Point of the Game

Conversations on Sports, Ethics and Culture

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Will & Mind: Pat Summitt & the Essence of College Sport

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I loved watching Pat Summitt coach. She stalked the sidelines with fire in her eyes and willed her players to victory. She x-ray...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

Give Sabbaticals to College Coaches

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March Madness highlights the dominance of coaches in intercollegiate athletics. They prowl the sidelines celebrated and victimized by the me...
Thursday, March 15, 2012

Athlete Politicians: Basketball Democrats & Football Republican

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I am watching the start of the NCAA tournament  but also watching the Republican nomination process. I just watched the Fan in Chief do his ...
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Monday, March 5, 2012

Pay to Maim--Making Football Players Felons

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Football is a violent game; the violence powers its structure and attraction. I have written at length about how this violence requires gr...
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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Sports Ethics: "Body of Work" & Responsibility for a Life

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People around sports will often refer to a player or coach's body of work in comparison to a particular game, season or even   moment in...
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Drinking Athletic Kool-Aid: Presidents & the U Conn Basketball Appeal

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Last week the NCAA squashed the waiver appeal of University of Connecticut. U Conn was appealing their exclusion from the 2013 N...
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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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