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Has Cheating Become The New Fair Play? Aaron Miller English Comp. II Research Paper
Final Draft October 29, 2007 Has Cheating Become the New Fair Play? ...
Has Cheating Become The New Fair Play? Aaron Miller English Comp. II Research Paper
Final Draft October 29, 2007 Has Cheating Become the New Fair Play? ...
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Aaron Miller
English Comp. II
Research Paper
Final Draft
October 29, 2007
Has Cheating Become the New Fair Play?
Competition has long been a part of our culture. From a simple game of checkers to the Super Bowl and everywhere in between, there is competition. A competition is when two teams or two people compete for a single goal or a prize. This goal or prize can be anything from just being called the winner, to money, to the title of world champion. It can be anything. Through time and the evolution of sports, this prize has become more and more desirable. To be the winner has become such a high priority that people will do anything to get it, whether that means playing by the rules or not. Throughout history, people have been cheating. From the first Olympic Games to today, players and teams in all sports have cheated. There is a saying, ‘if you’re not cheating, you’re not trying’ and I think that statement has become a benchmark in today’s world of sports. It is almost every other day you hear of another accusation of someone cheating or getting caught. Players and teams are always finding new ways to cheat, from steroids to video cameras and spies, to taking tests for college athletes. Cheating in sports is getting out of control and it needs to be stopped.
According to Gunther Luschen in Oliver Leamans “Cheating and Fair Play in Sport”, ‘Cheating in sports is the act through which the manifestly or latently agreed upon conditions for winning such a contest are changed in favor of one side. As a result, the principle of equality of chance beyond differences of skill and strategy is violated.’ (Morgan 201) The first incidences of cheating go all the way back to the ancient Olympic games. Athletes would rub oil on themselves to protect their skin from dirt and sun. Also they would use the oil to make themselves more slippery. For example, wrestlers would use oil...
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