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The Limits of Polycentric Governing Regimes: Preventing Athlete Abuse in the United States Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Mathew Dowling, Spencer Harris, Nicole Johnson
The egregious, global problem of athlete abuse, particularly the physical and mental manipulation and exploitation of young athletes, continues unabated. Within the United States, high profile media cases such as the USA Gymnastics scandal led to the passing of specific legislation which restructured and empowered the U.S. Centre for SafeSport to end athlete abuse. Despite these developments, significant
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Towards an Intersectional Understanding of Women With Diverse Experiences of Disability: Addressing the Policy Gap in Australian Disability Sport Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-09-04 Georgia Munro-Cook, Simone Fullagar, Adele Pavlidis, Elizabeth Kendall
This article explores how gender and disability inequity is addressed in research, policy and organisational strategies that shape the Australian sporting landscape. By examining the most current annual reports and strategic plans of 31 national sport organisations, national disabled sport organisations, peak bodies, and government agencies, we identify the implications of siloed thinking that considers
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Femvertising or Faux Feminism? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Sport Femvertising Campaigns Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Zahra Sharifzadeh, Natasha Brison
This study investigates the representation of female athletes in Gatorade's Sister in Sweat (2019) and Adidas’ Reimagine Sport (2020) Femvertising campaigns. Adopting a critical feminist lens, this study examined verbal and visual strategies and the post-feminist elements that sports brands apply to communicate female-empowering messages. Guided by Fairclough's framework of critical discourse analysis
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“Carbon Partners” and Collaborative Greenwashing: The Sustainability Partnership Between Dow Chemical and the Olympic Games Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-28 Ben Glasson, Brett Hutchins
The multinational corporation, Dow Chemical, became the first-ever “Official Carbon Partner” of the Olympic Games in 2017, promising to offset the emissions generated by the staging of the Games and associated activities. This article critically analyzes the Partnership's promotional campaign, comprised of rhetorical claims that such “game-changing” collaborations are “redefining the role of business
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“It's Such a Taboo Subject, Everybody's Scared to Talk About It”: Fijian Sportswomen's Experiences of Menstruation Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Agatha Elizabeth Gibbons, Holly Thorpe, Keakaokawai Varner Hemi, Charles Pedlar, Georgie Bruinvels, Bruce Hamilton
Despite a growing body of research focused on women's experiences of menstruation in sports, most of this has been done by white women on white women and then applied to sportswomen from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Very rarely are the menstruation-related experiences of Black, Indigenous, and women of color considered, let alone the focus of such studies. To date, no research has explored
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The Carousel of Gendering and Othering: Women Australian Rules Footballers’ Affective Experiences of Digital Self-Tracking Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-12 Paul Bowell, Paul Scifleet, Ekaterina Pechenkina, Emma Sherry
This article investigates the affective experiences of Australian Football League Women's (AFLW) players’ digital self-tracking. The research finds that digital self-tracking amplifies the objective metrics of physical activity at the expense of sensed and felt bodily experiences. This is leading to consternation and confusion and is challenging for athletes establishing a professional sporting identity
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The Fetishization of Sport: Exploring the Effects of Fetishistic Disavowal in Sportswashing Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Jack Black, Gary Sinclair, Colm Kearns
Is it possible to remain a sports fan when prominent sports teams and events are utilized to “sportswash” human rights abuses and other controversies? Indeed, while there is an abundance of analyses critiquing different instances of sportswashing, the exploration of the role of sportswashing and its connection to the “sports fan” presents an essential and necessary area of investigation and theoretical
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Deaf and Hard of Hearing College Student Athletes and Alcohol Use Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-08-02 Christine L. Gannon, Theresa Hunter Gibble, Retta R. Evans
There is extensive research showing an association between athletics and college alcohol use. However, there is a gap in the literature describing this phenomenon for deaf and hard of hearing students. Researchers explored the experiences and perspectives of Gallaudet University students and staff on deaf and hard of hearing students’ alcohol use by conducting a qualitative case study in American Sign
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The Cultural Politics of Sport: Why This, Why Now? Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-30 David L. Andrews
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“There's an awful lot of rubbish around masquerading as Cultural Studies”: Rethinking Sport Studies After the Cultural Turn Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-25 Ben Carrington
This article addresses the (inter)disciplinary parameters and political possibilities of Sport Studies by providing an overview of the state of Sport Studies after the cultural turn. The cultural turn is defined as the influence of linguistic models on cultural analysis and the associated impact of poststructuralism and critical theory on the social sciences. I argue that the cultural turn, especially
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Retheorizing the Cultural Politics of Sport After a Decade of Activism, Populism, and Polarization Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-05-16 Douglas Hartmann
