Posts Tagged Chuck Gallagher Sports Ethics Keynote Speker

Deshaun Watson’s apologists step-up

Other than the “Kars for Kids” jingle, we can think of possibly no other song as obnoxious as the 1974 classic, “Feelings.” It is possibly the most over-sung song in the history of Karaoke. We recall the song under the strangest of conditions, as the Houston Texans (currently at 1-9-1) prepare to take on the Cleveland Browns (at 4-7). The game, under normal conditions, would be a sleeper. You would clean the bathroom floor or check the dog for fleas during a game of this diminished magnitude. Caveat: I have […]

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MSU Players Make Bad Decisions

Why Sports Ethics? On October 29, 2022, Michigan beat Michigan State 29-7 in Ann Arbor. The game was over, the players should have shook hands and better luck next year. That’s not what happened. At least seven Michigan State players assaulted Michigan cornerbacks Gemon Green and Ja’Den McBurrows in the tunnel that leads from the field to the locker rooms. The MSU players got beat on the field, so they were determined to strike back long after it didn’t make a difference. They were not going to let the loss […]

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Infantino is on the wrong warpath

“Demands for equality, dignity and compensation cannot be treated as some sort of culture war – they are universal human rights that FIFA has committed to respect in its own statutes,” Amnesty International spokesperson Steve Cockburn As a sports ethics keynote speaker and sports ethics consultant, I suppose I am hypersensitive to deflection. For example, a muscular NFL running back beats his fiancé senseless and unconscious, then claims she instigated it by spitting on him during the pre-beatdown argument. Deflection may be a tool commonly used by the unethical, but […]

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He said and she said, and there goes reputation

The situation resulting in the San Antonio Spurs terminating Joshua Primo is a classic case of He Said/She Said that never needed to happen. That said, he is 19-years-old and by his own admission has emotional issues. As a keynote speaker on Sports Ethics, I know all too well that there are situations athletes face that are at once confusing and frightening where a more mature intercession might have helped. The psychologist and the athlete At the heart of the matter, a trained psychologist claimed the young man had exposed […]

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Beyond ugly: Rape at the Paralympic Games

The term “Disabled athlete” evokes an entire range of responses from those outside the community. We have all, hopefully, grown together to allow those with physical and/or behavioral impairments to compete, thrive and get the recognition they deserve. The disability community has many allies, and those who have lent love and support in a million ways. However, just as any generalization is damaging when directed toward a group, it is equally wrong to assume everyone in a group is saintly or beyond fault. Within the disabled athlete grouping are entire […]

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Business and sports collide in Miami

As a sports ethics keynote speaker and sports ethics consultant, as well as a business ethics keynote speaker and business ethics consultant, Chuck Gallagher is always wary of can’t miss “deals” and where they might lead. Sam Bankman-Fried is not an NBA player Sam Bankman-Fried is the failed CEO of the bitcoin trading platform known as FTX. While the bitcoin concept is not an easy investment to explain, indications are that FTX was a more opaque financial play than most. What I do know about FTX was that Bankman-Fried was […]

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Why the Portland Thorns must matter to all of us

As a sports ethics keynote speaker, sports ethics consultant and co-author of Monday Morning Ethics, my heart is invested in ethical choices and consequences. As grandfather to girls, my heart is invested in their future happiness. Whether they become athletes — or not, is not relevant; that they have an equal chance to compete in all phases of life, is both my desire and my cause. Every time I think society has “arrived,” something comes along to discourage my optimism. The Portland Thorns Before touching on the key points of […]

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Should Sports Ethics Matter to a D1 Athlete?

A sports ethics friend sent a text and asked if I had heard about the University of Nebraska Huskers safety who was arrested last week for a DUI? At the time it was kind of absurd, because my residence is in South Carolina and my friend lives outside of Cleveland. How did he hear about a DUI involving a Nebraska player? It was apparently on ESPN and other national sites. In these times — and forever more — nothing is local. He couldn’t remember the name of the player so […]

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Is Cornhole a sport? Does it make a difference?

Cornhole, much like horseshoes, bocce ball or shuffleboard may not be considered much of a sport, but as a sports ethics keynote speaker, sports ethics consultant and book author, I know cornhole is well on its way to being legitimized. How do I know this, because it is already embroiled in a major scandal. Yes, there are professional Corn-holer’s and they make a lot of money Professional cornhole players may bring down as much as $250K a year. Whatever you think the “sport” may be, guys who may have never […]

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