Kinesiology 2292F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Gamesmanship
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Failed athletic contest: contests that have failed in their comparative purpose of showing that the winner is superior to the loser. They may have succeeded in other goals such as entertaining spectators though. ** uses (cid:498)better team(cid:499) interchangeably with (cid:498)the team that deserves the win(cid:499) Errors in refereeing can cause undeserved victories of failed athletic contests. ** here we only focuses on athletic superiority by physical prowess on describing the injustice of the victory. Definition: attempt to break the rules of a game which escaping detection and punishment. superiority, it was due to their violation of the rules, which the opponent obeys. Therefore, the one that deserves to win is the one who performs better within the rules and with equality. But cheating doesn"t expand sport"s central values therefore athletes do not have overall obedience. If cheating is recognized as a legitimate tactic, all athletes.