College Sports Ethics

Designed to spark necessary conversations about ethics in college sports, this collection focuses on the kinds of ethical concerns that arise at the intersection of athletics and education, such as fairness, athletic excellence, and athlete well-being. The first chapters examine college sports at a systematic level, considering the ways we can evaluate college sport as a whole, as well as how we ought to structure college sports in ways that are fairer and better tests of athletic excellence. The second section looks more closely at the interplay of the academic institutions and athletics, arguing that since college sports programs are part of institutions of higher learning, we need to consider the purposes of these institutions when evaluating college sports. Moreover, the well-being and protection of college athletes is central to an ethically defensible college system. The last section of chapters explores several controversial issues in college sports, including gender inequality and transgender participation.
It is clear that over the coming decade the landscape of college athletics will change dramatically. Moral philosophers will need to pay attention to these changes and examine the justification and consequences of these transformations.

Chad Carlson is professor of kinesiology and director of the Sport Studies Program at Hope College, USA.
Shawn E. Klein is associate teaching professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University, USA.

Acknowledgments
Introduction (Chad Carlson, Hope College, USA, and Shawn E. Klein, Arizona State University, USA)
Part 1: The System
1. The Good, the Bad, and the Costly (Pam R. Sailors, Missouri State University, USA)
2. The Ethics of the Level Playing Field (R. Scott Kretchmar, Pennsylvania State University, USA)
3. Tournaments, Tests, and the Aims of Intercollegiate Athletic Competitions (Aaron Harper, West Liberty University, USA)
Part 2: Institutions and Academics
4. Taking College (and) Sport Seriously (Alex Wolf-Root, The Ohio State University, USA)
5. Holding Institutions Responsible for Student-Athlete Well-Being (Peg Brand Weiser, University of Oregon, USA)
6. Duty of Care: Non-traumatic Deaths and DI Collegiate Football (Nancy Kane, State University of New York, Cortland, USA)
7. The Professor as Fan (Adam Kadlac, Wake Forest University, USA)
Part 3: Controversies
8. Gender and Ethics in College Sport: Hegemonic Masculinity as an Underlying Problem (Colleen English, Pennsylvania State University, Berks, USA)
9. Sooner or Later: Changing Team Names and Mascots (Jeremy Fried, Auburn University, USA)
10. Caught in Transition: The Ethical Issues of Trans Athletes in Collegiate Sport (John Gleaves, California State University, Fullerton, USA)
11. Reflections on Muddy Waters, Marijuana, and Moving Goalposts: Against "Returning" Reggie Bush's Heisman (S. Seth Bordner, University of Alabama, USA)
References
About the Contributors
Index