Sports, Ethics, Deviancy and the Law (Section C) Flashcards
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Deviance
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-Behaviour which goes against society general norms and values
2
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Negative Deviancy
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-Sporting situations that can include violations
3
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Positive deviancy
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-Encourage to behave in ways that are not acceptable to society
4
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Hooliganism
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-People who engage in violent behaviour
5
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Possible causes of Hooliganism
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- Nature of the sport, e.g. football is linked to aggression
- Alcohol
- History of an event
- Referees decisions
- Peer pressure
- Adrenaline rush
- Media Coverage
6
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Consequences of Hooliganism
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- Loss of sponsors
- Loss of spectators
- Banning supports
- Negative role models
7
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Solutions of Hooliganism
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- Crowd is segregated
- Limited attendance
- Punishments e.g. fines and point deductions
- More security, e.g. CCTV
- Control alcohol availability
- Improved faculties
8
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Reasons to take drugs
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- Technological advances, health risks aren’t as bad
- When properly monitored its not a health risk
- People should be free to choose
- Money saved on testing
- Cases can jeopardise athlete’s career
9
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Reasons not to take drugs
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- Health risks
- Unfair advantage
- Negative role model for children
- Loss of earnings and earnings
- It encourages more athlete to take drugs
10
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Strategies to prevent drug taking
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- Random drug testing out of season
- Use negative and positive role models
- Better technology for testing
- More money put into testing
- Stricter punishments
- Educational programmes for coaches and athletes
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Why Across the board testing is good
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- Uniform codes ensure consistency
- Random testing are much more efficient
- The cost is shared between sports and countries
12
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Why across the board testing is bad
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- Drug testing is inconsistent
- Some performance enhancing drug aren’t banned in other sports
- Professionals have a right to bargain with their careers
- Financial cost may not produce a valuable result
