Sports Dilemma

Nowadays, there still a lot of world records that can not be break by people. Do you ever think why in the past, sporting champions could make many worlds record, but we as the new generation of young sporting athlete, who have a lot of facilities and knowledge can not go beyond them? The main reason is because of our attitude. Today, sporting champions are more likely to be motivated by prize money and the opportunity to be famous rather than to win a match or to break the world records.

It is no doubt that money is very important. Everything that we have done, we want back the payment or reward. Now, the problem is, our athlete tend to be selfish. They need to think not only for themselves, but for the sake of other people and country as well. They aim only for the money. As the result, if they do not get high money or allowance, they will play badly. We can take our football players as the example. They forget that the main objective is to win for the country and make Malaysia proud. People will know Malaysia and this is the best time to prove to other people that Malaysian can do what other people did.

Besides that, some world champions prefer to take drugs in order to maintain their reputation. They do not think about the bad effects that might harm themselves. There is no point to win if they just cheat. Although they can break hundreds of world records, they cheat their fans, referee and the most important, they cheat themselves. May be, it is pressure to make sure that we must get gold medal, otherwise people will laugh at us, but taking drugs is not the best solution. Marion Jones, the world best sprinter, is one of the victims for this case. She had to give back her medals that she won in the last Olympic because people found that she was cheating by taking drug. She had disappointed many people, friend and her country as well. They might be shamed and their winning was not approved.

Teenagers tend to take sports stars, like David Beckham as their idol. They want to be famous and rich like these persons. Seems like sports is one of the short way to gain a lot of money and have a big opportunity to become famous. Even though we do not have skills, at least we have a charming and handsome face. The impact is, there is no quality, but high popularity. Sometimes, they also play badly or not very well, but, because they are well-known and asset for the media to sell their newspaper, the reporter will find another hot story to cover themselves. Consequently, people will easily forget about their failure. Usually, this kind of person will create a lot of problems. If they have mood to play, they will play and win the game. On the other hand, if they are not in their mood, they do not afraid to lose the game because they know that they have thousand of fans who still support for them.

To sum up, the first thing for the athletes need is to change their attitude or behavior. Play for themselves and for the country. Do not think too much about the money and name because the works that we done with sincerity will be repaid with the high respect from people. Popularity will follow the quality.