Why Sports Morally Matter

by William J. Morgan

Book Overview

When we accept that advertisers and sponsors dictate athletic schedules, that success in sport is measured by revenue, that athletes' loyalties lie with their commercial agents instead of teams and that game rules exist to be tested and broken in the pursuit of a win, what does our regard for sport say about the moral and political well-being of our society?

Why Sports Morally Matter is a deeply critical examination of pressing ethical issues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415357748
• ISBN13: 9780415357746
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"