Read: Kang, Should Athletes Stick to Sports? Answer the Questions 1-5 at the end and upload here.

1. What does Jay Caspian Kang consider the dividing line between those who believe athletes and coaches should stick with sports and those who feel that “sports, just like everything else is politics” (para. 1)? Do you agree? Explain your answer.

2. According to Kang, what is the traditional “paradoxical yet symbiotic relationship” (para. 2) between sports and politics?

3. What does Kang believe caused the fairly recent changes in the relationship between sports and politics?

4. Kang suggests that the days of uncommitted “ciphers of sporting excellence” are over and that politics may have to be “assigned to them” (para. 5). What does he mean by that, and how might that happen?

5. What is your view of the relationship between sports celebrities and political causes?

Haha I’m currently working on this right now but this is what I have so far hopefully this helps a lil :)

1. I agree with the statement “sports, just like everything else is political” because throughout these past few years it has been nothing but that. For instance, take the 2021 presidency for example. There were many polls stationed around many stadiums through out the United States as well as voting ads appearing on sports channels.

2. A “paradoxical yet symbiotic relationship” was that NFL and Major League Baseball are trying not to be political but most people think that what they are doing is just that, political.

3. He believes it’s Trump

5. My view on it is that it’s a good way for players to speak up and bring awareness to the political matters at hand.

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v - velocity of system after the collision

m = m1 + m2

ek = (m1 + m2) v2/2

ek = (200 + 250) 2,32/2 = 450*5,29/2 = 1190,25 j

by: nicholas dooley