Ethical Issues In Professional Sports

The second ethical issue is that the NCAA has not given a full medical coverage for student athletes. If the athlete get insured won’t getting any help. The student athletes and their family worry about serious medical bills to pay for long term. According to Journal of Ethics of the “Nudge” there are three ethical relevant dimensions that need to be consider when using norms, comparisons, and messenger effects to influence health –related decisions or behaviors. The first one is the danger of using norms is that we end up nudging people towards things that are bad for them since often herd mentally and behavior are not particularly wise. For example, most Americans are over weighted and they are under exercise. Also, most athletes could easily

In Belson’s article, it is explained that concussions diagnostics and review on the field of the NFL are lacking. This is due to referees and coaches misrule of “St. Louis Rams quarterback Case Keenum, who was not removed from a game despite being disoriented after being knocked to the ground.”(Belson, New York Times, 4 February 2016). Now the NFL’s senior vice president of health and safety policy will have team doctors and league medial personal meet and discuss if they should implement or change rules for safety of the

Many memories are made in football, but sadly some of the greatest players cannot recall them. The National Football League has been associated with concussions and brain traumas throughout the years, but lately it has been exposed by media and NFL veterans. The league recently “reached a $765 million preliminary settlement with thousands of former players who were suing the league over its treatment of concussions…” (Waldron). Many former players are experiencing the effects of taking hard hits over and over again; they were not properly treated, which makes the injury worse and long term. The concussion issue in the NFL is more prevalent today, because it affects not only the players, but the league as a whole.

An increasingly popular topic in the realm of sports fans has begun to unravel. The National Football League recently has begun to introduce new rules and regulations for their athletes to start abiding by to ensure the continued safety of the player’s health. Although most find this change in the game of professional football as a positive step forward, others see this as a diminishment of the sanctity of NFL football. New rules and regulations that have been introduced into NFL are vital to athletes involved in the sport and help them to play with lowered risks of long term injuries that could possibly affect not only them but also the league in the future as well. The reasons for these

Too many Corporations like the NFL are not giving full discloser to their employees about medical problems that could arise while performing their jobs. The NFL knew back in the 30’s the danger of repeated concussions could cause, but they refrained from telling their employees and the public. The NFL wasn’t acknowledging the amount of damage concussions were causing to former and current players, such as the case with Mike Webster. It was always a battle for Webster. He was receiving disability money from the NFL due to his head injury, but at the lowest amount possible for an NFL player who played the game. A partial disability at that. Webster’s lawyer appeal to a district court in Baltimore where they overturned the NFL’s decision and gave Webster full disability. This was a good win for Webster; he was confused, living on junk food, and would be curled up in a fetal position for days. Still the NFL fought, and got the Baltimore’s court decision overturned in federal court, which stated he did not qualify for full disability (Laskas). Even the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) knew of this issue and were being sued by former NFL players. According to a civil complaint filed by former NFL players Gregory Westbrooks and Christian Ballard, they say that the NFLPA knew the risks concussions could present

Throughout Concussion, many ethical concerns were enumerated. The first concern is the manner in which the NFL handled the discovery of CTE. The MTBI committee was composed of NFL doctors, not including a neuropathologist, which showed a lack of integrity in being able to interpret the neurological findings. The committee refused to accept Omalu 's research and claimed that the correlation between concussions and football was a misinterpretation. The second concern was the lack of clarity for players in the league. The players were uninformed about the risk factors even after the discovery of CTE and did not receive compensation for injuries acquired during the career. The third and last concern was the finding that concussions affect athletes beyond NFL players, including other contact sport athletes. The three main lkjljlksjconcerns led to the ethical question which evaluates if allowing players to participate in sports that could result in long-term damages to the brain is ethical. Data from scientific journals aid in my decision making to answer the ethical question.

NFL teams are too lax on their concussion protocol examination after a player’s head has been hit helmet to helmet. The NFL has protocols for injuries that any player suffers. The main one is the concussion protocol. It’s when a player is hit helmet to helmet. It’s in play due to the fact that players that have suffered a head injury have developed Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). It creates brain tumors that spread and kills your brain

Since 1970, the football game has become an entertainment show for the audience. These aficionados have expectations from their teams. If the game shows hard-hitting, punishing, and violence defense, the game intoxicates the audience. However, the current way these players play is not normal, they are in danger of sacrificing their bodies. Harry Carson, an American football player and an author of Captain for Life, emphasizes, “the human body was not created or build to play football” (League Denial). The essence of Carson’s argument is that the body is not made of iron to resist such a violent and brutal beating. Unfortunately, most NFL players have preferred to quietly deal with their painful headaches that often time resulted from strong blows to the head during the game. To sooth their pains, they have the determination of controlling the situation by taking painkillers. Although these relievers minimize the pain, they fail to reduce the long-term damage

