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发表于 2005-8-14 16:57:48 |只看该作者 |倒序浏览

Argument206:
The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Parkville Daily Newspaper.
'Throughout the country last year, as more and more children below the age of nine participated in youth-league softball and soccer, over 80,000 of these young players suffered injuries. When interviewed for a recent study, youth-league softball players in several major cities also reported psychological pressure from coaches and parents to win games. Furthermore, education experts say that long practice sessions for these sports take away time that could be used for academic activities. Since the disadvantages apparently outweigh any advantages, we in Parkville should discontinue organized athletic competition for children under nine.'

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In this argument, the arguer concludes that people in Parkville should discontinue organized athletic competition for children under nine. Although this argument may be well presented, it is not well reasoned, since it suffers from critical flaws in several aspects, as is discussed below.

First of all, the fact that over 80,000 of these young players suffered injuries lends little support to the argument. The arguer fails to provide any statistical information concerning the total amount of teenagers taking part in softball and soccer. Maybe there are 800,000 of them participated in the country's youth-league softball and soccer, which means that only 10 percent of them suffered from injuries. Nor does the arguer provide any information about the severity of such injuries. It is highly possible that 99 percent of those who injured are just gently hurt and it takes only a little time for them to recover. If it is true, there is no need to worry about them, since such small injuries are so common that nearly everyone have experienced once or more times. Without taking into account such possibilities, the argument is too groundless to believe.

Secondly, the arguer mentioned that some of the youth-league softball players in several major cities complain that they suffered from their coaches' high levels of pressure, which also contributes very little to the argument. The arguer unfairly overlooks the condition in relatively smaller cities and countryside. Perhaps players in small cities and countryside enjoy themselves very much in the youth-league. And the conductors of the study even overlook the conditions in other sports such as soccer. Maybe young soccer players are quite happy with the game. Since so many factors are neglected, the argument turns to be a weak one.

In the third place, the mere fact that education experts say that long practice sessions for these sports occupy large amount of time that could be used for academic activities does not necessarily indicate that the time for academic activities is inadequate. Perhaps students participating in youth-league are those do quite well in their academic activities and have enough leisure time to compete in the league. If they do well enough in their academic activities, why do experts want to confine them to classroom for a longer time?

Last but not least, even granted that the condition which mentioned above by the arguer are all true, it is too hasty for him to conclude that they should discontinue organized athletic competition for children under nine. In spite of the fact that those injuries appeared more or less in soccer and softball league, other sports may be safe and effectively in improving the health of children under nine. Without considering the effects of other sports, this conclusion is too hurried.

To draw a conclusion, this argument, since suffers from so many logical flaws, turns out to be a unpersuasive one. To strengthen it, the arguer should do more detailed investigation to study the real condition. To better assess the argument, we also need the information concerning other sports' conditions.