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Sports play a significant role in society, as they are a multilevel
field of interest. Nonetheless, a major problem that has been
undermining the field is the rise of issues surrounding integrity.
Indeed, major scandals of corruption have been disclosed, and they
have challenged the effectiveness of sports institutions. As a
result, it is vital to explore how to navigate the complex
landscape of legal and ethical issues. Law, Ethics, and Integrity
in the Sports Industry is an essential reference source that
discusses the legitimacy and integrity of sports institutions by
focusing on the social, economic, and political influence of
sports. Featuring research on topics such as global sports
governance, legal and ethical implications, and the validity of
e-sports, this book is ideally designed for scholars interested in
institutional aspects of sports and ethics, academicians,
researchers, advanced-level students, and officials with a broad
interest in sports seeking coverage on the institutional aspects of
sports and ethics.
Follow the true life story of Sue Sally Hale (1937-2003) who is
credited with breaking the gender barrier in American polo. Going
where no woman had gone before, Sue Sally played Sunday polo with
the men. At times disguising herself as a man, she persevered when
she was neither wanted nor accepted, her chosen sport certainly not
prepared for her. Overcoming all odds and with a passion for polo
that guided and sustained her throughout her life, she lived
incredible highs and debilitating lows. Through wealth, poverty,
joy, heartbreak, discipline, sacrifice and hard work, Sue Sally
Hale became "Polo's Grande Dame". This is an inspirational story
about living an unthinkable dream.
This book is the memoir of Kieran James, and details his
experiences as co-founder of West Perth Football Club's unofficial
cheer squad from 1984 to 1986. The book details "traditional,"
"hot" support for West Perth Football Club among teenaged
supporters from middle-class and working-class backgrounds. The
book shows how, because of neo-liberal ideologies and the
corporatization of football, the new national league (the "expanded
VFL" / AFL) relegated the WAFL to a second-tier league in 1987.
This move took place over the heads of ordinary football supporters
and two WAFL club presidents. Moves to bring the game closer to the
people in 1984, such as holding the best-and-fairest award count
night at Perth Entertainment Centre, should be seen in this light.
This book will allow supporters to relive great teams, great
players, and great matches from a wonderful era in WA football
1984-86 before West Coast Eagles joined the expanded VFL.
Orwell was wrong. Sports are not "war without the shooting", nor
are they "war by other means." To be sure sports have generated
animosity throughout human history, but they also require rules to
which the participants agree to abide before the contest. Among
other things, those rules are supposed to limit violence, even
death. More than anything else, sports have been a significant part
of a historical "civilizing process." They are the opposite of war.
As the historical profession has taken its cultural turn over the
last few decades, scholars have turned their attention to subject
once seen as marginal. As researchers have come to understand the
centrality of the human body in human history, they have come to
study this most corporeal of human activities. Taking early cues
from physical educators and kinesiologists, historians have been
exploring sports in all their forms in order to help us answer the
most fundamental questions to which scholars have devoted their
lives. We have now seen a veritable explosion excellent work on
this subject, just as sports have assumed an even greater share of
a globalizing world's cultural, political and economic space.
Practiced by millions and watched by billions, sports provide an
enormous share of content on the Internet. This volume combines the
efforts of sports historians with essays by historians whose
careers have been devoted to more traditional topics. We want to
show how sports have evolved from ancient societies to the world we
inhabit today. Our goal is to introduce those from outside this
sub-field to this burgeoning body of scholarship. At the same time,
we hope here to show those who may want to study sport with rigor
and nuance how to embark on a rewarding journey and tackle profound
matters that have affected and will affect all of humankind.
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