Posts Tagged Ethical Issues
Lane Kiffin to USC: Do college coaches have any integrity?
Posted by Chris Cwik in College Football, Morality on January 13, 2010
I can’t believe I am saying this, but was Al Davis right all along? When Davis fired Kiffin after only a year and a half it just confirmed the obvious; the Oakland Raiders were still one of the worst run franchises in professional sports. Many critics felt that Davis rushed to a decision after only giving Kiffin twenty games to prove himself. Only a year and a half later, it looks as if Davis was right all along. Of course, no one in Southern California wants to hear about any of that. Honestly though, how does Lane Kiffin keep getting work?
Solidified
Posted by briansuerth in Basketball, Morality on September 11, 2009
Today, as most are aware, Michael Jordan, John Stockton, David Robinson and Jerry Sloan will be inducted into the basketball hall of fame. This occasion marks a rather significant milestone for our generation. That is, the idols of our childhood are being recognized for what made us all want to become professional basketball players.
Michael Vick Debuts Tonight
Posted by Chris Cwik in Football, Morality on August 27, 2009
Vick Makes His Debut Tonight
After two years of waiting, Michael Vick will finally play in an NFL game tonight. Vick’s pre-season debut tonight will be the fist time Vick has played in the NFL since 2006, when he threw for 20 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. While much of the pre-season is meaningless to the causal NFL fan, Vick’s debut will undoubtedly be a top news story. However, it seems as though things may actually be quite tame in Philly tonight.
Crossing the Line
Do We Hold Athletes Accountable?
by Lauren Ciarrachi
If you haven’t heard yet and you’ve been living under a rock for the past 36 hours, I suppose I should tell you-Michael Vick was just signed to the Philadelphia Eagles for 1.6 million dollars. Now that, that information is out for all to read I can begin with the real reason I decided to sit down on a Saturday night and write about our so-called “role models.”
Your 15-Minutes is Up
Posted by briansuerth in Football, Hockey, Morality on August 13, 2009
Pro athletes find themselves in the far too common position of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Shootings and assault cases later we have no reason but to not trust our most trusted and revered stars. Like the boy who cried wolf it is always hard to distinguish who is in the right. However, the athletes are no longer the only ones in question when it comes to crying wolf. Most recently, Ben Roethlisberger of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks have been added to this list.
Big Ben
Roethlisberger’s case is interesting. Occurring in June of 2008 during a pro-am golf tournament at the Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and a claim not being filed until July 19, 2009. Andrea McNulty, the alleged victim and former employee of Harrah’s, filed a lawsuit against Roethlisberger claiming that he sexually assaulted her. Reports that were filed in the lawsuit claim that McNulty required hospitalization and treatments for depression after the assault.
Although by simple reasoning we have learned to question our favorite athletes in these situations there have been cases to prove otherwise. Most infamously and with the most notoriety, the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case from 2003. Although Bryant admitted to acting adulterously, the assault charges were soon dropped and the case was settled out of the courtroom. We learned that it is possible to trust our athletes…in some regard.
For Love of the Game
Posted by briansuerth in Miscellaneous on August 9, 2009
Ride on you crazy fisherman, ride on
by Brian Suerth
No, not talking about the other Kevin Costner baseball film that wasn’t Bull Durham or Field of Dreams.
This summer has been an odd one. Anyone would agree. Days have been unseasonably cool; meanwhile summer downpours are all but non-existent. That was, of course, until the dog days of summer ushered themselves in with a much needed rain along with that wonderful humidity.
Nearly all have benefitted from what was a rather unusual summer. Little League games were played without worry and anglers all around spent countless hours gone fishin’.
However, this temperate paradise could not last forever. It had to rain sooner or later.
Fallen Idols
Posted by briansuerth in Baseball, Morality on August 7, 2009
Canseco, A-Rod, Manny, and now Big Papi!
by Brian Suerth
In the ever-changing world of sports we often find ourselves lost in the myriad of the basics: ball versus strike. No more is this evident than in the case of Major League Baseball. Let us think about this for a second.
It was only a mere eleven years ago when Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Ken Griffey Jr. were locked in a race that would go on to changing the world baseball. Its mark, 62*.
Today, we are faced with the facts that the asterisk is more than just a mark on a record. Rather, a simple punctuation now defines a near twenty years of baseball and sports history. Not to say that every record broken during this time period should hold the asterisk, but we now find ourselves in the midst of an existential search for what baseball and its players mean to us.
Whoever thought it would come to this?
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