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IELTS Essay: Sport is becoming a business with high income for professionals and more comp...

Prompt

Sport is becoming a business with high income for professionals and more companies have involved in financial and in other ways. Is it a positive or negative development?

#professional sports#commercialization#income inequality#business ethics#sports industry

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Band 7 → 9 — Band 7 presents balanced nuance on commercialization (e.g., improved facilities vs. reduced grassroots access), while Band 9 systematically evaluates trade-offs with field-specific examples and addresses underlying assumptions about what constitutes 'positive development'.

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Key concepts in this essay

commercialization and professionalization of sport
effects on athlete welfare and opportunities
accessibility and participation rates
social cohesion vs. profit motive
sponsorship and corporate influence

Pitfalls the model essay avoids

Oversimplifying that professionalization is entirely positive or negative without acknowledging both effects
Failing to discuss broader societal implications beyond just athlete incomes
Using generic examples (football, basketball) without specific evidence of commercial impact

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