ABSTRACT

Using American football as a point of entry, I approach harmful sports from the perspective of fans’ roles and responsibilities. Given that sports’ profitability is a significant obstacle to reform and that fans are the economic basis of sports, they are uniquely positioned to press for reforms. I argue that fans are weakly causally responsible for the risks that arise from the sports that they consume. As a result, fans bear a forward-looking collective responsibility to take steps to mitigate football’s unacceptable risks. Fans are to discharge their forward-looking collective responsibility by coordinating a reduction in their consumption until such time as football’s unacceptable risks have been mitigated.

摘要

我以美式足球为切入点，从球迷的角色和责任的角度来研究有害的运动。鉴于体育的盈利能力是改革的重要障碍，而球迷是体育的经济基础，因此他们在推动改革方面处于独特的位置。我认为，球迷对他们所消费的运动所带来的风险承担的因果责任微弱。结果，球迷们承担着前瞻性的集体责任，采取措施减轻足球的不可接受的风险。球迷要协调自己的消费量，以减轻足球的不可接受的风险，从而履行前瞻性的集体责任。