Read Coakley chapters 6 and 7 and be able to answer the following questions:
1. What is the difference between aggression and violence?
2. How is violence used as a strategy in non-contact sports? Provide an example?
3. What is the sport ethic and what are the (4) norms of the sport ethic as listed in your notes?
4. What is over-conformity in sport? How does it relate to deviance?
5. Who is most likely to engage in over-conformity through sport? Why?
1. Agression is accepted during play within a game and could add excitement for those watching. Violence is intentional use of force to harm others and can lead to death which is not acceptable in sports.
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4. Sport ethics is the study of philosophy which could help determine what is best for the organization of sports. 4 of the sport norms are enviornment, role models and the theories. Utilitarian, golden rule, Kant and deontological.
4. Over-conformity is violent agression that is acceptable to that sport. Over-conformity is also neglecting ones self or others to maintain focus on competeing for the win. It relates to deviance because they both can be unethical actions.
5. A rookie is most likely to engage in over-conformity because he/she could neglect his/her loved ones or even onself to win. This happens because he/she wants to be accepted in their new organization and fame.