Ethics And Deviance In Sport Flashcards
Drugs and doping in sport
Performers use drugs in order to enhance performance, not all of these are legal
Legal supplements vs illegal drugs and doping
Legal supplements
+ claim to help build muscle etc
Being correctly hydrate can improve performance
- could contain banned substances
Health implications for long term use
Is it against spirit of fair play
Legal supplements vs illegal drugs and doping
Illegal drugs
+more effective
Quicker benefits
Improve intensity and duration of performance more than legal
-serious health implications
Can have negative consequences to society, sport and the performers reputation
Reasons why performers use illegal drugs
Pressure to succeed
Pressure from coaches
Political pressures
Monetary reward
‘Everyone else is doing it’
Consequences of illegal drugs to society
Society see them as corrupt and ‘win at all costs’
Potentially ruin the event if you think everyone is doping
Consequences of illegal drugs to sport
Sports become tainted
Might get less viewers
Consequences of illegal drugs to performer
Serious health risks and damage their reputation
Strategies to stop the use of illegal drugs and doping
WADA drawn up list of banned substances
Drug testing
Drug education
Culture
Punishment
Definition of blood doping
Misuse of techniques to increase ones red blood cell count
Definition of violence
Intense physical force that is directed towards harming another individual
Causes of violence
Desire to win
Alcohol and social drugs
Deindividuation
Rivalries
Nature of activity
Frustration at poor officiating
Implications of violence to society
People don’t take their kids / go and watch themselves anymore
Could make certain members of society feel scared
Could make society want to participate in that sport less
If violence is to be tackled in sport then it needs to be tackled in society
Implications of violence to sport
Punishments to those that encourage violence
Change rules to make violence less likely
Implications of violence to the performer
Education is important
Performers need to be aware that they are role models
Punishments to performers such as bans
Strategies to prevent violence in relation to players and spectators
Education
Punishments
Policing methods, CCTV (for spectators)
Law enforcements (for spectators)
