I have been a football fan most of my life. I've watched hundreds, maybe thousands, of college and NFL games and I'm going to watch football this weekend.
My decision to do so was more of a reaction than a decision. This Sunday, I'm me, so I watch football. Not only do I love sports, but I also write as a reporter and commentator. I eventually started writing for the New York Times, in part because I was used to writing about Monday Night Football games and the ambiguity of penalty kicks. In many ways, football has given me the career I have now, the opportunities I have now, the platform I have now.
I didn't watch last Monday's game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals because the pressures of the College Football Playoff (and Michigan's loss to Texas Christian University) forced me to take a short break from the football world. But then something happened at that game, I got a text from a friend about something he saw while watching football.
In that moment, I saw Buffalo Bills safety DaMar Hamlin collapse after routine surgery and a heart attack, his teammates screaming in pain and fear, and Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs crying as Hamlin received CPR: a nine-minute spiritual. (Diggs reportedly took an Uber to the hospital to be with a teammate.) I've seen a lot of football, which means I've seen horrific injuries, but Monday night I thought I might have seen someone die. On the field – for the first time since 1971 in a professional football game.
I think there is still a huge pendulum swinging between big prizes and big pay to play football at the highest level. Playing in the NFL is a privilege. Of the thousands who played college football, only 1.6 percent played professionally. But even playing tight end in the NFL can come with risks. The average career lasts only three years.
NFL players are some of the most famous and highest paid professional athletes in the country. Even if you've never watched an NFL game, you've probably seen Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes at State Farm Business or Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. But after many players retire, suffer financially or even go bankrupt, their names are largely forgotten, part of the decline of the world's most lucrative sports leagues.
Football is the most beautiful sport in the world for me. It's a logic game, a chess match, a whirlwind played at full throttle, and sometimes downright addictive. And those who play love it. When Hamlin woke up from sedation on Thursday, he was told who won the game when doctors passed their first question (in writing). But football can kill them, including those who play every year in high school. My favorite sport is soccer. The most profitable sport for me is football. But this sport destroys life and family. What do I and other sports fans owe?
I emailed the question to Domonic Foxworth, former NFL cornerback, former president of the NFL Players Association and ESPN announcer, who was candid and honest about how Hamlin and NFL players are perceived by those who watch the sport. "I don't know if I have a real answer to that," he said. He added, "When they do something amazing, they behave better than most people, and when they fail, they are inhumane."
He said the talk football fans have about athletes is race, money, fame, God knows what else. He added: “I believe there were millions of tragic things that happened to people across the country on Monday night, and Damar Hamley was the only one who felt the need to sympathize. I think it makes me feel better." But "I also wonder how we as fans would react if it was a careless penalty that led to the game."
Too often we see footballers as untouchable gods or useless idiots who can't do anything (like we can't help ourselves). But footballers are people first. After Hamlin fell, his teammates took off their hats, and some knelt next to him, others comforted him nearby. I saw familiar faces from my years of playing the sport and some I hadn't; Everyone is full of fear and worry for their friends, teammates, siblings.
Some fans in the stadium gathered there to pray for Hamlin, while others went to the hospital to hold a rally. They did this because we were all on the field watching the NFL game the other night; Real people participating in a beautiful and brutal sport for our entertainment.
(Reuters) – Formula One drivers should not use the platform provided by the FIA to make statements about their goals, the sports federation's president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, said on Tuesday.
Formula One drivers will need prior written permission from the sport's governing body to make "political, religious and personal statements" from next season following an update to the International Sporting Code.
Unless written permission is granted by the FIA, pilots who make such statements are now in breach of the rules.
"Our goal is to build bridges. You can use sport for peaceful purposes… But we do not want the FIA to be used as a platform to resolve personal issues,” Ben Sulayem told reporters.
"We are taking a break from sports. What does a driver do best? To go. They are very good, they run businesses, they do shows, they are stars. No one prevents it.
“There are other platforms to express what you want. Everybody has that and they can go through the FIA process, they can.”
Former champions Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel were among high-profile drivers to make similar claims in recent seasons.
