Ethics In Sports Admin quiz 3

Okstate HHP 3333 Spring 2026

What substance was used as an early form on enhancement?

peruvian coca leaf extract

What are WADAs 3 criteria for banning substance?

has to have potential to enhance performance/work, or it represents a potential health risk to athletes, or if it violates the spirit of sports

Provide one example of how gene modification could enhance performance

somatic change such as inserting a modified EPO gene into cells to trigger continuous production of red blood cells, significantly improving aerobic endurance

How many of WADAs criteria has to be met to ban something?

2/3

Amateur athletes may have a different ____ toward ped use than professionals

attitudes

What is WADAs criteria for spirit of sport?

WADA’s value-based idea that sport should reflect fairness, honesty, health, respect, teamwork, dedication, and community.

explain John Rawls principles with a specific example of how this applies in sports and helps with equality

focuses on benefiting the least able members of society or a team by giving weaker or less-resourced members a better chance to succeed, which makes the group more just overall. One sport example would be a school or league giving extra coaching, facilities, funding, resources to underfunded athletes or teams so they can compete more equally

Point out from a list of things what best captures a criticisms of anti doping policy

anti-doping policy is inconsistent or arbitrary because sports allow many other forms of performance enhancements such as diets, creatine, caffeine, altitude training while banning others even though the line is not exact. Anti doping has been shaped by moral panic historically

Point out from a list what best reflects a weakness of defining doping as any substance that affects performance above average

definition is too broad, it would sweep current legal things like tobacco, nicotine, energy drinks, pre workout. The definition unfairly includes many current legal stimulants.

 Are we being consistent in what we allow in sport now versus in the past, where do we draw the line?

No, not fully because in the past many substances were openly used to try to improve performance, while now sport bans some enhancers but still allows others like caffeine, creatine, altitude training and advanced equipment. The line is usually drawn where the enhancement is seen as artificial, risky, or against the spirit of sport.

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C.T. Fletcher