Transcript Integrity in Sports . . . . . . . & beyond

What do these have in common?
• Looking over a fellow student’s shoulder during an exam
• Telling a police officer your speedometer is broken
• Omitting some income on IRS forms
• Claiming that you didn’t touch the ball before it went out
of bounds, when you did
• Submitting a term paper that someone else wrote
• Using your grandmother’s death as a reason for a late
homework assignment, . . . for the 5th time
• Using a ball/bat/racquet/etc that isn’t approved
Integrity in Sports
. . . . . . . & beyond
“Integrity” Definition
“The quality of possessing
and steadfastly adhering to
high moral principles or
professional standards”
Moderator this evening
Mr. Ned Reynolds
Panel Members
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Dr. Tommy Burnett
Coach Jeni Hopkins
Coach Brian Pyck
Dr. Karl Kunkel
Format for the Discussion
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Series of scenarios depicting a situation
in a sporting event where a difficult
decision has to be made. Most of these
could be made to fit almost any sport.
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What would YOU do?
1. audience participation
2. panelists’ perspective
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Other Integrity issues (if time)
You are a coach of a football team and your
starting lineup of athletes is ahead 46 – 0 at
halftime. That starting lineup consists of a group of
students whose parents will definitely confront you
if you don’t play their children in the second half.
They feel their children have earned playing time
based on grades and performance and it’s not
their problem that the other team isn’t very good.
They also dominate the team’s booster club and
donate lots of time and money to the club
What do you do?
In a recent football contest, with team A up 46-0, team B’s coach
sought out team A’s coach with a question: Would you mind if our
special needs player got a chance to compete?
The opportunity was the culmination of months of work for this
student, a 15-year-old freshman who is mainstreamed at the
school with a modified education plan. The young man, just 5-3
and 105 pounds, participates in all non-contact drills in practice.
The school has even practiced the play before in an intra-squad
scrimmage earlier this season.
If you were the coach for team A – would you let him play, and
score?
What if your team was only up 46-36 with 1 minutes left?
You are a high school quarterback, with an outstanding career and many
school records. One record getting lots of press is the conference’s alltime passing record of 5001 yards, set by your school’s legendary,
Jimmy “The Rifle” Ramsey in 1976. Jimmy played QB at LSU and spent
6 years with the New Orleans Saints. He’s now a highly respected
businessman in the community, and is still considered a local hero.
Entering the last game of your senior year against traditional cross-town
rival, you have amassed 4922 yards of passing. It’s a rainy and soggy
night, and passing has been difficult. With 12 seconds left in the game,
your coach calls time out and converses with the opposing coach at
midfield. He then calls a pass play for what may be the game’s last play.
You complete a 37 yard pass for a touchdown, giving you a total of 5009
yards, and a new conference record. But there was something odd
about the play…the defense did not really try hard to stop your play.
You learn after the game that the two coaches had orchestrated the play
during the timeout to give you the record. What would be your reaction?
You are a wrestler who needs to get practice on
takedowns. You have been told by your coach to
take down and let up an opponent several times
to get practice on takedowns before pinning
them. You know that you could pin your
opponent at will and that he or she would be
embarrassed and discouraged if you listen to
your coach.
What do you do?
The head coach of one team in a high school basketball game
continually uses profanity when addressing her players. The
game officials clearly hear these profanity-laden tirades.
Should the game officials assess a penalty against the head
coach?
Should this officials’ actions be different if this were a
college or professional game?
Should the officials’ be different if the profanity were
directed at the officials or the other team?
What if the officials notice young children seated within the
vicinity of this coach?
One of your varsity-level athletes continues to
degrade a JV athlete at the water fountain during
practice. The JV athlete does not retaliate and
tries to ignore the more talented player. After
several episodes of this, another varsity player
comes and tells you (the coach) of the possible
harassment of this player.
How do you handle this situation?
In a football game, an offensive lineman is holding a
defensive player. However, the hold does not affect
the play in any way and on that play, the running back
runs for a 60 yard touchdown. This is the last play of
the game and gives the offensive team a 21-20
victory.
Should the covering official have made a holding
call in this situation?
What if the touchdown had no effect on the
outcome of the game?
Your leading scorer talks back to a teacher and is
sent to the office the day before the semi-finals
against one of your biggest rivals. Another player
from the class says that the teacher was out of line
and provoked the student-athlete. The teacher
comes to you and says that the student needs
consequences for defying her authority. The office
gave the student-athlete a formal warning.
How do you handle this situation?
You are a high school basketball coach, in your 35th year of coaching, and
you have never won a state championship. However, you have an senior
forward who averages over 20 points per game and junior point guard who
averages over 15 points a game. Your team has had a great season and is
playing tomorrow in the State Championship game. Since you beat your
opponent earlier in the season by 16 points, you are the favorite to win your
first high school state championship.
Your team, along with busloads of hometown fans, is staying in a large
motel in Columbia. As you are walking down the hallway with your principal
at 10 pm, you hear a familiar voice in one of the cheerleaders’ room. The
door is propped open slightly, so you push open the door just in time to see
your junior point guard drinking a beer.
At the beginning of the season, the captains met with the team and
established the “Rules of Behavior” for all team members. Under Drinking
Alcoholic Beverages During Season, it clearly states that a first offense will
result in the player being suspended from the next game. This is your
junior point guard’s first offense.
What will you do?
You are a middle school coach of a football
team. On the same night you had a game, a
parent from your team went to your next
opponent’s game and videotaped the game for
you to watch. Their football player brings you
the game the next day. You are worried that if
you accept the tape your middle school players
might look at that information like you are
cheating.
What do you do?
Other Integrity Issues
• Dealing with parents
– Starting line-up
– Playing time
– Favoritism
– Preventing negative parental influence
• Internet use in sports
– Sports cyber bullies
– Anonymous negative blogging
– Parent-to-athlete internet communication
Integrity & Sportsmanship
• Treating Officials With Respect
• Sportsmanship in Athletes
– Unsportsmanlike Conduct
– Consequences