Hamilton has advocated for human rights and racial equality, as well as LGBTQ+ rights in conservative countries such as Saudi Arabia, which has hosted two races from 2021.
Vettel, who retired last year, has focused on issues related to LGBTQ rights and climate change.
Ben Sulayem rejected the FIA's idea of firing pilots, saying he wanted to "improve and clean up" the sport.
"I have personal things, but that doesn't mean I'm going to use the FIA for them," said former UAE driver Ben Sulayem.
"I think the FIA should be neutral. We need superstars to play sports.
"If anything, ask permission. Otherwise, if they get it wrong again, it's like racing to pit lane. It's pretty obvious what you get when you do that.'
(Reporting by Rohit Nair in Bangalore; Editing by Christian Radney)
Note. This article is based on a special report by the Variety Intelligence Platform Sports Gambling & Media, available only to subscribers.
Sports betting is generating interest among fans, America's favorite sport, the NFL, is becoming the favorite sport for American bettors.
Exclusive data provided by CRG Global to Variety Intelligence shows that four out of five mobile sportsbooks bet on the NFL in October. That's a lot more than the next most popular betting sport, the NBA (54%), followed by MLB (44%, it was a playoff, with fewer betting games) and American football (34). %).
CRG Global found a direct link between betting and viewing, with two-thirds of mobile gamers saying they watch more NFL games when they bet on a game.
An interesting takeaway from the VIP+ ratio is that NFL stakes among athletes increase with age. Although it is one of the most popular sports among young consumers, its appeal is less strong and reflects a trend towards increased competition from the NBA.
The impact of the NFL can be seen in real terms when looking at the total amount of bets each month in states that allow sports betting. With the return of the NFL playoffs and regular season, countered by the appeal of pro football with only the annual March NCAA frenzy, the stakes are up.
Another interesting result of the partnership between Variety Intelligence Platform and CRG Global is that a proportionate majority of sports bettors bet on the NFL. The number of fans who never bet is much lower than in other sports, but the NFL also has more fans who rarely bet, perhaps just regular players who bet on big games and events.
In the current season of the NFL, many games have reached the finals, which increases the interest in betting. Most sports bettors have said that the unpredictability of this season's games has made them more interested in betting, meaning they will be more cautious until the team is off the field.
Rain, fog and warm weather have closed ski slopes across Quebec, raising fears that the warm weather could dampen ski slope operators' hopes for a snowy season.
"We're waiting for the good weather to come back. It's tough," Charles Desourdi, president and CEO of Ski Bromont, said in an interview.
Dezurdi said Bromont had a busy few days after Christmas. Conditions were good due to the storm in Quebec on Christmas Eve. But then the temperature rises above freezing, it rains and the fog lifts.
The heat has forced Bromont to close most of its trails, leaving only the bare minimum open for the few brave hikers who stay in the holiday apartments near the mountain.
"It is abandoned," Dezurdi said on Sunday. There can be 100 people on the mountain when normally we have 3,000 or 4,000.
But thanks to the Bromont snowblowers, the season was not as bad as expected.
At night, when the temperature is below freezing, the Bromont and Quebec ski mountains are often shrouded in fog. It is a byproduct of giant snow cannons that spray fine misty water into a fine powder that coats streams.
This snow paved the way for the slopes to open before the holiday season.
Dezurdi said without snow, the season would be short and unprofitable, especially as weather trends point to a warmer winter.
"We cannot bury our heads in the sand. "For us, this is a solution for the future: it is to invest in snow production, because if we wait for nature, we can wait a long time."
Philippe Gauchon, professor and head of research on climate change-related hydrometeorological risks at the Université de Montréal (UQAM), says winters have gotten warmer in the past decade.
"What we're seeing more and more — we're seeing it this year and we've seen it in past years — is a freeze-thaw cycle that's causing problems with snow accumulation and melting," he said.
He said the prolonged heat in Quebec is an anomaly but is becoming more common.
Christian Dufour, director of marketing at Les Sommets, which owns the hills in the Lawrence Mountains, said cold November and December weather helped them get plenty of snow and open early.
But when it rained, Les Sommets closed its resorts for the day and now only a few slopes are open. Avoid using snow blowers as they speed up the melting of the snow.
