Top 19 Interesting Sports Research Paper Topics To Look Into

These are some really great ideas that you may like to consider as a Sports research paper topic.

  1. Sports and Traumatic Brain Injuries. At what point do Sports have to start changing some of their rules and regulations in response to possible brain trauma?
  2. Age and Contact Sports. Should children under the age of 12 be allowed to take part in contact sports? Should the rules be the same for Girls and boys?
  3. Professional Sports and Tattoos. People should be allowed to express themselves but what message do highly tattooed professional sports people make to young people.
  4. Performance enhancing drugs. Has the use of performance enhancing drugs had on the Tour de France and other similar sports?
  5. Long term use of steroids. What are the possibilities of devising a successful program that can help amateur sportsmen and women avoid using steroids.
  6. Media. What are the qualities and experience that are necessary to make a good sports commentator? How much player experience do they need?
  7. Media and Soccer. Did the Media give as much coverage of the Women’s World Cup Soccer as the Male equivalent? If not why?
  8. Spectator Sports. Which sports can be defined as spectator sports? Why have spectator sports grown over the past 30 years? How can we achieve a balance?
  9. History and Sports. There seems to have been a growth of new sports over the past few years (e.g. Frisbee Golf), why have these changes come about?
  10. Advertising and Sports. How has advertising be big companies changed sports? You could look at this from the point of view of the sport sponsorship to trophies.
  11. Sports Scholarships. How do students with sports scholarships manage their studies as well as playing sports? Has this changed over the past 20 years?
  12. Medicine and Sports Injuries. What sorts of injuries are specific to particular sports? How can people guard against these injuries
  13. Careers after Sport. Besides coaching what other career options are available to someone who is very interested in sports? What qualifications do they need?
  14. Sexes and Sport. Can all sports be played by both sexes? Why do there have to be separate teams for males and females? Is this fair?
  15. Football (Soccer), a universal language? Soccer is known throughout the world, how can this sport help towards global peace?
  16. Skills and Sport. Is sport just about physical strength? Does it require more skills such as math and problem solving? Give examples.
  17. Famous Athletes. Who stands out as being one of the world’s most famous athletes? What influence have they had on their sport and beyond?
  18. FIFA. How can we be sure that the same mistakes are not made again? What led to some of the difficulties that occurred?
  19. The most memorable sporting event. What is the most memorable sporting event and why? How could it be more memorable?