In the article about sports ethic by Hughes and Coakley, describes sport ethic as being a criteria defining what real athletes are (Coakley). This criteria consists of four elements. These elements are:
"1. Being an athlete involves making sacrifices for the Game
2. Being an athlete involves striving for distinction
3. Being an athlete involves accepting risks and playing through pain
4. Being an athlete involves refusing to accept limits in the pursuit of possibilities" (Coakley).
It makes complete sense that these are the elements that real athletes have. Anyone that has played a sport understands what it takes, and that you do need all four elements to succeed. Real athletes are determined, and do these things because they strive to be the best, whether it is individually or as a team. In college and in professional sports, the fans really promote their success, and the teams and athletes don't want to let the fans down. In a way, fans help them with their success as they do in any profession in entertainment, and look up to them.
This is very informative, but I think your post would be more powerful with some examples to relate to at least one of the four elements. My question to you is, if these were not the main four elements looked at in athletes, would sports eb the same?
ReplyDeleteTiyana Young
I like the idea about the fans promote the performance or the success of the athletes. Completely makes sense i just hadn't thought about it in my sport ethic writing.
ReplyDeleteTyler Albo