True Fans example essay topic

SPORTS-ENTERTAINMENT Years ago sports-entertainment in the form of wrestling, was just another small business traveling through small towns entertaining few crowds. Now sports-entertainment is a multi-billion dollar business traveling all around the world and watched by billions of fans as the number one show on cable television. During its rise to the wrestling has undergone many changes, these changes may also be the demise of the World Wrestling Federation. The critics say that these changes are setting a very bad example to the young fans. Wrestling is not supposed to be real, it is not ment to be real. True fans know this and do not take what they see on programs such as RAW.

Younger fans, however who do not know that much about wrestlings' true values may take wrestling more seriously, much may result in some problems, such as increase in violence and other related issues. According to High school teacher and wrestling fan Raymond Butler, some kids do copy the move, but he say the don't go overboard, "I don't see them jumping off tables or anything". According to the WWF (World Wrestling Federation) their target audience is between the ages of 18 and 34, although much of the fans are teens. With RAW's rating of 14+ I do not see why wrestling is such a problem. In the first place 10 year olds are not supposed to be watching this, so why is their a problem. If their parents let them, that is their choice, and if the see that the children are influenced by wrestling in a negative way then they should not let them watch it anymore.

Teens, at least most of them are mature enough to take wrestling as more of a soap opera than a sport, which is exactly what it is supposed to be. What I think professional wrestling to do, is to tone down, just a bit. I a recent study of 50 episodes of RAW by Indiana University and the TV program Inside Edition between January 1998 and February 1999. Researchers found 1,658 instances of crotch grabbing, 128 simulated sexual activities, 157 flipping's of the finger, 47 instances of simulated satanic activity, and 42 cases of simulated drug use. Now I know this all may seem bad, but just go back to the ratings, it is number one. Obviously this mix of sex and violence sells, and sells big.

Now what about those 10 year olds Well the WWF does produce edited versions of RAW, these episodes are aired at earlier times and of most of the swearing and other offensive scenes cut out. Which I think is great as the WWF reaches all of its fans. You can't forget that the WWF is in a competi on with rival wrestling business, WCW (World Championship Wrestling) and that ratings count. Wrestling is no longer all wrestle business and with all of its new and very controversial changes, the WWF is defiantly succeeding and will continue with the controversial action, because not that they want to but because they have to. In conclusion I think that professional wrestling should continue just the way it is right now.

Simply because it is better and more entertaining, its not just about wrestling their are storylines (also called angles) which make it so much better, without these angles wrestling would be plain and boring and thats not what it is cut out to be, so I think that wrestling should stick with its old motto of", Uncooked, uncut and uncensored.".