Dufour said the Hills are preparing for a period of warm weather and will focus on getting more snow before other busy times like spring break.
"It doesn't bother us, we're used to it. "We'll adapt to changing weather conditions."
The warm weather covered other winter sports.
Steve Massicot, spokesperson for the Pourvoyeurs de la rivière Ste-Anneassociation , said the ice fishing season was delayed because warm weather and rain made the ice unstable.
"We have no choice, it's Mother Nature," she said. "When it comes to ski resorts and snowmobile trails, fishing, winter activities — rain and six or seven degrees in January, it's really not great."
A season delay can cause equipment on the St. Anne River cost more than $1 million, Massicot said.
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(Bloomberg) — Broadcasting is changing the way Americans watch sports. Gary Bettman has a plan for how the National Hockey League, which he has led as commissioner for three decades, will be in a strong position to take advantage.
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The league saw the value in digital sports rights in 2013 when it signed a 12-year deal with Rogers Communications Inc. In Canada, including mobile phone and satellite radio broadcasts. Then, in 2021, the NHL signed a seven-year deal with The Walt Disney Co., Ltd. Which will see some games air on ABC or ESPN, and many others exclusively on ESPN+ and Hulu.
"You'll see more development," Bateman, 70, said in an interview. "The flow will be more and more important, the national presence will be more important."
Live sports is one of the few reasons people still pay for cable TV, but the move to streaming services could hasten the demise and collapse of the major sports networks. The tech giants have struggled to keep up with customer demand since the National Football League announced earlier this month that it had licensed the rights to YouTube's coveted road game package from Alphabet Inc. Signed with Major League Baseball.
Sports leagues can't totally go out of style, Bateman said, but "you have to be flexible enough to keep up with trends and be willing to embrace them."
"Most importantly, you have to give your fans easy access at an affordable price," he said. “But when you look at millennials and Gen Z, they want more than just games. They want behind the scenes.”
And that means more locker room shots and coverage of special events like the Boston Winter Classic on Jan. 2. The tournament also uses additional camera angles during the broadcast and more real-time data, including from the built-in sensor.
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Hockey has an inherent advantage. It is indeed a more dynamic sport than others, so enthusiasts are unlikely to shy away from it for fear of missing out on an important moment. But additional content for The Batman ensures that fans will still be engaged when they return home.
"The slow pace makes young people use their phones and do other things," she said.
Bateman said there is "no news" that more young people are playing soccer than hockey. "This is not surprising given the barriers to entry," he said, "such as access to the ice rink and expensive equipment."
Despite his late entry, he rejected the notion that professional American football could overtake the NHL in popularity, jeopardizing its place among the so-called "Big Four", along with the NFL, NBA and MLB.
Our game is still in the Big Four and I think it will always be that way," he added that the NHL is comfortable playing 32 teams.
"We're not going to expand," Bateman said. “We receive expressions of interest that we always listen to very well. But I don't see anything in our near future.”
The athlete, a former jockey for AP McCoy, said earlier this year that he was the only person to have died twice, it hurt so much to be cut off from the dizzying and all-encompassing nature of professional sports.
McCoy ended his long and illustrious athletic career in 2015 and has since had to learn, in his own words, "how to start over and live differently."
Based on the past 12 months, a few prominent sports stars could take a closer look at McCoy's retirement experience, and indeed anyone who has spoken openly about the difficulties of ending a successful sports career. .
Among them is Roger Federer, who ended his successful tennis career at the Laver Cup in September after years of trying to recover from two knee surgeries.
In his resignation letter, Federer, like McCoy, mentioned the strong feelings of a professional athlete and how hard it is to say goodbye.
“I laughed and cried, I felt joy and pain, and above all, I felt incredibly alive,” Federer wrote. “At a tennis match,” he signed the letter, “I love you and will never leave you.”
These last words reassured the fans who have admired Federer's career for so many years, but also touched upon another topic. How difficult is it to completely retire from professional sports after retirement?
It remains to be seen exactly how Federer will play tennis in the future, and the same goes for Serena Williams, who announced she was "retiring" ahead of this year's US Open but backed out. They say he's retiring. .
