sports ethics
... html Vince Lombardi statement, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,” causes a great debate in the world of sports ethics, is it true or not. ... In pro sports today if you don’t win you don’t get paid. ... There still is some reasons out there in the sports world that prove that winning is not the only thing. ... Lambardi is certainly one of the most influential men in football and in sports. To say winning is the only thing is sports is a very bold statement to make but now a days it is beginning to look more like fact. In professional sports winning means money. ... These cases are very rare in pro sports where the low pay role teams do better then the high pay role teams. ... In amateur sports such as NCAA, CIAU, and the Olympics there is no money for the athletes if they win but most of these athletes try to win at all costs. ... One of the most important things amateur athletes in the big four sports, football, baseball, basketball, and hockey in North America is to be recruited from high school to a good university or college and for university or college athletes to be picked up by a pro team. ... In the very few cases there is the case that winning is not the only thing in sports. ... Playing a sport you learn the values of teamwork, sports man ship and far play. ... It is in the recreation leagues and lower level sports where we have the most fun. ... Keating writes in Sports and Athletics, “One group minimizes the importance of winning by insisting that there are objects of equal or superior importance. ... Sports are a learning experience that everyone should have and that winning is not the most important thing but it is nice to win.