Mr. Allocco
PASSION PRIDE SUCCESS
SPORTS & AMERICAN CULTURE
UNIT 6: SPORTS & ETHICS
Are sports driven by fair play or by profits and a “win at all costs mentality”? This unit on Sports & Ethics will explore that question along with others that allow students to revisit the roles that integrity and safety should have in sports. Current issues such as steroid use among athletes will be examined as well as the dilemma of how to address the growing number of concussions suffered by athletes who participate in contact sports. Additionally, students will engage in debate on topics such as random drug testing among high school athletes and the legalization of sports gambling nationwide.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
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What is the price of sports glory?
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Are sports leagues more concerned with protecting the integrity of the game or their business interests?
VIDEOS
PBS Frontline: League of Denial
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Did the NFL care about the health of its players based on how it marketed violence?
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What is the price of a "win at all costs" mentality?
PBS Frontline: League of Denial
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Why did the NFL seem to go out of its way to deny the connection between football and brain trauma?
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What were the implications of making such a connection?
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Why were doctors complicit in the denial?
PBS Frontline: Chris Borland
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Based on CTE and the early retirements of players like Chris Borland, does football have a future?
Sports Ethics
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Coach John Wooden said, "sports don't build character, they reveal it." To what extent is this statement valid in the age of performance-enhancing drugs?