Point of the Game

Conversations on Sports, Ethics and Culture

Showing posts with label NFL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NFL. Show all posts
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Pink Football - Sports and Cancer

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  I was watching the Seahawks and Patriots the other day, and I know I should have been yelling about the Seahawks’ pathetic pass...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

The Failure of Informed Consent and the Football Brain Trauma Debate

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The new football season looms before us. Olympic memories linger, but the countdown to football dominates sports radio and ESPN. Fans an...
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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Sports Ethics: Play Through Pain

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“Pain is your friend.”  “Pain lets you know you are still alive.” “Pain is good.” So Master Chief yells at the beleaguered SEAL recru...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

A Tale of Three Sports & their Unions-Part 1 & 2

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Professional sports leagues require  unions . Only a voluntary contractual agreement with organized players permits the apparatus of mod...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

A Tale of Three Sports and their Unions-Part 1

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Professional sports leagues require unions . Only a voluntary contractual agreement with organized players permits the apparatus of modern p...
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J. Patrick Dobel
I teach at the University of Washington where I served as the faculty athletic representative. I created Point of the Game as a chance to reflect upon upon the role of sport in our society. Point of the Game seeks to be a conversation about about the nature of ethics in athletics and its relation to our human condition.
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