▶ Your Answer : Many people are interested in enjoying their hobbies such as going to museums and watching sports games. Some people might argue that the government should invest in arts rather than athletics, because they claim that arts such as sculpture and painting can provide people with aesthetic environment of sites. However, in my opinion, it is more beneficial for people when the government supports athletics rather than investing art. Here are two reasons for my opinion.
Athletics such as the Olympic Games enable people to feel united by supporting national players. It is true that people have a tendency to get together with others when they have common interests. To be specific, the Olympic Games is one of the common interests for people, which leads to the result that people get together to watch games and support players. In the process, people can feel like they are one, which brings a synergy effect from cheering members of the national team. This can be demonstrated by an example of my experience. When I was in high school, I went to a city hall in Korea with my friends for watching the 2002 World Cup. There were a lot of people supporting national soccer players. When the Korean soccer team won, we embraced each other and cried out in pleasure. The moment was impressive to me because I realized that people could enjoy each other to support a common goal. Thanks to the game we felt united, which brought people to feel pride in being Korean. As this example of my experience indicates, investing in athletics plays a pivotal role in people's lives in terms of getting together and allowing them to feel united.
In addition, doing exercise and watching athletics such as basketball plays a role in relieving stress for people and helps them feel refreshed. It goes without saying that relieving stress is critical for people these days because in modern society they are faced with hectic schedules, which gives them a lot of pressure and stress. On the other hand, if the government invests in arts instead of athletics, only people who are interested in art would get a chance to enjoy this. That being said, supporting athletics is beneficial to more people. According to a report in a health journal that I recently read, over seventy percent of people answered that sports gives a huge impact on people’ life in that it helps to relieve them of their stress and enjoy their life more. To be more concrete, they also said that doing exercise or watching sports game after finishing their hectic schedule gives them time to rest and clear their head of their worries. This survey evidently shows athletics play a crucial role in helping people to relieve their stress. |