Deviance in Sport
"I'd choose even to fail with honor than to win by cheating. " Sophocles.
Could you will find people who think like Sophocles nowadays? ANCIENT GREEK LANGUAGE said about global problem that contain covered very existence branches now and even gained the sport. Unfortunately people ready to do everything to earn and frequently this everything means deviance. Recent happenings well show that even sport celebrities make unfair actions to attain their aims. Whoever would have thought that Thierry Henry, popular footballer, will cheat to define in to the summer's World Cup or Formula-1 Renault team driver Nelson Piquet Jr will make crash to help his team-mate wins. Two very different varieties of sport but associated with one serious theme - deviance.
Cheating it isn't simple guidelines violation, it is ethics inability, when sportsmen put themselves above other people, make unfair benefit. And it's really doesn't matter the way they made it, it's more important why people do this, why they opt to take cheating way. Generally they want to be the best, to get rewards, money and reputation. Cheating is a big issue and actual nowadays. Firstly, because it's an unfair game that is an infringement. Secondly, it creates competitions senseless, because it breaks the general sense of competition, wins not the strongest sportsman but cheater. Finally, it addresses all world countries and even requires politicians, how it just lately happened with basketball match between France and Ireland. Concerning this event people discus every day and Thierry Henry became general public enemy.
"Henry could have been a hero. But he's a cheat. " Richard Williams.
It was previous match minutes and France was shedding 0-1 when Thierry Henry experienced a great chance to help make the perfect goal combination to his team-mate and he done it. Total should be well, but Henry ended the ball along with his palm that is undesirable in soccer. Referee didn't view it and France has licensed into next season World Cup last. Of course, great deal of people feel that Henry is a hero because he has kept countrywide team, but how? He cheated! However, a lot of people believe is wasn't purpose action, but simple reflex. Nevertheless he handled the ball double. Why he did it and why FIFA on the France area in this problem? To answer this questions let's make little research. France countrywide team twelve times was participated in World Glass final as soon as gained it in 1998, 2 times was UEFA EURO champion (1984, 2000), lot of other rewards and now is taking 7th put in place FIFA's World Rank. How about Ireland? Only three times participated in World Cup final without successful results and today is taking 36th put in place FIFA rank. Now it becomes clear that France has better influence and power than humble Ireland. End result above face - cheating, replaying decrease, France into World Cup. However Thierry Henry apologised for his handball even said: "Of course the fairest solution would be to replay the overall game but it is not in my own control. There may be little more I could do apart from admit that the ball got connection with my hand leading up to our equalising goal and I feel very sorry for the Irish. I have said at that time and I'll say again that, yes, I managed the ball. " But this apologises will not help him now and we will see lovers abusing soon.
Let's take another example. Absolutely different kind of sport, Solution-1, where some month in the past was occurred big scandal. Simon Barnes: "Nelson Piquet Jr, kid of the eponymous three-times world champion, a man needy to make his tag on the activity and yet battling to keep up with its needs, was told with an "accident" at the Singapore Grand Prix last September. As a result of his crash, Piquet's team-mate, Fernando Alonso, was able to win a competition he would often have never, taking benefit of the safety procedures that are laid down in Solution One. . . ".
From one hands it appears two different cheatings. Formulation One drivers has risked along with his and other motorists life, because it is very dangerous to make crash in race and history is aware forty-five world motorists that have passed on in the mishaps. In anticipated course, Henry cheated with no risk for his health. Idea that Nelson Piquet Jr didn't cheated willfully, because he carried out Renault team's instructions, but Henry decided to get unfairly by his own brain. Which means in Formula One we see simple manipulation by primary, that frequently happens also in political life. Simon Barnes: "That is what happens when leading commercial concerns get confusing in sport: their ultimate goal is profit, not sporting success. " Horrendous but true. Nelson Piquet Jr was a victim and he didn't obtain any benefit from this invisible cheating. Hidden because all people knew about any of it only after 12 months, but situation with Henry was very aesthetic. Thousands of spectators, Television set watchers and internet surfers observed this cheating. However Henry didn't show it, he celebrated team's score like little or nothing unfair happened. Following day mass-media has been overflowed by articles and noisy assertions. Even politicians have started to interfere to the match result. The positive thing that Henry agreed that he has broke rules, but you can't really change anything now and France became Ireland's foe number 1.
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