Over the past three months, the 23-time Grand Slam champion has even teased fans several times about a possible return to tennis.
While Federer and Williams have retired as two of the greatest athletes of all time, other sports stars can't seem to decide when or how to retire.
World heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury retired this year and said in October that he was "very hard to let go."
And earlier this year, Tom Brady announced his retirement from the NFL, leaving the sport with a seven-time Super Bowl champion and arguably the greatest quarterback of all time. The 45-year-old later reversed that decision and is still breaking records with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in his 23rd NFL season.
However, in September, Brady and Gisele Bundchen announced their divorce after 13 years of marriage.
“I think there are a lot of professionals in life who live by the things they deal with at work and at home,” the Bucks quarterback said on his weekly podcast, just days after the couple announced their divorce.
“The good news, of course, is that this is a very friendly situation and I am really focused on two things: taking care of my family and of course my children, and secondly, on doing my best to win football matches. These are pluses. make."
Brady has changed what many consider the average life expectancy of an athlete, and he's not the only person who refuses to let his career shine.
LeBron James is about to turn 38, but he still holds the NBA record.
Meanwhile, Federer's rivals Rafael Nadal (36) and Novak Djokovic (35) have contributed to his Grand Slams this year; a Spaniard at the Australian Open and the French Open, where he became the oldest male singles champion, and a Serb at Wimbledon. Djokovic's Wimbledon victory put him one Grand Slam title behind Nadal's men's record of 22.
After being banned from entering Australia earlier this year due to his vaccination status, Djokovic is set to play in the Australian Open in early 2023, a tournament he has won nine times and is once again a favorite next year. after the last victory at the ATP Finals.
For Nadal, his future in the sport depends on how much pressure his injured body can handle.
In golf, Tiger Woods faces similar questions. The 15-time Grand Slam champion made a stunning comeback from serious leg injuries sustained in a car accident at this year's Masters, with a remarkable 71 finishes at the Augusta National before dropping out of the tournament the next day.
Then there's sprinter Shelley-Anne Fraser-Pryce, who turns 36 this month but doesn't seem to slow down. The Jamaican has shown a string of fast and consistent performances this year, running the 100m under 10.7s seven times and winning his fifth world title over the course in July.
And it's not just athletes who have defied calls to retire this year. In November, Dusty Baker, 73, became the oldest coach to win a World Series when he led the Houston Astros to a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Familiar faces and future stars
Many athletes making headlines in 2022 have been doing so for years.
No one knows where the aging Cristiano Ronaldo will play in his club football in January after failing to end his second spell at Manchester United, but the 37-year-old appears to be extending his playing career after being knocked out in the quarter-finals. End of Portugal. . World Cup.
Meanwhile, rival Lionel Messi ended the year with a sensational record, leading Argentina to its third world title. Messi, 35, won the French final against France and led the Coupe du monde à la cinquième fois où il a dadiled in the final, confirming his de plus grand joueur de tous position.
This is not the only recent example of an established superstar winning trophies. In last year's NBA Finals, Steph Curry led the Golden State Warriors to their fourth championship in eight seasons and won their first Finals MVP award when the Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics.
Meanwhile, Aaron Judge is finishing his breakout season in baseball. The 30-year-old, who just signed a nine-year, $360 million contract with the New York Yankees, hit 62 homers last season, breaking Roger Maris' record in 1961.
The Yankees on Wednesday named Judge, AL MVP, the 16th captain in franchise history.
But while some familiar faces continued to shine, the past year has also seen the emergence of some upcoming stars.
19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz ends the year as the youngest No. 1 in men's history after winning the US Open, and in women's Iga Swiatek has risen to number one following Ashley's decision to retire following Barty's World No. 1 win. at the Australian Open would dominate for years to come.
That same year, 21-year-old Swiatek won his second Grand Slam title at Roland Garros after a 37-game winning streak and his third at the US Open.
In Formula One, Max Verstappen cemented his position as the best driver in his category and effortlessly defended the world title with four races to go, while Erling Haaland, regarded as one of the best strikers in European football, scored a record number of goals for his side. first season at Manchester City.
