Sports policies and the sports environment are extremely important to promote safe participation on an athlete, by ensuring these factors are optimal, the chance of injury can be avoided, thereby promoting safe participation.…
This athletic meritocracy reflects the system we see in place of society - those who exemplify certain qualities, such as teamwork, problem solving, and communication, are more likely to be rewarded with employment or promotions. If certain applicants were to use other advantages to obtain these positions, it would be seen as cheating the system and unfair to other vying for the job. Therefore, enhancements to improve capability would be frowned upon or discriminated against, to encourage…
There was a time when athletes were special with just their gifted talents and ability to work hard. Those who took advantage of their gifts went to the professional leagues and even became one of the best in their sports. After the late 1980s though, something happened, there was the evolution of steroid use in sports. With athletes beginning to use steroids it didn’t matter any more if you were naturally gifted or not because you had substances to give you the edge compared to other athletes. Now days anyone with a good connection to steroids and good advice on how to take it, has an opportunity to increase their physical performance on a higher level. As much as steroids help athletes have an unfair advantage over others, it also contains many side effects, which can negatively affect athletes in the long term.…
Two terms that are import to sport and closely linked are equality and equity. While being closely linked and sometimes though the mean the same both have different meaning in relation to sport. Firstly the term equality refers to a situation where individuals as well as groups are equal and have the same rights and ability to access opportunities. Secondly the term equity can be studied to determine whether resources are distributed fairly to all members of a society. Both of these terms can be closely connected with physical activity.…
The sports world influences a lot of protection. They make new rules every year to be safer. Some people think that it's bad some say its good. For now the rules are good but later on it will cause future problems. I think the sports world should leave the sports how they are, but educate the players, staff and the public look out for themselves.…
Autonomy is the concept that an individual has the right to be his or her own person in the sense that all actions or decisions that are self-regarding are made solely by that person—based on his or her ideas and values. Under autonomy, not only does a person have the right to make his or her own decisions that reflect how they choose to live their life, but they also have the right to choose how they want to attain them. The idea of autonomy assumes that all individuals have the rational capacity, or in other words, the competence to make self-regarding decisions. I believe this brings about a really important debate regarding which factors or conditions deem a person rational, or competent and how this affects their right to exercise their…
Football has become the most popular sport in America. Boys start playing at the age of 6 and, if they turn pro, could play into their 30’s or even 40’s. Some people will say, “They know what they’re signing up for” or “The players choose to play the game”. Just because they may choose to play the game, does that mean that they don’t deserve the very best protection that technology can afford them. I don’t think so. The more we learn about what “playing the game’ can do to the human body, in particular the brain, it only makes sense that we use the latest technology to help prevent as much damage as we can.…
Athletes tend to be more prone to injury than a non athletic person. If an athlete were to compete on a professional level were the speed of the action is moving faster than a hurricane, that athlete would almost be guaranteed to suffer some sort of injury. Maybe it’s a simple pulled muscle, that athlete would be able to come back and compete again. Let’s say the athlete was not so lucky and got hit be someone so hard it appeared that he got ran over by a semi truck going 65. The athlete would not be able to return back to his or her sport. Now what will the athlete do to make a steady income? If the athlete finished school he or she will have an occupation they will be able to get right into. If the athlete did not finish…
In the Trust vs. Mistrust stage, at the point when parents present reliable, satisfactory, and sustaining care, the tyke creates essential trust and understands that individuals are tried and true and the world can be a protected spot. The youngster builds up a feeling of trust and certainty; this is a conviction that things will work out well at last. Also, when the guardians neglect to give these things, the kid creates fundamental question, bringing about despondency, withdrawal, and possibly neurosis.…
Athletes are risking their lives for the sport they love. Unfortunately many do not realize the negative effects concussions and other head injuries have on their brains. Individual and team sports were invented out of a love for competition. These games however with the evolution of the players becoming bigger, stronger and faster makes the sport is less like a game and more like war.…
It is amazing what athletes will do to achieve higher levels of performance and to sometimes get the extra edge on the competition. Most of the time people do not realize the long-term effects that result from the decisions they make early in life. This resembles the use of steroids in a person's life.…
Many athletes perform well because they have an exceptional talent, often due a biological or physical advantage. Indeed, it would not be any more unfair than any “other genetic traits that confer advantages to elite female athletes (height, number of red blood cells, etc.)”. It is like any other natural physical trait. All athletes, male or female, have varying levels of testosterone, just as they vary in height or muscular strength. A biological and endogenous hormone that is naturally produced by their bodies like “any of the complex ingredients that add up to athleticism” ( ) should not be a reason to keep women from competing with the rest of the female…
Without the additional knowledge of things like Nutrition, Physiology and Injury Prevention, all readily available in today’s professional competitive environment, these athletes may never have reached the pinnacle of their sport.…
Without utilizing modern medicine, some argue, sports will never progress. Authors such as Ian Steadman defend the use of performance-enhancing drugs on the grounds that they are the future of sports. Being competitive and trying to outperform others has, and always…
Athletes are sometimes prone to get into trouble because of their recognition and the great things they do in their field of play. One hypothesis looks at the athletic environment as a potential cause. See competitive athletics is a very dichotomous environment. On the one hand, you have rules, regulations, etc (Ashbrook online). These are in place to keep the playing field as even as possible, with the hopes of determining the "best" performer (Ashbrook online). On the other hand, we have money and fame, lots of it. How do athletes get money and fame? By being successful at sport. But how do we become successful at sport? Ideally, with hard work and determination. But what if there was an easier way (Ashbrook online)?…