This article details three developments of the last decade that have had significant effects on the cultural status and sociopolitical functioning of sport in the United States: (1) an unprecedented wave of sport-based protest and athlete activism; (2) new norms and conventions in the sporting establishment for dealing with athletic protest and social issues, especially with respect to media coverage
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Wrestling With the Academy: Future Directions for the Cultural Politics of Sport Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-27 Brandon T. Wallace, Lauren Nowosatka, Lilah Drafts-Johnson, Emilio Weber, Junbin Yang
Synthesizing and responding to the arguments made throughout this special issue, we share our perspectives as early-career researchers on how to revive the study of the cultural politics of sport. First, we argue that the malaise of cultural politics work should be attributed to academic and disciplinary structures that have disincentivized a contextual and political study of sport. Second, we suggest
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The Experiences, and Effects, of Racial Mistreatments in the Lives of Black Male Collegiate Football Players: A Qualitative Analysis Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 J. Andy Walsh, Trent A. Petrie, Randi Jackson
Black male college athletes historically have endured racial mistreatment, particularly at Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). Yet research examining how these athletes, particularly football players in Power Five conferences, experience such mistreatments and the effects they have on their psychological health and well-being has been sparse. Thus, we interviewed 13 current Black male college
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Glitterati and Grit: The Perils and Possibilities of Sports Mega-Event Research Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jules Boykoff
Amid the whirling swirl of overlapping global crises—from extreme inequality and climate change to unaccountable elite power and securitized violence at the international and domestic levels—sport studies may, on their surface, appear superfluous. However, this article argues that critical academic scholarship on sports mega-events like the Olympic Games and soccer World Cup can, due to these events’
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Black U.S. Military Affiliated Perspectives on Sport Media's Coverage of Racial Representation and Athlete Activism Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-13 Patrick Crowe, Adam Love, Guy Harrison
Black U.S. military affiliated sport fans hold a unique place in society, as their multiple identities (i.e., racial and career) may possess conflicting elements. Militarism preaches nationalism, meritocracy, and bootstrapism, whereas Black sport activism questions if these “American” values extend to people of color. The current study interviewed Black military affiliated individuals ( N = 10) to
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Policing Gender and Sexuality in High School Sports: The Mediating Impact of Hearing Anti-LGBTQ + Language on High School Athletes’ Self-Esteem Across Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and Race Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Laura J. Wernick, Derek Tice-Brown, Yannick Kluch, Tarkington J. Newman, Lauren Shute, Mackenzie P. Lerario, Jessica Vidette Harrison
Participation in sport is often assumed to promote the healthy development of youth. However, research suggests that gender and sexuality policing in sports negatively impacts the self-esteem of LGBTQ + youth. Using moderated mediation analyses, findings suggest that hyper-surveillance and policing of sexual and gender norms, specifically masculinity, through the use of anti-LGBTQ + language in sport
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Fat Phobia Among Youth Sport Coaches Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Emily L. Winter, Aarti P. Bellara, Melissa A. Bray, Rebecca M. Puhl, Alan S. Kaufman, Sierra M. Trudel, Tamika La Salle-Finley
Body weight is a common reason youth face stigma, yet it has received little attention from athletic coaches working closely with youth of diverse sizes. The present study assessed weight bias in middle and high school athletic coaches ( N = 320) via a survey of demographic characteristics and explicit weight bias ( Fat Phobia Scale-Short Form). Results indicate moderate levels of bias ( M = 3.44,
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“It Doesn’t Matter How You Identify, You Can Still Skate With Us”: Gender Inclusivity in Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Hannah Kettley-Linsell, Janine K. Coates, Gemma Witcomb
Women's flat track roller derby is a grassroots full-contact sport underpinned by an explicit gender policy stating that any self-identifying woman can play, including those who are transgender and gender diverse (TGD). Adopting a queer-feminist lens, this research examined attitudes toward and experiences of gender inclusivity in the sport from the perspective of cis and TGD athletes in the United
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CrossFit and "Cancel Culture": Probing Practitioners' Responses to the "Canceling" of Greg Glassman. Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Dale Spencer,Derek Silva,Delphine DiTecco,Carmen West
In this article, we explore the responses of crossfit practitioners to the 'canceling' of Greg Glassman in the aftermath of racist tweets and comments made in response to the killing of George Floyd. We draw on 50 interviews with crossfit practitioners to understand how they interpret and respond to the 'canceling' of Greg Glassman and the disavowal of CrossFit by prominent CrossFit athletes and organizations
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A Descriptive Look at the Mental Health Literacy of Student-Athletes Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Lauren Beasley, Steven Hoffman
Mental health literacy (MHL) is a significant component in understanding mental health disparities in vulnerable populations. Due to the unique structure and pressures of American college sport, at...
