People have different opinions on the benefits of sports. Some argue that sports are useful for the society while others feel that sports are only for leisure. I firmly believe that sports are essential for the society and let us consider the differing opinions on the same.
While the money earned from ticket sales of most sports events goes to the organizers and players, there are several instances when sports events are organized for raising funds for charitable purposes. For instance, funds raised in IPL matches in 2007 were donated for rehabilitation of Tsunami victims in India. In these cases, the sports events directly contribute to the welfare of the community. Sports activities tend to bring together people in a common gathering and promotes social development. Further, sports help in the overall personality improvement of players honing their leadership, team spirit, physical and mental stamina. Thus, sports are beneficial to the public in multiple ways.
However, on the other hand, there are people who believe that sports can only serve as leisure activities. This could be true when there is no real value addition to the people involved. For example, if a person watches a football match on TV, he does not engage himself with others watching the match and there is no development as a result. In such scenarios, sports are reduced to merely a past time than societal value adder.
In conclusion, sports are beneficial to the society because during the current time when children immerse themselves in video games and lack physical activity, sports act as motivating factors for people to come together and be physically fit. A community where its citizens are physically strong is a healthy community. Therefore, in my opinion, sports definitely play a role in the development of a healthy society. 
 People
 have  
different
 opinions on the benefits of  
sports
.  
Some
 argue that  
sports
 are useful for the  
society
 while others feel that  
sports
 are  
only
 for leisure. I  
firmly
 believe that  
sports
 are essential for the  
society
 and  
let
 us consider the differing opinions on the same.
While the money earned from ticket sales of most  
sports
  events
 goes to the organizers and players, there are several instances when  
sports
  events
  are organized
 for raising funds for charitable purposes.  
For instance
, funds raised in  
IPL
 matches in 2007  
were donated
 for rehabilitation of Tsunami victims in India. In these cases, the  
sports
  events
  directly
 contribute to the welfare of the community.  
Sports
 activities tend to bring together  
people
 in a common gathering and promotes social development.  
Further
,  
sports
  help
 in the  
overall
 personality improvement of players honing their leadership, team spirit, physical and mental stamina.  
Thus
,  
sports
 are beneficial to the public in multiple ways. 
However
,  
on the other hand
, there are  
people
 who believe that  
sports
 can  
only
 serve as leisure activities. This could be true when there is no real value addition to the  
people
 involved.  
For example
, if a person  
watches
 a football match on TV, he does not engage himself with others watching the match and there is no development  
as a result
. In such scenarios,  
sports
 are  
reduced
 to  
merely
 a  
past time
 than societal value adder. 
In conclusion
,  
sports
 are beneficial to the  
society
  because
 during the  
current
 time when children immerse themselves in video games and lack physical activity,  
sports
 act as motivating factors for  
people
 to  
come
 together and be  
physically
 fit. A community where its citizens are  
physically
 strong is a healthy community.  
Therefore
, in my opinion,  
sports
 definitely play a role in the development of a healthy  
society
. 
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