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Contemporary Issues in Sport and Athletic Welfare Lecture Notes – Week 4

Sports Ethic:    

Deviance – Going against the norm, Misbehaviour, against the majority, over commitment to the sport to a point where you are willing to be deviant What it means to be a ‘real’ athlete – dedicated to the sport, sacrifice things for the sport, sticking to a certain diet, strive to be the best Culture of risk – Accept pain and play through injury Nothing should get in the way of achievements

4 Norms of sports ethic: (1) Athletes are dedicated to ‘the game’ above everything else (2) Athletes should strive for distinction and perfection (3) Athletes should accept risk and play through pain – culture of risk in sport (4) Athletes should accept no obstacles in the pursuit of possibilities – living the dream Coakley & Pike, 2014; Hughes & Coakley, 1991)

Positive deviance – Commitment beyond the norm to push through injury or other issue Negative deviance – Failure to accept valued systems framed by sports ethic, taking advantage of the system

Bradley Wiggins video: Influences – Mum, Dad, Cycling heroes in magazines Back to training in weeks after breaking collarbone

Culture of risk in sport: 

Pushing through something to better benefit others

Sportsnet - ‘Sportsnets’ to refer to webs of interaction that directly or indirectly link members of social networks in a particular sportrelated setting (Nixon, 1994, 1998, 2004)

Contemporary Issues in Sport and Athletic Welfare Lecture Notes – Week 4 ‘Sportsnets’ foster the acceptance of pain and injury and insulate athletes from, and inhibit them from seeking, outside medical care (e.g. from doctors, physios) – Influence from a doctor outside of the athletes sportsnet way tell the athlete that they need to be out longer than the sportsnet may suggest People who are involved in the sportsnet can sometimes have an effect on the sports ethic – Coach and stop an athlete continuing with game or make them feel like they must continue...