Sport and Deviance

Question 1

What are the 7 FORMS OF DEVIANCE?

Answer 1

• PEDS
• Blood doping
• Simulations (diving)
• Bungs
• Match fixing
• Betting syndicates
• Bribery

Question 2

What are some EXAMPLES of PED USE?

Answer 2

• Racehorses given PEDS to increase speed in 1900s
• Soviet and E-Germ state funded doping regime post WWII
• Ben Johnson using anabolic roids at Seoul games during 100m sprint
• Tyson gay London 2012 failing 3 tests

Question 3

Describe BLOOD DOPING AND TRANSFUSIONS. Give an EXAMPLE

Answer 3

• Injection of O2 rich blood into an athlete to boost performance
• Lance Armstrong

Question 4

What are DIURETICS?

Answer 4

Masking agents used to flush out other drugs through increased fluid loss

Question 5

What is a BENEFIT of DIURETICS? What are some SIDE EFFECTS

Answer 5

• Aid performers that need to make weight for a comp
• Dehydration, kidney damage, nausea

Question 6

What are NARCOTIC ANALGESICS?

Answer 6

Painkillers that mask injuries from impact or overtraining

Question 7

What are the BENEFITS to NARCORTIC ANALGESICS?

Answer 7

Aid performance of injured performer

Question 8

What are the SIDE EFFECTS of NARCORTIC ANALGESICS?

Answer 8

• Addictive, anxiety, lack of focus
• Can worsen injury

Question 9

What is SIMULATION?

Answer 9

• Unsportsmanlike act to gain an unfair advantage
• By pretending to have been fouled

Question 10

What is a BUNG?

Answer 10

Unauthorised disclosed payment to a high ranking person at a club

Question 11

What is MATCH FIXING?

Answer 11

When a game or match is influenced for financial gain

Question 12

What are BETTING SYNDICATES?

Answer 12

• Type of pool betting involving 2 or more people
• That predict results to provide odds for gamblers

Question 13

What is a BRIBE?

Answer 13

Where someone takes something with intention of influencing outcome