At the Beijing Winter Olympics, 18-year-old cross-country skier Eileen Gu made headlines by winning two gold and one silver medals for the host country. She was also the first skier to win three medals in one Olympics.
Another teenager, figure skater Kamila Valieva, held memorable matches for various reasons. In December 2021, a 16-year-old boy tested positive for the drug trimetazidine, but the result was not announced until Valieva was already in Beijing, having won gold in the team figure skating competition.
In this competition, she became the first woman to land a quadruple jump with four aerial pirouettes at the Winter Olympics.
The positive test remains unresolved, and in November the World Anti-Doping Agency referred Valieva's case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, finding that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency had made no progress.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has overshadowed much of this year's sports calendar.
Athletes and teams from Russia and Belarus have been banned from participating in several sports, including this year's World Cup qualifiers and Wimbledon.
Wimbledon's decision was perhaps the strongest position of any sports organization, prompting the ATP and WTA tours to withdraw ranking points from that year's tournament.
When the war began, many Ukrainian athletes such as skeleton runner Vladislav Geraskevich and MMA fighter Yaroslav Amosov decided to retire and support the country's war effort.
Boxer Oleksandr Usyk was also passionate about serving his country, and in the ring he added to his undefeated record by defeating Anthony Joshua in August to retain the WBA (Super), IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight titles.
In 2022, sports and geopolitics were closely linked. WNBA star Brittney Greener returned to the United States this month after spending nearly 10 months in jail in Russia on drug charges.
Despite his testimony that he accidentally packed hemp oil found in his luggage, Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison in early August and transferred to a penal colony in the Republic of Mordovia in mid-November after missing his call.
The arrest of a 32-year-old man in Russia has sparked a diplomatic drama between the US and the Kremlin that is playing out in parallel to Russia's war in Ukraine.
He was released as a result of a prisoner exchange with Russian arms dealer Viktor Butt. However, the exchange does not include another American the State Department has identified as wrongfully detained, Paul Whelan.
Perhaps no sport has been more affected by domestic politics this year than golf, which was rocked by the launch of the Saudi-backed LIV golf series in June.
LIV Golf has been criticized by some top players, including Woods and Rory McIlroy, while others, including great champions Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, have left the PGA Tour in favor of a lucrative singles series.
It split the sport. Earlier this year, LIV Golf joined some of its players in an antitrust lawsuit alleging that the PGA Tour threatened to ban players from the LIV Golf Series for life.
The lawsuit also alleges that the PGA Tour threatened sponsors, suppliers and agents to force players to forfeit their ability to attend LIV golf events.
In late September, the PGA Tour filed a counterclaim alleging "treacherous interference in the Tour's contracts with its members."
The LIV Golf series is backed by the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), a sovereign wealth fund led by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the man responsible for approving the operation that led to 2013, according to a US intelligence report. Assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Ben Salman denied any involvement in Khashoggi's murder.
The launch of LIV Golf is part of Saudi Arabia's broader ambition to host and invest in global sporting events. This year it hosted a rematch between Usyk and Joshua and even won the 2029 Asian Winter Games bid.
But perhaps the biggest sporting event in the Gulf region this year was the World Cup in Qatar.
The four-week tour ended on Tuesday and continued until Argentina lifted the trophy that FIFA President Gianni Infantino lifted for the biggest World Cup of all time.
There were shocks, high-scoring games and brilliant goals ahead of Sunday's masterpiece as Messi took the win and Kylian Mbappe scored an impressive hat-trick in defeat.
It was the first time a Middle Eastern country has hosted a World Cup, and Qatar, with a population of just three million, has invested billions of dollars to build seven new stadiums, as well as new hotels and expanding the country. Airport, rail networks and highways.
The tournament also ran into difficulties, especially over allegations of the country's poor record on human rights and the treatment of migrant workers.
They found that since 2010, many migrant workers in Qatar have faced delayed or non-payment of wages, forced labor, long hours of work in hot weather, intimidation by employers, and an inability to retire due to the country's patronage system.
