Paper 2 Contemporary Issues - Ethics And Deciance In Sport

Question 1

Examples of performance enhancing drugs

Answer 1

• Anabolic steroids
• Beta blockers
• Stimulants
• Narcotic analgesics
• Diuretics
• Masking agents

Question 2

Anabolic steroids

Answer 2

• Used to increase the duration and intensity of training and exercise
• Often leads to increase strength and aggression

Question 3

Beta blockers

Answer 3

These help to control heart rate and keep the athlete calm

Question 4

Stimulants

Answer 4

These work as a brain stimulant, which increases alertness for sports people

E.g. Amphetamines

Question 5

Diuretics

Answer 5

• Cause the athlete to need the toilet
• This allows the athlete to loose weight rapidly temporarily
• this could be used by a boxer to meet a weight category

Question 6

Masking agents

Answer 6

• Used to mask the use of an illegal performance enhancing drug
• Could help an athlete pass a drugs test

Question 7

Strategies to stop use of illegal drugs

Answer 7

• More drug tests at events
• More random drug testing at homes
• Harsher punishments E.g. Jail time

Question 8

Dangers of taking drugs

Answer 8

• Death
• Heart attack
• Stroke

Question 9

Violence

Answer 9

Intense physical force that is directed towards harming another individual or groups of individuals

Can cause injury or death

Question 10

Deindividuation

Answer 10

When you lose your sense of being an individual; this can cause violent behaviour

Question 11

Match fixing

Answer 11

When a sports competition is played to a completely or partly pre-determined result.

Against the law

Requires communication between players, officials or coaches with gambling gangs.

Question 12

Spot fixing

Answer 12

When a specific aspect of a sports competition is illegally pre-determined.

For example a player being sent off at a particular point or a cricketer deliberately throwing a wide ball at a particular point

Question 13

Examples of match fixing

Answer 13

Chris cairns

Paid more than £150,000 by Indian diamond dealers to fix the outcome of cricket matches.

Question 14

Spectatorship

Answer 14

The act of watching something without taking part

Often related to sports spectators

Question 15

Sponsorship (in sport)

Answer 15

To support an event, activity or person related to sport, by providing money or goods

Question 16

Positive impact of sports commercialisation

Answer 16

• The sponsorship of sports performance can help to support training an completion
• This allows many other to compete on equal terms.

Question 17

Negative impacts

Answer 17

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Question 18

Ethics

Answer 18

Rules that dictate an individuals conduct. They form a system of rules that groups and societies are judged on.

An ethic in sport would be that athletes stick to the spirit of the rules of the game.