As you all know by now the 2008 Olympic Games are due to start tomorrow. As part of your homework you are required to comment on one of the following statements. Choose the one that you feel most strongly about and put some thought into your answer. You need to write at least a paragraph, clearly stating your view and if you are for or against. Remember to use correct language and grammar (this is not Bebo or msn!!) and check your spelling and punctuation.1. Rugby should be a sport at the Olympic games
2. The Olympics should not be held because of the risk of terrorism
3. Canada is offering their athletes $20000 if they win a gold medal, $15000 for a silver medal and $10000 for a bronze medal. Do you think New Zealand should do the same? What are the pros and cons of doing this?
4. Every single athlete from every country should be drug tested before and during the Olympics.
Remember to label your writing - I need to know who wrote what. I am looking forward to reading some interesting and valid arguments. Good Luck !! :)
25 comments:
I don't think every athlete should have to get tested for drugs during the Olympics. But the athletes should have to state if they have previously taken drugs before the Olympics or else they could easily take drugs before they compete.
hey um i think rugby should be a part of the olympics cause its a sport and everyone loves it. They have horse riding as a event when rugbys more of a sport and more popular rugby is well known around the world. Rugby is more popular cause of all the cups they have and it would make the olympics more popular and interesting to watch. From Tyler Varcoe
4. Every single athlete from every country should be drug tested before and during the Olympics.
I think that "Yes" It should happen because Then we can prevent cheating real well, also during the Olympics it should happen because the Person might of had some drugs hidden anywhere and probably took it so Yeah, I think they should do it To prevent cheating.
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Reporting in is Connor
I deffently think that rugby should be an olympic sport because rugby is such popular sport all over the world. Some reasons of having rugby as a sport at the olympics: it would attract more people to the olympics, it would be a good way to settle down from the previous world cup espcially if New Zealand got gold, i've asked people 'are you going to watch the olympics?' and they said 'na i caint be botherd there is no motersport or RUGBY so it dosent interesd me.
The down side.
One down side is that it is another chance to have world class players injured and if New Zealand lost again we would have a national cricis on our hands!!!!
I think the Olympics should be held because it is unfair on the athletes and competedters for the oplympics come only every four years and it might only be a once in a life time chance and if that happened to me i'd be quite upset just to think of all the hours of training i've and other athletes put in.
I don't think that they need to test everyone for drugs. They should just test the people that come first second and third. If a person took drugs and then went and raced and came sixth then it didn't help them to win a medal so who cares.Plus it would cost them way more money than they're already paying to run the olympic games.
Taylor
I think Rugby should be a sport a the Olympics because its a majour sport all over the world, more people would watch it on TV or at the Olmpics, the All Blacks are a good team, New Zaland can get more gold medals and Hockey and Soccer are at the Olympics so why can't Rugby.
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michaela here
i think all the athletes need to be checked for drugs before and after there events so it isnt possible for anyone to cheat.
They also need to say before they were tested for drugs if they have taken them to see if they are telling the truth or not and so more of a punishment will be made.
HEEY! :)
michaela here.
i personally think that all athletes should be testeed for drugs in there body as they may also lie about having them.
they should be tested before and after there event as they could be taking them right before there event is about to take part.
I also think that they should also be asked to see if they are telling the truth so more of a punishment will take place.
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I think that every athelete from each country competing in the olimpics should be drug tested, just in case that they don't cheat for their country other wise that would be unfair for the other countries.
hayley
I think that New Zealand shouldn't give money to winning athletes. I mean if they only give the
people who won medals the money that would not be fair.Every one else did a hard job but they didn't get a medal.So people are not going because of money they are going for their country. And if they won that means the whole country won.They don't need money to make their coutry be happy.
eman =)
i think the olympics sould not be held because the risk of terrisom. The reson i think tihs is because the olympics are open to the world and that means anyone can come in and bom it. This is a big problem in the olympics because there are millons of people and athletes and in a few seconds they could all be dead and there would probly be no more olympics. there sould also be a wepon cheak of something along these lines. and this is why i think the olympics sould not be held because the risk of terrisom!! by sonja
i think that New Zealand athletes should be rewarded for medals because it will encourage more people to get into sport and get active.
I think that all Olympic athletes should be tested for drugs to prevent cheating. But the bad thing is that someone could put drugs into an athletes food or drink to make it as if the athlete had take drugs.
From r-man (raymond)
I don't think that New Zealand should offer the athletes because if all the athletes got a medal (which they won't) New Zealand would spend miles over a million dollars just giving it to the athletes. If they did give all that money to the athletes, the athletes would obviously have lots of money and not know what to do with it. Then they'd probably get annoyed having all that money just sitting there doing nothing or they'd put away for thing like a new expensive car or a batch in some place in New Zealand. Anyway the athletes get the medals which were probably really expensive to make.
Hi
L-man here i don't they should test people for drugs only if they have won a medal but they should for running and biking because people always use drug in those sports and should still be tested even if they lose it would still make the race unfair.
Bye, L-man (Liam D)
-James
I think rugby should not be a sport at the olympics because rugby is a rough sport and the olympics has non contact sports. Rugby has lots of competitions like world cups and things so they don't need to be in the olympics.Most of the sport in the olympics are not team sport and if rugby was in the olympics then they would have to pay for lots of medals for rugby and it would be quite expensive.Thankyou
Rugby should be a sport at the Olympic games because its the best sport every it is a very popular sport and everyone loves it and the allblack would win :)
liam
Ben h here
i think that rugby should be allowed at the Olympic's because it is known worldwide and is one of the worlds favourite sports. so yeah i think that rugby should be allowed at the Olympic games.
see-ya!!!
i dont think that rugby should be part of olympics because millions of people watch it all over the world and it is a well known sport...and it should rather be in there over ball room dancing whitch i have heard is taking over badminton so. if badminton was going to leave i would rather rugby take its place =)
jess thompson
I think rugby should be an Olympic sport because it would get more attention than the world or bledisoe cup. If it was an Olympic sport there could be more people buying tickets to see the Olympics, and the country holding the Olympics would have more tourists and more people at the openings.
To see rugby as an Olympic sport would be so great and I would say most people would like it.
From Damon
hey mikey here i think the olympics should not continue because the threat of terrists! but if the muzlims did try to blow up the birds nest thosands of people including NEW ZEALAND Athletes.so thats what i think !!!!
by mikey =)
Hi its tayla
Personally i dont think that rugby should be an olympic sport because we play it all year around and it would get really boring and New Zealand is the only country that actually plays rugby and are good at it.
I think that all competetors at the Olympic games should be tested for drugs so there is no chance to cheat at the Olympic games.I think this is a fair way to test people for drugs becaus someone who has spent many honest hours of training could just loose to someone who has taken drugs to cheat.
hi it's christie here yeah.=)
I think all athletes should be tested for drugs because it's not fair on the other athletes who go by the rules! And the other athletes taking drugs will have enhanced sporting abilities so the normal people might miss out on getting a medal.
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