| Description |
263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Opposing viewpoints series |
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Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-255) and index. |
| Contents |
Sports create unhealthy competition / Alfie Kohn -- Competitive sports are beneficial / John Leo -- Participating in organized sports can benefit children / Lyle J. Micheli with Mark D. Jenkins -- Participating in organized sports can harm children / Rick Wolff -- Athletes should be role models / Karl Malone -- Athletes should not be role models / Matthew Goodman -- Sports and academic studies are incompatible / Shannon Brownlee & Nancy S. Linnon -- Sports and academic studies are compatible / Raymie E. McKerrow & Norinne Hilchey Daly -- Student-athletes should be students first / Charles B. Reed -- Student-athletes should be athletes first / Louis Barbash -- Legislation is needed to reform college athletics / Tom McMillen with Paul Coggins -- Colleges can reform their own programs / Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics -- Business management has helped professional sports / Jeremy M. Jacobs -- Business management has harmed professional sports / Bob McCabe -- Athletes' greed has marred professional sports / Dick Schaap -- Team owners' greed has marred professional sports / Frank Dell'Apa -- Baseball's antitrust immunity should be repealed / Howard Metzenbaum -- Baseball's antitrust immunity should not be repealed / Allan H. Selig -- Racism is a serious problem in sports / Jim Myers -- Racism in sports is exaggerated / George Gilder -- Minority coaches and executives face discrimination in hiring / Joshua Hammer -- Racism should not be blamed for the lack of minority coaches and executives / Wayne M. Barrett -- Discrimination against female college athletes is decreasing / Thomas K. Hearn Jr. -- Female college athletes still face widespread discrimination / Kathleen Sharp -- Sport promotes negative male values / David Whitson -- Sport promotes positive social values / Gail Whitaker -- Male chauvinism obstructs women's sports / Kate Rounds -- Homophobia obstructs women's sports / Diane Keaton -- Prurient interest diminishes female athletes / Ruth Conniff -- Eroticism enhances female athletics / Allen Guttmann -- Steroids should be banned from sports / Robert Voy with Kirk D. Deeter -- Steroids should not be banned from sports / Norman C. Fost -- Steroid abuse among teen athletes is a serious problem / Joannie M. Schrof -- Steroid abuse among women athletes is a serious problem / Marcia J. Pear. |
| Subject |
Sports -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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Sports -- United States -- Corrupt practices.
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| Added Author |
Dudley, William, 1964-
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| ISBN |
1565101057 alkaline paper |
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1565101049 paperback alkaline paper |
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