Examples Of Ethical Issues In Sports

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Recently, there was an incident in the National Basketball Association a few years ago; where the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers (Donald Sterling) made a statement that he did not want any “African-Americans to attend his team games”. This struck enormous tension between many throughout the NBA because of the unethical comments that were said by someone who is supposed to be a leader. “The entire team wanted to boycott, LA Clippers fans refused to purchase the game tickets, and many advertisers turned away from the Clippers organization” (Rymer). Sterling eventually had to sell his club. Professional sports are a business that involves enormous amount of money, marketing, reputation, responsibility, and business ethics. Ethical issues make

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