▶ Your Answer :
A substantial number of people argue that
universities do not have to expend as much assets on sports as they do on
libraries. However, in my opinion, universities have to invest as much money on
sports as they currently do on libraries. This is because sports facilities
would help university students’ campus life, and famous sports players or well
trained sports teams will develop the university’s status.
To begin with, well organized sports
facilities can upgrade the quality of the university students’ campus life. This
is mainly because students can enjoy the free time and relieve their stress
while playing sports in the brand new sports complex, and they can easily get
along with other students. Therefore, these will help the students improve
their university life. According to the survey conducted by Seoul National
University in 2012, almost 100% of 1,000 respondents answered that what they
need most is sports complex. Also, one of these respondents mentioned that the
state of the art sports complex can be the landmark of the university, and
students can get more sound body than ever before. The student then mentions
that the sound body will positively affect their work. This implies that sports
facilities can benefit university students in many ways.
On top of that, well known sports stars or
strong sports teams would improve the university’s reputation. The rationale
behind this is that people are always interested in famous sports stars, and the
university having good players will benefit in various ways. For instance, the
university soccer team in my university did not have good soccer players, so it
could not attract high school students who were considering which university to
apply. To fascinate these high school students, the university scouted two
world famous soccer players spending a lot of money. This attracted many high
school students, and this resulted that more than 53,000 people applied the
university in the following year. Moreover, thanks to the two player’s
achievement, the team became a champion of the 8th University soccer league
held in 2015. It played an important role in improving the university’s status,
since many people in Korea became interested in my school even they were not in
the last year. As this example demonstrates, celebrated sports stars or teams
would upgrade the university’s reputation.
To sum up, sports facilities would benefit students’
campus life, and famous sports players or teams would play an important role in
increasing the university’s reputation. In this regard, I strongly agree with
the statements that universities have to invest as much money on sports as they
currently do on libraries.
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