{"id":5984,"date":"2016-10-27T10:01:48","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T15:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/?p=5984"},"modified":"2016-10-27T10:01:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T15:01:48","slug":"all-is-fair-in-love-and-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2016\/10\/27\/all-is-fair-in-love-and-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"All is Fair in Love and Sports?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5987\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5987\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/meandmyshadow\/13828381403\/in\/photolist-n4Y522-qR1fWE-6Zy6Xk-n4Xjwg-dkeiKM-5gJLXn-nxYzHN-n4XsLV-ktHXcw-cuY8sy-pwmkB7-cKkKRd-dHMSQB-dkejJW-nahYmG-dkei5K-n4Wrfi-dJpMAm-dhGNqg-8fWd9K-nfSTMX-qzm9tq-cGzA3Y-oKMQpF-n4Xb2T-owdisX-oCVFBk-d5jvc3-obKG7u-n4UQV9-8CGPgU-oEJPSj-9BGFJQ-n4Xxwe-pg9kVZ-pXjv29-n4YaMG-edktZa-n4Y9aJ-n4XECP-n4Z5FY-9BGXdJ-n4Wef8-n4XooK-n4Y4NY-asCZAp-8fZteA-qLj3rF-o5Cu1w-n4Wte8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5987 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/10\/13828381403_b7983f0ee8_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Julian Mason, Flickr CC\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/10\/13828381403_b7983f0ee8_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/10\/13828381403_b7983f0ee8_z-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Julian Mason, Flickr CC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the Olympics in ancient Greece to modern extravaganzas like the FIFA World Cup, sport has been historically associated with the purest form of competition. Ingrained moral and ethical values drive the spirit of competition, which helps make sport a cultural phenomenon. Of course, there are those who take short cuts, and these ideals of &#8220;purity&#8221; in competition come to the forefront with every new doping scandal and the use of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nordic.businessinsider.com\/therese-johaug-tested-positive-for-doping----norwegian-ski-federation-cancels-huge-kick-off-2016-10\/\">Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs)<\/a>\u00a0by athletes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hit.no\/Forskning\/Forskningssentre\/Senter-for-kultur-og-idrettsstudiar\/Forskarar\/Jan-Ove-Tangen\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jan Ove Tangen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a professor in the sociology of sport from Norway, has an interesting point of view when it comes to PEDs. \u00a0Tangen proposes that the natural solution for monitoring PEDs and the ever-increasing performance of athletes is simply to <em>allow<\/em> doping.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Wherever the arbitrary limits of doping are drawn it is the nature of competitive sports to strive towards getting as close as possible to those limits to achieve perfection. Sometimes that will lead to &#8216;accidental&#8217; breaches of the rules.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tangen says that by accepting PEDs, the penalization of athletes for larger institutional flaws will come to an end. It will also eliminate the hefty costs of monitoring and regulation of doping, which could lead to positive outcomes like proper medical attention for athletes. Plus, this helps fight the inevitable dynamic where a rule is set and athletes toe the line as close as possible, but invariably step out of bounds. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Olympics in ancient Greece to modern extravaganzas like the FIFA World Cup, sport has been historically associated with the purest form of competition. Ingrained moral and ethical values drive the spirit of competition, which helps make sport a cultural phenomenon. 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