Athlete's Dilemma (eBook)

Sacrificing Health for Wealth and Fame

John Weston Parry (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
364 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-7541-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines the health-related controversies and scandals that plague America’s top spectator sports. It covers such issues as the use of performance-enhancing substances, playing through pain, the abuse of pain medicine, playing with concussions, and why athletes take these unhealthy risks in the pursuit of profit and fame.

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Sports provide people around the world with unmatched entertainment, from the excitement of victory to the agony of defeat. Unfortunately, it also has become painfully clear that the agony of sports goes well beyond athletes losing games or competitions. Playing through concussions, the abuse of pain medicine, the use of performance-enhancing substances, and other health-related issues have become a constant reminder that being a professional athlete can be as dangerous as it is lucrative. In The Athletes Dilemma: Sacrificing Health for Wealth and Fame, John Weston Parry examines the health-related transgressions and hot-topic issues in America's top spectator sports, particularly in football, baseball, hockey, soccer, cycling, tennis, and Olympic competitions. Parry delves into the unique health risks that pertain to each individual sport and scrutinizes how the various leagues and organizations have handled these issues. Controversies and scandals surrounding elite athletes are also included, highlighting the need for changes in how sports are governed and regulated in the United States and worldwide.From football and soccer players returning to the field too soon after concussions to Olympic athletes using performance-enhancing substances, The Athlete's Dilemma provides a broad perspective on the health risks prevalent in sports and what can be done to reduce these risks in the future. Accessibly written yet carefully researched, this book will be of interest to athletes of all levels, sports fans, academics, and health professionals.

Autor

John Weston Parry is a lawyer, writer, and host of the website and blog sportpatholgies.com. He is the former director of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Disability Rights (1982-2012) and editor/editor-in-chief of the Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter (1979-2011). He has published numerous books and articles on mental disability and health law, diversity, and the rights of persons with disabilities, including Mental Disability, Violence, Future Dangerousness: Myths Behind the Presumption of Guilt (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013).

Inhalt

PrefaceIntroductionPART I: PAIN, INJURIES, DRUGS, AND TEAM DOCTORSChapter 1: Real Men Play HurtChapter 2: Teammates, Coaches, Fans, and Other Unhealthy InfluencesChapter 3: RG3’s Painful Stay in WashingtonChapter 4: The Pitfalls of Team-Directed Medical CarePART II: PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING SUBSTANCES: THE PERILOUS SEARCH FOR THE HOLY GRAILChapter 5: Performance-Enhancing Measures: The Good, the Bad, and the UglyChapter 6: Baseball’s Tarnished LegacyChapter 7: Football’s Brazen Lack of ComplianceChapter 8: Cycling, Olympic Sports, and WADAChapter 9: The Laissez-Faire Approach To Doping in TennisChapter 10: The IOC, WADA, IAAF, and State-Sponsored Doping in RussiaChapter 11: Regulating PEDs to Promote Athletes’ HealthPART III: PHYSICAL AND MENTAL IMPAIRMENTSChapter 12: A Litany of Sports-Related ImpairmentsChapter 13: Football Concussions in the NFL: Myths, Deceptions, Denials, and LiesChapter 14: Concussion-Related Lawsuits Filed against the NFLChapter 15: Football’s Unholy Trinity: Brain Traumas, Bounties, and Deliberate InjuriesChapter 16: Children Playing Football: The NFL’s Achilles HeelChapter 17: Following Suit: Concussions in the NHL and NCAA FootballChapter 18: Concussion Concerns for Female AthletesChapter 19: Brain and Other Severe Injuries in BaseballPART IV: WHY ELITE ATHLETES SACRIFICE THEIR HEALTHChapter 20: Performance-Risk Rewards Undermine HealthChapter 21: Arm Injuries to Elite Young Pitchers in BaseballChapter 22: Football Injuries in the NFL and CollegeChapter 23: The NCAA Provides Shamefully Inadequate Health Care for Its Student-AthletesChapter 24: Stigma, Stereotypes, and Secrecy Undermine Athletes’ Mental HealthConclusion: Protecting Athletes’ Health in Cartel-Governed SportsNotesBibliographyAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.6.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Sportmedizin
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: abuse of pain medication • Athletes • athlete's health • athletes' health • athlete's health risks • athlete's healthrisks • athletes' health risks • athletes' healthrisks • concussions • concussions in athletes • concussions in sports • drug abuse • drug abuse in athletes • drugs and sports • drug testing and sports • Health • healthrisks • Health Risks • health risks in spectator sports • health risks in sports • healthrisks in sports • health risks of athletes • PEDs in sports • performance enhancing substances • spectator sports • sport health regulation • Sports • sports and concussions • sports health • sports health in the United States • sports health regulations • sports health worldwide • Sports injuries
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-7541-3 / 1442275413
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-7541-6 / 9781442275416