ethics + deviance

Question 1

deviance

Answer 1

• behaviour that differs from the norms/values of a sport → usually driven by a ‘win at all costs’ attitude → typically see in high level sport
• Violence
• Gambling
• Drugs + doping

Question 2

Violence in sport

Answer 2

• Violence → intense physical force that is directed towards harming another individual or groups of individuals and can cause injury or death
• Player violence
• Spectator violence
• Both

Question 3

Player violence

Answer 3

• Pressure to win
• Rivalry
• money - paid, job
• Ref decisions
• Retaliation
• Provoked/retaliation
• Nature of game e.g. rugby
• Equipment e.g. hockey stuck could be used
• Drugs - testosterone etc
  cheating/gamesmanship
• Kit equipment

Question 4

spectator violence

Answer 4

• Beer at matches - alcohol
• Passionate - travelled, payed - want the team to win
• Frustration if team is losing, playing badly
• Deindividualisation - Lose your social identity - you become the crowd, identify with them - not the same person as before, act differently
• Ref decisions
  overcrowding/poor stewarding
• Hooligans - organised violence
• Imitate of pitch - e.g. boxing
• Provocation or abuse or chanting or retaliation or intimidation
• Football hooliganism is defined as unruly, violence and destructive behaviour by overzealous supporters of football clubs

Question 5

Both violence

Answer 5

• Frustration: game, result, referee
• Importance of game: final, derby, money for winning
• Rivalries
• Lack of or limited punishment or deterrent

Question 6

Implications of violence in sport

Answer 6

• society
• sport
• performers

Question 7

Implications on society

Answer 7

• Sports performers are role models - so violence may be copied in society - e.g. conor mcgregor
• Put parents off letting their children ppt - e.g. boxing, rugby
• Can lead to violence among spectators e.g. wembley 2022
• Sport is a reflection of society - violence in sport may be because society has violence in it
• Violence in sport could indicate other social issues in wider society

Question 8

Implications on sport

Answer 8

• Can initiate changes in laws + rules of a sport to make violence less likely
• Sport receives bad name/profile
• Can reduce participation
• Loss of sponsors
• Can make sport more entertaining for media + spectators - e.g. rival match in boxing, more aggressive + more spectators

Question 9

Implications on performers

Answer 9

• Punishment - disciplinary action and even legal action
• Injury and even death in some cases
• Loss of sponsors
• Become a negative role model/detrimental to career

Question 10

Preventing violence

Answer 10

• Punishments
• Education
• Emotional control
• Emphasis on fair play
• Coaching ethos
• Assistance of official
• Video evidence of violence
• Promote good disciplinary players as role-models