Y10 - Community and Religious Education - Ethics & Morals: Sport

Search for resources on Sports and Doping, "Gender Inequality" and "Sports Discrimination.

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General

• BBC: Ethics: Sports
• Fair Play International: What is fair play?
• SportAus: Safe and inclusive sport
• The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES)

How important is ethics in sports?

• The Ethics Centre: What ethics should athletes live by?
• NSW Gov: Integrity in sport

Investigate the sexist bias in sports.

• Respect Victoria: Sexism in sport: Call it out
• The Age: 'Not a warm up act for the main event': Sexism in the AFL exists in many forms

Are the extremely high salaries of sports professionals justified?

• The Ethics Centre: Paralympian pay vs Olympian pay
• The Perspective: Do professional athletes deserve their inflated salaries?
• The Athletic: How do you value a player?

How much should parents get involved in their child's physical education?

• Reuters: Parent involvement can help kids get more active
• BelievePerform: The influence of parents in youth sport

Debate if and how children are exploited to become elite athletes.

• Centre for Sport & Human Rights: Rights of Child Athletes - When does Participation Risk Being Exploitative?

• The Conversation: Would adding a minimum age limit for the Olympic Games protect young athletes from doping?