Athletes do not always get in trouble, but when they do some athletes tend to have favoritism shown to them by the law enforcement. When it comes to athletes that break the law, one major viewpoint is that some athletes tend to get special treatment when they commit crimes because they are famous, but with harsher consequences. Athletes are supposed to be role models for younger kids who look up to them, but they are getting in trouble and causing controversy for all the wrong reasons and it is affecting their careers, the athletes might not think that it is because of the favoritism that law enforcement shows them, but it is. When athletes do commit crimes law enforcement tends to be bias toward them because they are known around the world (Withers). Therefore, this causes a lot of controversy surrounding the athlete because many people believe that they do not get disciplined like they should. The controversy is talked about so much because no one would think that the athlete would do some of the crimes they did. No one expects the athlete to do such a thing because we …show more content…
Even though athletes get special treatment they never think about how them getting off easy can back fire. The Ray Rice case is a prime example of how it was a downfall in their career. Rice got released from the Baltimore ravens and since then he has not play football. The NFL suspended him indefinitely, but it was later lifted because he did not lie to the commissioner about the domestic violence case. He was free to play again, but no team signed him because it was going to come with a ton of backlash and no team wanted to deal with that because it would have been a distraction to the team. Also, many people lost respect for Rice for putting his hands on a women. No one would look at him the same anymore. He has yet to sign with any team since the incident took
This research paper will determine whether professional athletes deserve a second chance to play in professional sports after inappropriate behaviors. Professional athletes are considered idols and are often held to higher standards. Society has become concerned with so many of today’s athletes making the evening news for their unsuitable behaviors.
Many people believe that professional athletes are “above the law”. In reality, they are human beings like you and me who, no matter what the circumstances, can and will be charged like an average person. The offense of the crime can certainly come into play on whether or not a professional athlete who commits a crime should be allowed to play again.
What Ray Rice did to his wife was incredibly unethical, but the fact that the NFL came in and did what they did to Rice by suspending him indefinitely could also be considered unethical. No employee of any normal company would lose their job or be suspended indefinitely for domestic abuse. Maybe that person gets suspended if a video surfaces showing the domestic abuse; but even then, it is highly
There are many people around the world that break the laws everyday and have to face several consequences. Several of the consequences they have to go through depend on the crime that was preceded. In the nation, there are millions of people who look up to celebrities. Some of these celebrities have committed certain crimes. People who adore these “famous pop stars” or “favorite athletes” may not know about their crimes. Due to them being “famous” officers or whoever deals with them, slacks their punishment. That is unfair not only to other people who are committing the same crime, but to the fans as well.
Athletes these days are wearing a new kind of uniform and this uniform is not anything like the uniforms that we see them in on the field or on the court. These garments that we see athletes in are not the suits that they are wearing to the red carpet events or to the award show either. In fact these players even have a new kind of jersey number when wearing this uniform. The more athletes are convicted of crimes the larger the number of players we have as prisoners in their new uniforms which happen to be orange jumpsuits. These athletes are going from helmets to handcuffs in the drop off a hat and are being convicted of crimes that put them in far more danger than the actual sport they play.
With similar cases involving NFL players during the same time period that dealt with abuse, assault, gun and drug charges, none of the players involved in any other of the incidents received a punishment anywhere near what Vick was assessed. Similar to the events currently involving Ray Rice from the Baltimore Ravens, where he was seen and charged with domestic violence against his wife, one of the first major offensives of this type in the league, Rice received one of the most harsh punishment from the NFL, with termination of his contract for a full season without pay. When a large scale public event like this occurs, or the first of their kind, considering the incidents with Michael Vick and Ray Rice, it seems as though the NFL is quick to make their actions to show as a harsh example that offensives like these will not be tolerated within the NFL’s guidelines and
Earvin “Magic” Johnson shocked the sports world when he revealed his HIV-positive status and continued to participate in professional basketball games. He faced varying reactions including scrutiny and acceptance. With rising fears of contracting HIV during sports games that turn bloody, the dilemma exists of requiring athletes to be subject to more testing. With this comes an ethical dilemma due to the stigmatization of individuals with HIV. Considering that HIV is a potentially deadly and dangerous virus, some argue that it should be part of the regular routine testing that athletes already go through. So now the question that exists in the sports world today is: should all professional athletes be subject to regular mandatory
Throughout many years in the NFL there have been a large amount of suspensions among the players. The degree of accusations are largely diverse, but the punishments behind those seem to be the same. It is Ludacris how one player can be accused of cheating and another accused of head hunting and they come out of it in the end and the punishments are very close to being the same. The NFL needs to learn how to punish accordingly and be more severe. There are too many instances where someone gets caught doing something illegal, and they keep doing it because the punishment isn’t as severe as it needs to be.
