Athletes have been burdened by a "purity" standard that is used control access to sporting events. Recent manifestations of this are bias against athletes with prosthetics and assorted anti-doping rules that seem to encompass most drugs (even allowed levels of caffeine in the blood).
Cycling is plagued by the anti-doping police which even do not allow transfusions of one's own blood. The sport is severely impacted by multiyear or even lifetime disqualifications. The regulators (IAAF) quietly tighten their grip by rewriting rules when they loose in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
This is a balanced discussion, and the author suggests three principles for governing at the edge between performance and ethics: (1) values underlie rules and rules underlie sport; (2) ahtlete participation in governance is essential; (3) governance at the edge is always a work in process.
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Top reviews from other countries
Kent Price
Balanced discussion of what is "cheating" , making sport inclusive, and open decision making by regulators
Reviewed in the United States on 11 January 2017Annoymous
Excellent book on sports issues!
Reviewed in the United States on 13 September 2016
