Question

Write about varsity sports in the U.S. schools. Focus on sociological issues such as gender equity, gender relations, race or ethnic relations, peer group relations, the culture and social organization of social life at the school, the experiences of athletes, coach-athlete relationships, media coverage, the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in social life at the school, the experiences of “non-athletes” or those who play non-varsity sports, etc.

Answer 1

In the United States, varsity groups are the main athletic groups speaking to a school, college, secondary school, or other optional school. Such groups contend with comparative groups at relating instructive establishments. Gatherings of varsity sports groups are frequently composed into athletic meetings, which are gatherings of groups that normally play each other during a given athletic season. In acknowledgment of their elevated level of execution, competitors on varsity groups are frequently given varsity letters.

Although at international every sport is played by members of both genders but sometimes due lack of funds, lack in number of interested students and lack of good coaches, result in a college having only one team of one sport, most of the times there is little to negligible ethnic or racial tension seen at school levels between members of a varsity team, because there is a deep rooted feeling of oneness among the members of the team when they represent their school at varsity competitions.

Varsity sports are among the few things at school that brings almost all students together, since school is a microcosm of American society where students belong to different race and cultures but when a sporting event is taking place in their school, all students in unison support their home team and this helps immensely in cultivating a feeling of oneness and social harmony among the students.
An athlete regularly competing in varsity competition would mostly be on field to sharpen his sporting skills, this have a little effect on his social life in school, there is a chance of being feeling alienated while in class and chances of him being friends from the sports fraternity is high as compared to being friends with his fellow classmates.
Coach plays a major role in the progress of an athlete’s career, likewise in school when the student is at tender age, a good coach-athlete relationship is need so as the athlete realizes his full potential and gives his best I the raining in order to sharpen his skills and performs well at the varsity competitions.

One of the reasons, schools and universities invest so uh in varsity sports is because of the large media coverage provided all over the nation, this way the scope of showcasing their talent becomes large and a lot new doors of opportunities is opened for athlete performing well at varsity level.