus on an activity that may not benefit him later on

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A father back then view sports as to what they games today in the 21st century, a distraction. Although sports can be considered a distraction, the spirit of the distraction can be fueled to a reason of conflict as seen in yesterda'ys reading