Conclusion        

         I would have to say that some of my favorite aspects about this semester were the in class discussions that we had. Never before have I been in a class, were the group discussions were so intriguing to listen to throughout the semester. As a result, I believed this helped me retain information about the topics that we went over this semester. Another aspect that I enjoyed about the class was all the blogs that we did each week. I thought there was numerous times throughout the semester where students did a really good job of starting debates with current issues happening in sports. By doing these blogs throughout the semester, I was able to gather more intel from students and see different sides of arguments from students within the class. From this class I was able to learn about the problems that exist within sports for gender equality, sexual orientation, and the impacts that sports has on society. I think one of my favorite readings this semester was "Cool Pose" by Majors. The reason why I loved this reading was due to the statistics it revealed about black male athletes. Before, ever reading this article I had never thought about the social status of athletes and how it can be limited by sports. Or be a way of expressing behaviors, attitudes, speech, or gestures within sports. The last aspect that I loved about this semester was our final group presentations. I thought the presentation that my group did about the difference in pay between genders in sports was intriguing. I knew heading into our final presentation that women did not make as much money or get paid equally as men in any sport. Until our final presentation revealed that women and men are equally paid in tennis.

By Anthony Pape