Should athletes be able to participate while injured? Yes and no. In this era of sport, safety is a must. Although, I believe participation in out of competition events they can and should participate to the best of their ability.
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Violet Palmer, in 2006 became the first woman to officiate a game in the NBA. She then carried on to officiate 919 games in her career, breaking the gender norm that only white males can officiate an NBA game.
www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/vi...

Jordin Tootoo is an inuk hockey player who became the first of his ethnicity to play in the NHL. Tootoo had long career spanning from from 2003-2017 playing 723 games.
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/j...

With a kinesiology degree I would like to work with sports teams as a physical therapist. I believe that staying physically active and taking part in rec sports will aid in communication skills and the physical demand required to perform the actions of the career.

Playing football and experiencing this first hand this is a great resource. Although it sucks not to be in the play or not be able to watch your favourite player on the field, it makes such a great impact on long term issues such as CTE (Chronic traumatic encephalopathy).

The Las Vegas Raiders have a huge advantage with Tom Brady being the top analyst spot for Fox News and being in their booth. This demonstrates Conflict theory, as Brady's social class and privileges allow him to do so.
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I believe a sport is an activity that involves keeping score, and that involves physical activity whether that is competitive or not. In the case that no score is kept I would define it as the action of improving ones physical abilities.