Sports are very popular in today's society. Some people believe,“Winning is the onlything.” Others believe, “It's not whether youwin or lose, but how you play the game.” Isthere a way in sports in whichboth opponents could “win” a game? “Lose” a game? Detailyourthoughts on this issue in an essay of about 250 words.
Sports include both national teams and the teams for the rest of us.The national teams aremainly concerned with winning and with money. The otherteams are mainly concerned withwinning and with money. The other teams providedifferent
satisfactions.
Being on a team helps people learn teamwork - to rely on others andto do their own partas well. Players learn both to win and to lose. When theteam loses, the members learn thatthey can come back from a loss. They lookfor the reasons they were beaten, work on theirweaknesses, and try again. Whenthe team wins, the members can learn to be gracious winnersand good sports.
Sports are also for play. Most of us have work to do most of thetime. Now and then weneed to have fun. Sports can provide the time to relax.
If a team helps people learn to work together, lose win, and havefun, it's a winnerregardless of the score. But if players on a winning teamhave not worked together, if they feelthat winning makes them better thanothers, if there was no joy in the sport, those winners arelosers.
Having the winning score is important. Being a winner as a person isworth even more. As aconvincing maxim of friendship first and competitionsecond suggests, we should adhere toequivalence of wining and losing.
