The issue of religion in sport effects many athletes of different religions across the world. There are incidences where an athlete’s participation and involvement in sport is affected by their religion, often in a negative way. Religious athletes often use their religion to educate people on the way they choose to live and are seen to be role models by people of the same faith. Though there are many that disagree with different religion which often beings up issues of discrimination and vilification within sport.
Incidences where religion in sport has become an issue is when the cultural expectations of sport often collide with religious values and beliefs. An example of this was the 2011 super bowl where Fox sport rejected to air john 3;16 commercial because they believed it displayed religious doctrine (O’Connor, 2011). The commercial was seen to be too offensive even though it didn’t feature any preacher or sermon it simply offers a question and the answer to it is look it up (Samuel, 2011). The reason behind Fox sport rejecting the ad was because they have completely different values and expectations from the Christian group that way wanting …show more content…
There are many issues revolved around religion and sport such as the clash and racial discrimination the is associated with religion and especially the Muslim faith. Discrimination because of religion has an impact on many people and causes a lot of negative and unnecessary responses occurring. Insensitivities to accommodating religious diversity in a range of sports may discourage people from participation and involvement. There are still many steps that sports can take to create a more tolerant, encouraging and accommodating environment for people with different religious beliefs. Our role as teachers is to ensure that kids are educated on the issue of religion in sport and the different issues that come out of