I fully agree with the writer’s view that the commercialization of sport can create gambling and corruption in the competition for two reasons. Firstly, many people these days cannot watch a sports match without betting on the previous score, from which many bookies appear. Although legal sports betting is growing in popularity, most betting on sports competitions is illegal. It makes some people so depraved that they have to sell all their possessions because of losing bets, even thinking about death. Secondly, there is deliberate manipulation to alter the outcome or course of a sporting event. This means that players intentionally fix the match score according to pre-match agreements in exchange for huge amounts of money or some personal gain. In 2019, the Integrity Sports hotline received more than 240 allegations of corruption in the sports sector. In conclusion, I believe that gambling and corruption occur in today’s life in part due to the commercialization of sport.
I
fully
agree
with the writer’s view that the commercialization of
sport
can create gambling and corruption in the competition for two reasons.
Firstly
,
many
people
these days cannot
watch
a
sports
match without betting on the previous score, from which
many
bookies appear. Although legal
sports
betting is growing in popularity, most betting on
sports
competitions is illegal. It
makes
some
people
so
depraved that they
have to
sell all their possessions
because
of losing bets, even thinking about death.
Secondly
, there is deliberate manipulation to alter the outcome or course of a sporting
event
. This means that players
intentionally
fix
the match score according to
pre-match
agreements in exchange for huge amounts of money or
some
personal gain. In 2019, the Integrity
Sports
hotline received more than 240 allegations of corruption in the
sports
sector.
In conclusion
, I believe that gambling and corruption occur in
today
’s life in part due to the commercialization of
sport
.