In the face of such criticism, Qatar insists that it is an open and tolerant country and sees the World Cup as a way to speed up labor reforms.
Tragedy at the stadium
In international football, England won the Women's European Championship for the first time in front of a record crowd and Senegal also won the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title for the first time in February.
Outside of international competition, Real Madrid won their 14th European crown by beating Liverpool in the Champions League final, a game marred by security concerns.
The game itself was delayed more than 35 minutes after Liverpool fans forced their way into the Stade de France and French police fired tear gas at fans who were being held in an enclosed space.
Paris police chief Didier Lallemand admitted in June that the chaos was a "clear setback" and said he took "full police leadership responsibility" for the incident.
Unfortunately, there have been several major stadium disasters in football this year. In October, more than 130 people died in a stampede in the Indonesian city of Malang in what was one of the deadliest stadium disasters of all time.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo later said the country would demolish and rebuild the stadium and vowed to "transform" sport in the football-obsessed country.
During this year's AFCON, at least eight people were killed and 38 injured in a stadium accident in the Cameroonian capital Yaoundé during a Cameroon-Comoros match.
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Ahead of 2023, Australia and New Zealand will host the Women's World Cup in July and August.
The US Women's Team (USWNT) could become the first team to win the tournament three times in a row.
This year, the United States Football Federation (USSF), the USWNT Players Association (USWNTPA) and the US National Soccer Players Association (USNSTPA) signed a historic equal pay agreement. Շխ ֆեդեր, որը մրց մրց մրց: շխ մ
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If you build it, the pickle maker will come. But they are not always welcome.
Earlier this year, the New York City Parks and Recreation Department sought to stem the tide of people playing America's fastest-growing sport: some tennis, some ping pong, and all the rest. . To do so, the officers painted two areas of acid on Cpl. John A. Seravalli Playground, a one-acre park in the heart of Manhattan's West Village.
Less than a year later, park officials banned Pickleball from Seravalli after repeated confrontations between players and other park visitors, particularly parents with young children who had been coming to Seravalli for years to ride bikes, skate and throw baseballs. Seravalli Battle is just one example of acid collectors stepping up as more and more people decide to gamble and seek ever better places to do so. About 10,000 installations are registered with USA Pickleball, the sport's non-profit governing body, with an average of three new openings per day.
"A year ago, it was like the Wild West," an industry insider told the Washington Post earlier this year. "Now it's like World War III."
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Once confined to an older community, Pickleball has thrived and shows no signs of slowing down. According to data from the Sports and Fitness Industry Association cited by NPR, the number of people playing sports reached nearly 5 million last year, nearly double from five years ago. Three professional leagues vie for dominance of players, customers and advertisers. And the community is looking for a place to create a playing field for the millions of new Pickleball players who join their ranks every day.
This includes the New York City Parks Department, which provides approximately 68 acid sites for its 8.8 million residents.
New York City Parks and Recreation CEO Mark Focht told the Washington Post, "We have seen an increase in interest in sports across the country that has resulted from the pandemic." there is no clock anywhere". after a few months."
To keep up, the department removed two field lines in Seravalli in the spring, Focht said. Though officials heard "low rumblings" of controversy during the first few months, the whispers died down in the summer as people left town for the holidays. But the clashes broke out at the end of the summer when people returned and lessons resumed.
Calling themselves "Family Unites for Outdoor Play," the parents started a petition this fall to "save New York's Seravalli Playground (aka Horatio Park) from a Pickleball takeover." Founded as a playground 60 years ago, the park has served for generations as a "vital community gathering place and the heart and soul of life for many West Village children and families," the petition states.
Then the pickle producers took over the park in a "sudden land grab," which parents said had garnered about 3,300 signatures by Wednesday morning, well short of its 5,000 goal.
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This sentiment led to a 90-minute meeting in Seravalli in October to discuss acid ball.
Parents pushing for a blanket acid ban complained that players dominated the space and put their children in danger if they rushed to hit foul balls. Two meals quickly became five, then 10, all but 12, the parents told committee members. Parents tried to get the players to confine themselves to the two official courts in a "stubborn game of cat and mouse," but salty players often encroached on the court. Some parents give up, she says.
