The 24hrs fitness basketball court is an arena where all the confident and skilled players come to compete against each other to become the “elite” out of the group. The five on five pick-up games going on are played where the winner of each game stays on and plays the next new team, so it is basically a large game of “King of the Courts.” There were varieties of people ranging from young, athletic, flashy, cocky guys to old, slow, weird, deteriorating dudes. As I watched about six to seven games I noticed that most of the players would do anything to get the win and to satisfy their desires to be better than anyone there. For example, in one of the games, two guys argued and tried to start a fight over a little travel call. So all in all, a simple competitive game of basketball turns out to be “a ferocious competition for privilege and distinction” (Solomon 525). This statement is true because I am one of these people that come to play basketball every once in a while. Although my initial purpose of playing is to get cardio, it turns out at the end, that I am giving my all to win, and feel great when winning ten games or so in a row.
Solomon, Jack. "Masters of Desire: The Culture of American Advertising." Signs of Life in the
USA 6th Ed. Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2009.
524-535 Print.
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