smokers from risking their health by smoking‚ why should we prohibit track stars or weightlifters from taking risks with their health in pursuit of their goals?" -Robert Simon‚ PhD Professor of Philosophy at Hamilton College Fair Play: The Ethics of Sport 2003 Seeking an ‘Unfair’ Advantage "There is no coherent argument to support the view that enhancing performance is unfair; if it were‚ we would ban coaching and training. Competition can be unfair if there is unequal access to particular enhancements
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commercialisation of sport a positive trend? Negative I feel that commercialisation of sports is bad as it denies the sport players of their privacy. As the players would be constantly under the limelight‚ details of their lives‚ both the good and the bad‚ are released to the public. For example‚ in the recent Tiger Wood’s scandal involving his many mistresses‚ his private life was broad casted to the public‚ attracting many criticisms. Therefore‚ the commercialization of sports is bad as it compromises
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Professional athletes‚ such football and basketball players‚ do not deserve the high salaries that they are paid. With a growing awareness of maintaining health‚ sports‚ in this day and age‚ have gradually become indispensable parts of daily life. Some well-known professional athletes have even been considered as role models to the many teenagers. A question‚ however‚ may be laid on whether athletes deserve high salaries. From my view‚ the
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players. Since steroids work so well and create an unfair advantage‚ it breaks the social contract athletes agree to: “We are going to have a fair contest” (“ProCon.org”). Sports are about competition on equal footing‚ with respect for the opponent‚ and with respect for the rules of the game (“Why Steroids Have No Place in Sports”). Even if there were a safe substance for enhancing performance‚ if it wasn’t equally available to everyone it would still be considered cheating. Now‚ the question of
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Morality is the distinction between what is right and what is wrong. In the world of sports there is no place for immorality that would damage the fairness of the competition. Cheating through ways such as the use of performance enhancing drugs can harm the integrity of the game. Since the 1960’s athletes have been using drugs to enhance their abilities. In the past fifteen years‚ the number of known athletes using these performance enhancing drugs has increased considerably. Two of the top
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Men participated in a very competitive and dangerous sport‚ with rodeo come’s injury and success. As per discussion above‚ women played a crucial role for men who were involved with rodeo‚ being supportive and doing most of the work so they could make a professional career within rodeo. The men are always on the move‚ partaking in rodeo events outside of their home city‚ making a living and trying to win competitions. “The amount of time spent traveling thousands of miles during season places a heavy
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Race- Car Drivers: Athletes of the Sport World An athlete is defined as a person trained or gifted in exercises or contests involving physical agility‚ stamina‚ or strength or a participant in a sport‚ exercise‚ or game requiring physical skill. Given these standards‚ one is likely to say baseball‚ football‚ basketball‚ or even golf players are considered to be athletes in competition. What about professional race- car drivers? To some‚ a race- car driver requires no athletic ability whatsoever
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UNITED STATES SPORTS ACADEMY ARE ETHICS PREVENTING ATHLETES FROM BECOMING THEIR BEST? ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE BAN ON STEROIDS. A Class Paper Submitted for SAB 634 Ethics in Sports Professor: Dr. Ogden By: Michael Baptiste Daphne‚ Alabama January‚ 2015 Table of Contents Title Page…………………………………………………………………………………….i Section I. Introduction to the problem…………………………………………………1 Intention of the paper………………………………………………………..1 Section II. Review of Literature………………………………………………………...2 What are ergogenic
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opinion‚ professional athletes deserve their salaries because of their talent‚ the huge revenue they draw‚ the demands of their job‚ and society’s emphasis on sports and entertainment. Irreplaceable In order to be a professional athlete you have to be “the best of the best” (figuratively). To become “the best of the best” requires hours and hours of practice. These athletes are born with amazing athletic abilities and then must develop and fine tune those abilities to become professional; those
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the young professional athletes. 2. What is the central message of the passage? Any professional athletes should not miss their education too as it is vital for their future. 3. Determine what is at issue. What is your initial personal viewpoint? Issue: Most of the parents of young sports athletes neglect education and gives priority to their children’s career. Personal viewpoint: We do agree that education should be given main priority despite being a young professional athlete as
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