“Our children go to the park, they are not welcome and they leave. It has gotten to the point where there are now frequent discussions about my children not wanting to go anymore.
Pickleballers admitted the crooked player set up an ad hoc tribunal which was described as "disgusting" at the October meeting. But a blanket ban is not the solution, they say. U.S. Pickleball Volunteer Ambassador Lydia Hirt has urged park officials to increase the number of spots at Seravalli from two to four and implement a partial ban. He suggested allowing play on the four proposed courses at all times and banning play on the other courses during peak hours: 3pm to 6pm on weekdays and 10am to 4pm on weekends .
Hirt said he often plays in the morning before work. He says there's no reason pickleball players can't go to the park to skate in the afternoon while the kids are at school.
"For me, the goal is unity," he said. “Pickleball is very inclusive, accessible and democratic. It truly is a New York City sport that truly anyone can play and participate in, regardless of shape, color, or background.
The parks department made its decision Nov. 30, when officials removed the Seravalli pickle ball by hanging a "No Acid Ball at Seravalli Games" sign over the entrance to the ballpark. The sign directs players to the three closest places to play.
The department said it has set up two camps at JJ Walker Park, a mile south of Seravalli, making sure they are full and accessible when Seravalli is relocated.
“We were able to come up with a win-win solution,” Manhattan Borough Parks Commissioner Anthony Perez told The Post.
But Hirt, who moderates an online group of more than 1,100 pickleball players in the West Village, doesn't think he and the pickers have won, and vows to continue working with officials and parents to restore Seravalli's fields. He said he believes striking a balance between no-go and free-for-all pickleball can allow players, parents and other park-goers to coexist.
Focht acknowledged that the 70 or so pickleball fields created by the department aren't enough to keep up with the sport's meteoric rise in America's largest city. He said he and his partners will continue to look for "underutilized spaces" like JJ Walker to add to the court.
“We serve 8.8 million people and have limited space, so we need to make strategic decisions to balance the needs of all our components, users and customers,” Focht said.
However, he continued, it will take some time. "Everyone wants everything where they want, right?"
It's the season to come back and we can learn a thing or two about it from professional women's sports.
The New York Liberty announced this week that it has launched its first "Season of Charity" campaign, in which the team and nine corporate partners will donate gifts to local organizations in five boroughs this holiday season. Although this program is in its first year, some members of the women's professional basketball team have a long history of New Jersey kickbacks.
Take, for example, 29-year-old guard/forward Bethnia Laney.
Earlier this year, former Rutgers Scarlet Knight also received the prestigious Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award for tri-state leadership and community service. Her work focuses on child development and youth education in New Jersey and New York.
“Community service is something my mother taught me at a young age,” Laney said in a statement. “It taught me the importance of giving back and serving the community to create positive change for those around me.
“This is what I have tried to this day,” he said. "I will continue to use my platform to express and express what the Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award represents."
More: To connect with new fans and future stars, Gotham FC is hosting a youth football clinic in Montclair.
More: "Not just a team": Sky Blue football players from New Jersey make an impact off the field and help those in need.
According to the WNBA, the committee selected Laney to be honored by a panel of judges appointed by the league's players. As part of this award, the league donated $10,000 on behalf of Laney to the Coalition for Change, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide families with educational support, mental health services, financial education, and employment opportunities.
Laney's return portfolio is admirable. This includes participating in panel discussions such as the Derek Jeter Foundation's annual Turn 2 gala and Her Time to Play Clinic hosted by Liberty and the Brooklyn Nets. He was also a keynote speaker and guest speaker at the Coalition for Community Impact event in Atlantic City.
While there, he spoke about his youth league career and emphasized the importance of mental health. He also took part in a virtual session with young members of the Osborne Association in Brooklyn, which works directly with those affected by the criminal justice system.
Her donation also includes a distribution of food and care kits at an elementary school in Brooklyn, where she spoke to students. That same year, he volunteered to serve on the jury in Cleveland for NBA All-Star Day.
Laney's performances on the field are also inspiring. His career has been on an upward trajectory in recent years, as detailed in an ESPN profile. Cut from the team, she was named a WNBA All-Star and played for Team USA.
