What is your opinion - do you think sports reflect the inequalities in society?

What is the function of sports in society?

Do you think sports reflect society's inequalities? In what ways? Please be specific and use examples where possible to illustrate your points.

The interactionist perspective says how people participate in sports gives us clues about how people view their world. What values do people gain from sports? Are these values helpful? Harmful? Explain.

Using your sociological imagination (link larger social issues with sports) explain how sports are relevant to inequality. Do you think as a society that we need sports?

Athletes can receive extremely high salaries (or nothing at all) and corporations can be heavily involved in sports. Are sports more about profit or character development?