A great example was given the essay, “Forget Me . . . Not: Marion Jones and the Politics of Punishment,” Delia informs us that, “If a white man disobeys the laws he's classified as law abiding and virtuous, but when black women they are upheld as a threat to american cultural values. “Judge Karas, delivers an unfair and biased statement on why Marion deserved her time in prison. He’s aware that athletes in society have this prestige status, not only do they entertain, they also inspire young children. He punished Marion, “because of the need for general deterrence and the need to promote respect for the law.” Yet, his statement is very contradicting having in mind that other male athletes are getting away with using PED’s. The judge’s ruling meant that Jones would lose all that she gained because of the fact of her black femaleness. It’s very unfair and saddening that women in this case Marion, was punished unfairly due to her gender and race. William Rhoden, sportswriter said that the court historically does not have mercy on black people in America. Marion Jones is the first athlete to go to jail for lying about steroid
Fans might now that athletes on and of the field participate in all kinds of illegal and immoral activity, but overall perception of athletes representing goodness reigns as a supreme myth” (Whitt & Perlich, 2014,
The cheating done by the Chicago White Sox in the 1919 World Series was one of the most infamous cases in sports history. The heavily favored White Sox gambled away the series to the Chicago Cubs, which became known as the Black Sox Scandal. “Baseball in 1919 was in the stranglehold of gamblers and had been for sometime” (“An Account . . .”). A lot of players gambled away games for money, and most got away with it, but the White Sox case was a different story. “The courts never actually found the eight White Sox players guilty” (“Top 15 . . .”). With this being said, the MLB still banned the eight players from professional baseball for life. “The owner, Charles Comiskey, covered up his knowledge of the fix, and got away with it” (“I’m Planning . . .”). The fact of the matter is that some athletes get away with cheating and others do not. In addition, many baseball players and track athletes in the 90’s were caught using performance enhancing drugs. Most of the players were off the hook, while some were sentenced to prison, or given banishments. No matter what, though,
In closing, these athletes are making too much money in a society that traditionally bases salaries on the value of ones work. These athletes do not know what real work is or how hard it is to make a dollar. Although their job is difficult, they do not play a role in our economy like their salaries indicate. Therefore, they should receive less money.
...he day, professional sport players are adults before anything. The lessons of right and wrong are already learned. It should not take all the wrong doing of guilt for a person to do the right thing. Guilt is not a good way to live life for simple decisions of not taking enhancement drugs and destroys the character of an athlete.
Many people believe that drug use in professional athletics is not a serious problem, however it is more widespread and serious than people think. In professional athletics the use of drugs is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem, but is also very discrete and low key. Every once in a while one might see a prominent figure in a certain sport being reprimanded for the use of some outlawed drug, however this is just one of the many who happened to get caught. Athletes today seem to find no moral problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, or in other words cheating. Also many of them feel that because they are "stars" there should be no repercussions for their illegal activity.
And all the players that arent out there committing crimes and are doing the right thing they themselves need to get upset by the fact that others are giving their sport a bad name. So the players who care need to speak up and save their sports images before its too late. Kids out there already see enough violence in the streets and on t.v. Sports use to be a way to escape all of that and unless things change sports are going to be just like everything else.