Problem: Discussion boards are opportunities for you to demonstrate your knowledge and practice applying the concepts learned in the readings/videos. To understand how important these discussion board posts are for your overall grade, you should treat them with the same weight you would give to essay questions on an exam. Overall, your aim should be to demonstrate your understanding and knowledge. I want to emphasize that this also applies to replies. I know you want to be polite and encourage your classmates, but do not be afraid to raise sociological, evidence-based disagreements! Remember, replies are for you to show me that you can discuss the material AND to take the conversation further. Topic: Sports are "social signi?cant activities"; they cultivate a feeling of connection, bring positive and negative memories, and allow us to create and provide meaningful relationships (Coakley 2017121). Prompt: How does culture, social interaction, and the social structure provide opportunities for connection, identities, and relationships? Under which conditions might the social structure, culture, or interaction exclude persons from connection, identity, and relationships?