Sport and Education

During class on February 24th, 2015, we discussed the second part of sport and education and how they are related to one another. Some major problems include:
-overemphasis on winning
-pressures by significant others to achieve success
-Overuse injuries/burnout
This past month, the NCAA has hit Syracuse basketball Head Coach Jim Boeheim hard with sanctions, including the vacating of 100 games. It is stated that players were given money to voluntarily appear at events, and some players are said to have been taking performance enhancing drugs without consequences. Why? You tell me. Is it because Coach Boeheim wanted to do anything and everything in his power to win? When it comes to sport, unfortunately cheating is very common because especially in the NCAA, everyone wants that recognition on the national level, even international. One of the accusations is said to be that one of the tutors was writing academic assignments for the players in order for them to pass the assignment. Do you think that Coach Jim Boeheim knew of all of the illegal operations that were going on surrounding the team? All information was taken from the New York Times. Pictured below is Head Coach Jim Boeheim.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/07/sports/ncaabasketball/syracuse-basketball-ncaa-penalizes-orange-and-suspends-jim-boeheim.html?_r=0