That same year, Scarlet Knight Kahleah Copper and her teammates made their international debut at the FIBA World Championship in Sydney.
Laney began her professional career after being selected 17th overall in the 2015 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky and working with Connecticut, Indiana and Atlanta. Laney has also played overseas for teams in Australia and Israel. In 2020, she was named the WNBA's Most Improved Female Player.
Laney's off-court efforts are just one of many examples in the WNBA and women's sports in general. Professional women's teams tend to be highly involved in their communities, a tribute to the leagues' long tradition of defense and diversity.
This holiday season, athletes like Laney can inspire us all.
"Women and Sports" is a new column on NorthJersey.com dedicated to amateur, college and professional athletes. If you have a recommendation for a North Jersey athlete, regardless of age or youth that should be in the column, please send an email to [email protected].
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PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Qatar for the second time in a week, despite widespread concerns about human rights and the environment in the emirate. Why? Because France is in the finals of the FIFA World Cup and because Macron is a huge soccer fan, as well as an important defender of the long-standing partnership between the two countries.
Footage of France's semi-final win over Morocco showed an elated Macron mingling with French players in the dressing room at the Doha Stadium on Wednesday night, cheering on the success of the Free from Desire team. anthem
The FIFA World Cup in Qatar has sparked many debates, from the living conditions of migrant workers to the air-conditioned stadium environment and the plight of LGBTQ people, as well as women and minorities. Many activists, especially in Europe, have called for a boycott of the tournament.
They also highlighted on social media that the six-hour flight from Paris to Doha was energy-intensive and climate-insensitive, contradicting Macron's previous pledges.
At the European summit held in Brussels on Thursday, Macron said that he fully supports his decision. "I'm a fan of the French team, and I think France is too," he said.
He cited the example of more than 20 million viewers watching the semi-final on French channel TF1, a record number for a World Cup game since 2006. "There are numbers. We love our team, we are proud, we want it to win," Macron said.
A sports enthusiast, the 44-year-old Macron played football at the elite French administrative school of HEC in the 2000s. He is a fan of Marseille in the south of France and last year played in a charity soccer match, the first for a sitting French president, in which he awarded a penalty.
Macron was also seen boxing during a campaign rally in the northern suburbs of Paris in April this year ahead of his re-election bid for a second term, a sport he reportedly enjoyed with some of his security agents.
The French president had previously announced that they would advance to the semi-finals and final if France qualified, as they did at the previous World Cup in 2018 when France won in Russia.
In response to criticism last month, he said that "sports should not be politicized."
Paris and several other major French cities have decided not to broadcast World Cup matches on giant screens in public spaces for fans to watch because of human rights concerns in Qatar.
Macron, who said he would meet with Qatari officials on Sunday, appeared to stick to his usual diplomatic approach, which includes talking to other world leaders about tough issues "when the need arises," according to the French president.
He is one of the few world leaders who has maintained open relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin since the beginning of the Ukrainian war.
Franco-Qatari relations, which date back to the emirate's independence in the 1970s, include political, economic and security arrangements that include oil contracts, arms sales and cultural exchanges. The leading French football club "Paris Saint-Germain" belongs to Qatar Sports Investments for more than 11 years.
When Macron visited Qatar a year ago, he issued a joint statement with the Emir of that country, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. The two leaders pledged to strengthen economic cooperation and "jointly address global challenges, including regional security, terrorism, climate change and energy transition."
On Wednesday, the organizer of the Avaaz civic campaign published a statement in two French newspapers condemning Macron's visit to Qatar, saying: "The players don't need you in the World Cup. The planet needs you."
"We thought it was a stunning failure of leadership that Emmanuel Macron went to watch soccer in Canada instead of the UN Biodiversity Conference," Avaaz CEO Oscar Soria tweeted.
Several left-wing French politicians also criticized Macron's visit to the emirate.
Greens MEP Yannick Jadot said this week that the visit to Qatar was a "political mistake", especially in the context of a corruption scandal that led to the European Parliament suspending work on all documents. Qatar: . .
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