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in their own right. Now of course these athletes deserve credit and admiration, and their sport should get worthy recognition as well. This does not place too much emphasis on sport; these competitors deserve praise and should be revered for their accomplishments. Just before I continue, I want you to imagine that you are a member of the workforce, you work Monday to Friday, 9-5. Then when it comes to the weekend what better activity is there to do, then play or watch sport so you can relax. For many, sport is almost like a therapy, they get to express themselves and either relieves stress or it may be used so that they can spend quality time with friends and family. People all throughout our country play and partake in sport and it s a good opportunity to bond. Men often go to a

footy game so they can relax and have fun. It s a way they can relate to each other. Families are regularly found playing cricket in their backyard, or kicking a soccer ball in the park. Sport can help families and friends bond with each other. Sport benefits society in many ways. Sport lets Australians enjoy themselves, whether it is through attending a game, watching it on TV, playing or even teaching sport. Sport has a lot of health benefits. This is one of the main reasons playing sport is emphasised to children at primary school, and even to adults. The message has to be put across that sport and other such physical activities benefits your health. Many of us just take up sport for this one reason, the aim of keeping fit and staying in shape. Statistics have shown that our

children of this generation are more obese then children back in the 60 s. Sport is a great way to encourage children and adults to exercise. Many of us may use sport as motivation or determination to reach some type of goal. As sport being a major part of the Australian lifestyle, plus the encouragement parents give to their children. It s no wonder why kids of this generation have at least one athlete to look up to. Many of these sportsmen and women are seen as role models to these kids, and they are sometime seen as ambassadors of this great sporting country of ours. Many of these athletes see the role of being a role model very important, and they try as much as they can to please their fans. Either it is by signing autographs, holding special training sessions for the kids

or even supporting special charities. Many things that you don t see in the media are how generous these sports teams and sportspeople are. With many sports dealing with big money, they see that this money is worth more to others. Many sporting teams and sportspeople give large donations to charities, or hold auctions with all the proceeds going to charity. This shows that society benefits from sport. Sport benefits all Australians that are involved in sport and benefits also some of those that are not involved in sport. How can we say that Australia places to much emphasis on sport, sport is our lifestyle, sport deserves the attention given and sport benefits society. No one can argue about that. Like I said before all Australians have a choice to participate in sport, watch

sport, or to enjoy sport. The thing you have to understand is more than half of the population enjoy sport. All Australians place correct and justified emphasis on sport. I ll leave you with one last thing if more than half of all Australian s were interested in an Australian winning the Nobel Prize award, and there was extensive media coverage about it, would you be questioning the emphasis Australians put on that topic? 32a