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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Over-competitive sports

Over-competitive sports

  • Athletic competition

Broader

Unbridled competition
Presentable
Unadapted community structures
Presentable

Aggravates

Technological doping
Excellent
Drug abuse in sports
Excellent
Drug abuse among athletes
Excellent
Sports accidents
Presentable
Discrimination against women in sports
Presentable
Cruel sports
Presentable
Discrimination against men in sports
Unpresentable
Non-productive athletic activities
Yet to rate
Interference of school athletic activities with education
Yet to rate
Excessive claims for human development through sports
Yet to rate
Discrimination against women in payment and prizes for athletic events
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Corruption in sports and athletics
Presentable
Short duration of athletic careers
Unpresentable
Gambling on sports and athletic competitions
Unpresentable
Commercialization of athletic activities and sports events
Unpresentable
Politicization of international sports events
Yet to rate
National bias among judges of international athletic competitions
Yet to rate
Excessive expense of international athletic competitions
Yet to rate

Related

Violent sports fans
Excellent
Animal fighting sports
Excellent
Unethical sporting practices
Presentable

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Recreation » Athletics
  • Recreation » Competitions
  • Recreation » Sport
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E4266
    DOCID
    11542660
    D7NID
    133959
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020