Well the NFL makes the extremely smart decision of taking them out of the games…sometimes. If they are taken out of the game into the locker room, more often than not they are encouraged to take it like a man and to play for the team being doused by drugs to mask their symptoms which is partly due to the pressure put on their trainers by their coaches to get them playing as soon as possible. The rehabilitation and surgical approaches for injuries are often decided by team doctors and trainers who are paid by the organization and have no vested interest in the long-term health of the man who is hurt (Jackson, 2011). This is how the NFL works, just like a train only pausing to draft new players and dumping the dead weight of broken bodies, just for the sake of money. Despite the “extensive” research done by the NFL on concussions, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell refused to acknowledge the existence of a connection between head injuries, sustained during a football career, and debilitating brain diseases, such as CTE, that develop later in life (Drysdale, 2013). By stating this, it only serves to further prove how the NFL just does not care nor take responsibility for their players as they suffer these possible life threatening injuries which is mind boggling. People like Dr. Bennet Omalu who bring upon legitimate evidence to back the fact that repeated head trauma suffered to the head during a typical NFL game causes diseases like CTE are attacked, with their research being discredited (Dodd, Herbst, & Boudin, 2016). Eventually enough players will get to know of these alarming facts about the dangers of head trauma warranting a change throughout the entire league which is what exactly

In the article “The NFL Recognizes Brain Damage to Players” the author Lawrence Gable explains that NFL players are experiencing too many concussions. Concussions can lead to suicide and several other mental issues that can affect the NFL players as well as future players. Football players and their families are suing the NFL for 765 million dollars. Gable states, “The NFL has admitted that football is causing permanent damage. Now it must convince the judge that it finally has the players’ best interests at heart” (paragraph 10). This quote shows how football is dangerous and can lead to serious injuries. Some people may believe that the NFL does not care about the players based upon the research Gable provided. The author’s purpose is

The movie Concussion, is not only entertaining, but it does a great job of informing everyone the dark side of playing football. Concussion happen every day and if left untreated, they could have lifelong effects on the brain. The main treatment for a concussion is rest. Although this may seem a simple solution, players often ignore it. Many players are compelled to hide it because of the consequences they may face. This is especially true to key players on a team. Coaches encourage players to keep playing for the sake of the game, when they know it is not in the player’s best interest. Another reason many concussions are kept quite is because of the NFL themselves. They do not want anyone to come up against them. In the movie Dr.

In the year 2013, during the National Football League’s preseason and regular-season practices and games there were a combined total of 228 diagnosed concussions (NFL Concussions Fast Facts). Any NFL team in a given season plays 16 brutal games, taking vicious hits at practically every snap of the ball, which does not include the four to six days of vigorous practicing that they have every week. In many cases concussions in the NFL cause serious long-term health issues as well as death, via concussions, which is why all precautions such as; well trained medical personnel at each event, no helmet to helmet tackling, and even mandatory neuropsychological tests to all current players, for concussions, in order to help prevent them.

“In 2009, the NFL acknowledged publicly for the first time that concussions suffered while playing football can lead to long term negative effects” (Tyler). Most young athletes do not consider how these injuries will alter their lives, they just want to play their best and help their team. Long lasting neurological problems develop from hits to the head (“Brain”). From concussions comes the symptoms and the aftermath. 18 year old Bryce Monti suffers from post concussion syndrome from returning to the field too soon after a blow to the head (Tyler). Some of the outcomes of these injuries can consume the rest of the athlete’s lives. Arthritis can easily develop in football players, causing it to be difficult to walk later on in life (Bissinger). The consequences of just one blow to the head can last a

Salaries, wages, and compensations have always been major and generally controversial topics in democratic America. And, with the rising popularity of college athletics, particularly football, compensation (or lack thereof) for college athletes has recently been a hot topic in American sports. While some of the debate stems from the similarity between responsibilities college athletes have to their programs and those of professionals, most of the issue involves the principles of amateurism. Recent “scandals” involving college athletes such as Terrelle Pryor, Johnny Manziel, and Todd Gurley have raised questions about the ethics of amateurism, particularly with regard to the NCAA organization. The issue is found in a very gray area, where there is most likely no definitive one-size-fits-all solution, but the resolution of this issue is one that will change and shape the future of college athletics across the national landscape.

Ethics in Sports My name is john doe and I am the sports and recreation advisor for Stevenage. I am writing to every head of PE to express my feelings and opinions towards ethics and values in schools. My personal view of values in sport is that it comes down to the player’s beliefs in the sport and the standard he or she sets.