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 […]
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →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 […]
Continue Reading →Hope Solo, much like you and me, has had her share of triumphs and tragedies. At the end of March 2022, Solo was discovered to be unconscious in a parking lot. It was not so much a “medical condition,” as an alcoholic condition. When the police awakened her, she was combative and tried to convince the officers she was merely taking a rest. She refused a sobriety test. The police pulled her from her vehicle; she resisted and was placed under arrest. A warrant was issued and she was found […]
Continue Reading →by Bruce Wolk for Sports Ethics If you have grown up loving football, and Brett Favre in particular, I cannot believe what he has done to ruin his reputation in these past months. First, there was the diversion of PPP funds that he and co-defendants at the University of Mississippi were able to hide away from deserving welfare recipients, only to re-emerge as a sleek volleyball center. As his daughter is on the volleyball team, aside from the nepotism angle, it all smacks of a sickening privilege. Irony of ironies, […]
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