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The article I am writing about was published in the Times, in the sport section on the 8th of July 2008 and was written by Toby Scott. The aim of the article is to inform and to a certain degree entertain because the reader. It targets those who are interested in sports and others who are interested in law, it would draw sports fans in by using the heading ‘play up, play up but play the game safely’. This is repitition which is used as it subconsciously persaudes the reader to share the same viewpoint. This would draw people in due to the use of the word ‘game’, the majority of sports fans would assume it is their sport that is being spoken about so they would begin to read. People would assume its their sport due to the fact that in modern sports there are a lot of injuries that occur, so legal action linked with injuries in sport is not uncommon.

The sub heading begins by playing with words by using “legal remedies available to those injured”, normally a remedy is given to those who are suffering from illnesses that occur naturally, it used here by saying that there is legal help as well as medicinal help available to those who need it. Below the subheading there is a brief paragraph that speaks about the type of injuries that occur when repetition of certain movements are on a daily basis. Due to this appearing in the Times, a well respected newspaper it is perceived as more reliabe than the Sun for example. Toby Scott begins with “as all runners know, there are only three kinds — runners who are injured, runners who are recovering from an injury and runners who are about to get injured”, this phrase adds an element of humor into his article as he is playing with language. He uses running as an analogy and uses the three tenses for effect.

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He argues both points of view to prevent giving people a biased impression, regardless what his own personal opinions are. He never really totally backs one side, he mentions on how if the study in Belgium is true then coaches and clubs have to begin to take actions to prevent this, however he does go on to say that at this moment in time there is no way of claiming for it as the research in Belgium wouldn’t be enough in English courts.

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