• English
    • Welsh
  • English 
    • English
    • Welsh
  • Login
Search DSpace:
  • Home
  • Research at Cardiff Met
  • Library Services
  • Contact Us
View item 
  • DSpace home
  • Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences
  • Sport Research Groups
  • View item
  • DSpace home
  • Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences
  • Sport Research Groups
  • View item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

The Moral Pathologies of National Sporting Representation at the Olympics

Thumbnail
View/open
Author's Post-print (593.8Kb)
Author
Iorwerth, Hywel
Jones, Carwyn
Hardman, Alun
Date
2012
Type
Article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
ISSN
1751-1321
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
Nationality, citizenship and eligibility have become increasingly relevant in sport, especially under current conditions where there is an increasing number of players who change their ‘allegiances’ for international sporting purposes. Whilst it is reasonable to link such trends to wider processes of globalisation and accelerated migratory flows, it is also evident that national sporting representation is subject to the venal power of commercialism. The concern is that national representation has developed into a more strategic, planned, and economically driven activity that involves the overt collusion of National Governing Bodies and individual athletes. This paper evaluates the moral status of current international sporting representation (ISR) rules and practices as they relate to the Olympics. By drawing on de Coubertin’s notion of ‘sincere internationalism’ and Walsh and Guilianotti’s (2007) work on hyper-commercialisation in sport, we will attempt to demonstrate how some of the current practices and regulations of ISR are ethically problematic. We conclude that current ISR regulations are drawn too loosely and need to be amended in order to limit the moral pathologies identified. Our critique is informed by empirical data collected from members of the Welsh sports practice community.
Journal/conference proceeding
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy
Citation
Sport, Ethics and Philosophy Volume 6 (2), pages 267-288 (2012)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10369/5682
http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17511321.2012.667829
Description
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Sport, Ethics and Philosophy on 10 May 2012, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17511321.2012.667829
Collections
  • Sport Research Groups [620]

Related items

Showing items related by title, author, subject and abstract.

  • Thumbnail

    An Investigation Into the Social Complexity of Sporting Nationalisms during the British and Irish Lions tour of 2013. 

    Jones, Evan (Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2014)
    This thesis is broadly concerned with the role that international sport plays in the construction and representation of national identity, Wales in particular. It addresses the complex relationship between sport and ...
  • Thumbnail

    The Implementation of the Welsh Language within National Governing Bodies of Sport in Wales 

    Tudor, Owain (University of Wales Institute Cardiff, 2009)
    The 'Welsh Language Act 1993' passed by the UK Government states that every public body within Wales must provide their services bilingually to the public. This act covered services such as Post Offices, the Driving and ...
  • Thumbnail

    The case for inter-national sport: A reply to Gleaves and Llewellyn 

    Iorwerth, Hywel; Hardman, Alun (Taylor and Francis, 2015-04-29)
    In their recent contribution to JPS, Gleaves and Llewellyn argue on lusory and ethical grounds that elite sporting competition should cease to be predicated on competitions between nations. From a lusory perspective, ...

Browse

DSpace at Cardiff MetCommunities & CollectionsBy issue dateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis collectionBy issue dateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login

Statistics

Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

DSpace software copyright © 2002-2015  DuraSpace
Contact us | Send feedback | Administrator