Cheating in Sports: Michigan Football the Latest Scandal. Why is Playing by Rules so Hard?
Do sports have a human-nature problem?
As long as there have been games organized by an agreed-upon set of rules, there have been people willing to cheat in the name of victory and the money, fame, and career advancement that comes with winning.
“One of the things that is true for many people around athletics is they were first exposed to sports as a child before their own ethical decision-making capabilities were fully formed,” said Ann Skeet, the senior director of leadership ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. “So they take a lot of cues from the adults around them, and they learn at a pretty early age some unfortunate realities about what people think are important in sporting events.“
Ann Skeet, senior director, leadership ethics, quoted by USA Today.