Alcohol in Sports
Brett Thompson
As far back as most can remember. [connect these two sentences--you begin with a fragment] Alcohol has been associated with all sporting events. Alcohol has been the anchor to many sporting events [you may insert a comma here] such as, [lose the comma here] football, hockey, baseball, basketball, and much more [don't conclude with 'and much more'--it sets up an incomplete list] . Taking the alcohol away from the game would also take some of the fans with it?, [is this a question or a statement? you always want to make statements--never ask questions] Furthermore [insert a comma here] it would take some of the intensity of the game away also, [lose the 'also' and end the sentence with a period] In addition [insert a comma here] it would take away most social involvement. Even though alcohol is looked upon as, [lose the comma] bad by most. [link these two sentences--the first one is a fragment] It is the bearing of all of our sporting events. Without it, these events would not be as popular as they are today. Also without the presence of alcohol, these events might not even take place. Budweiser makes this possible. They are one of the largest sponsors in todays [today's] sporting events, and are nationally known for there [their] generous contribution[s] towards the game. [ah...we're back to Budweiser...what is your thesis sentence, here? what point are you trying to prove throughout the paper that all these body paragraphs can support and modify? that alcohol is essential to the games?]
[Brett, this intro largely maps out all your body paragraphs...for that reason, it is redundant...to avoid redundancy, delete all the sentences in your intro that refer to the associated ideas, and replace them with background information on the history of alcohol in sports--for instance, when did Budweiser become a sponsor of sporting events? how have they manufactured the impression that sporting events need alcohol in order to function? that sort of thing]