In the United States, sports teams are valued, coveted, and critiqued even more than that of the nation election; this progression of how important sports became to society lead to athletes’ lives becoming more and more involved in the media spotlight. The Private lives of athletes have become public. The Image of sports organizations, such as the NFL, have become more publicly attached to the image of athletes, which is why many sports organizations regulate off the field activity. For example, in 2014 Minnesota Vikings Running Back Adrian Peterson was arrested and charged with child abuse, the discipline method Adrian Peterson (Winters, pg. 16) used on his was in question, and the NFL decided that it would ban Adrian Peterson from playing
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In September of 2014 the Baltimore Ravens were faced with a dilemma when their star running back, Ray Rice, was face charges of domestic violence against his girlfriend (Gonchar, npg.). The Baltimore Ravens would go on to cut Ray Rice from the team due to a breach in player contract, but not before the NFL gave him a two-game suspension. Ray Rice’s Image is now that of a person who beats women and sentence, that many perceived as to be considerably light despite the evidence, directly affected the image of the NFL, as it gave the appearance that the NFL was not concerned with protecting women. Whether that image was true or not is not important, but it is the fact that the image of player and the sentence handed down directly impacted the image of the sports organization that player worked for. People associate the images of the employees as that of the image of a Company and as such people associated the image of Ray Rice with the image of the NFL, which is why the NFL ended up having to suspended and ban Ray Rice from the NFL …show more content…
“The "best interest" clause developed in Major League Baseball (MLB) in response to the Chicago Black Sox scandal during the 1919 World Series, where gamblers bribed players to throw the coveted baseball championship (Kim & Parlow, pg.575).” Due to the actions of players in MLB, the organization was forced to include a clause that prohibited players from participating in such gambling and if an athlete did participate, they would be punished for their actions. Gambling is not against the Constitution of the United States nor any other law, but when it comes to committing acts of fraud, the government steps in. While prior to the rigging of the 1919 World Series, such rules against bribery and gambling were not in the player contract, but once it was brought to light the player contract was adjusted accordingly and has since then been enforced. These player contacts are similar to what an employee signs when one works for a company. there are many times where a soon-to-be employee will sign a contract that discuss intellectual rights, company representation, and numerous other things related to the company; while inventing something new is not against the standards held by United States Government, because of the player contract that is in place it allows for a company to regulate intellectual
In September of 2014 the Baltimore Ravens were faced with a dilemma when their star running back, Ray Rice, was face charges of domestic violence against his girlfriend (Gonchar, npg.). The Baltimore Ravens would go on to cut Ray Rice from the team due to a breach in player contract, but not before the NFL gave him a two-game suspension. Ray Rice’s Image is now that of a person who beats women and sentence, that many perceived as to be considerably light despite the evidence, directly affected the image of the NFL, as it gave the appearance that the NFL was not concerned with protecting women. Whether that image was true or not is not important, but it is the fact that the image of player and the sentence handed down directly impacted the image of the sports organization that player worked for. People associate the images of the employees as that of the image of a Company and as such people associated the image of Ray Rice with the image of the NFL, which is why the NFL ended up having to suspended and ban Ray Rice from the NFL …show more content…
“The "best interest" clause developed in Major League Baseball (MLB) in response to the Chicago Black Sox scandal during the 1919 World Series, where gamblers bribed players to throw the coveted baseball championship (Kim & Parlow, pg.575).” Due to the actions of players in MLB, the organization was forced to include a clause that prohibited players from participating in such gambling and if an athlete did participate, they would be punished for their actions. Gambling is not against the Constitution of the United States nor any other law, but when it comes to committing acts of fraud, the government steps in. While prior to the rigging of the 1919 World Series, such rules against bribery and gambling were not in the player contract, but once it was brought to light the player contract was adjusted accordingly and has since then been enforced. These player contacts are similar to what an employee signs when one works for a company. there are many times where a soon-to-be employee will sign a contract that discuss intellectual rights, company representation, and numerous other things related to the company; while inventing something new is not against the standards held by United States Government, because of the player contract that is in place it allows for a company to regulate intellectual