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Let the Kids Play: Latino Players, Differing Play Styles and Racial Stigma in Major League Baseball Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Andrew Mitchel, Jeffrey H. Cohen
Major League Baseball's (MLB) unwritten rules and unspoken norms communicate the continuing role that white American cultural values have within the sport. Coded into the past and present, foreign-...
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“It Was My Story to Tell and I Wasn’t Ready to Tell It”: Stigma Management Amongst LGBTQ+ Sport Officials Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Anna C. Baeth, Jacob K. Tingle, Brittany L. Jacobs, Claire C. Zvosec
The erasure of marginalized people, especially LGBTQ+ people, is commonplace in sport. As sport has become more commercialized, even at grassroots and youth levels), one group that has become even ...
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Black on Both Sides: Toward an Understanding of the Athletic and Career Aspirations of Black Males who Play Sports Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-29 Adeoye O. Adeyemo
This article investigates the experiences of Black males who play sports and aspire to achieve athletic and non-athletic careers. In-depth interviews and observations highlight the experiences, bel...
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Black Mothers and NFL Moms Safety Clinics: An Ethnography of Care in American Football Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Tracie Canada
Drawing on years of ethnographic research, this article highlights the importance of Black women's mothering, care work, and labor as their sons find success in American football. By centering Blac...
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Coaching While Black: Race, Leadership, and the National Football League Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Justin Gomer, Shaun Ossei-Owusu
This article examines the lack of racial diversity among the National Football League's (NFL) head coaches. Focusing on each new coaching cohort since 2013, when all eight of the newly hired head c...
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Alcohol use by Athletes: Hierarchy, status, and Reciprocity Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-21 Marc Harris, Carwyn Jones, David Brown
Sport is considered a positive, health enhancing lifestyle choice. However, there is considerable evidence that many athletes, particularly those at university, engage in harmful levels of alcohol ...
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Race and Occupational Mobility in the National Football League Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-15 Carlton Keith Harrison, Scott Bukstein, Danielle Heceta McArdle, Jessie Dickens, Whitney Griffin
The Rooney Rule was implemented in the National Football League (NFL) in 2003 to increase levels of employment for ethnic-minority coaches by requiring teams within the league to interview candidat...
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“Argentina's National Style: Maradona, Peronism, and Metaphysical Football.” Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Adriana Novoa, Robert Koch
This essay analyzes how Peronist politics explain the emergence of Diego Maradona as a player that represented authentic Argentine football. We explain how the political radicalism popular during h...
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Women from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds in Sport Leadership: A Scoping Review of Facilitators and Barriers Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-11-29 Kara Dadswell, Marie Mandicos, Elliott P Flowers, Clare Hanlon
Women from culturally diverse backgrounds are underrepresented in sport leadership, often experiencing increased oppression and discrimination based on intersectionality. The aim of our paper was t...
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Branded Media Representations of Coach Sarah Murray: The Intersection of Olympic Nationalism, Gender, and Whiteness in ice Hockey Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-11-14 DooJae Park, NaRi Shin
This study offers a critical discourse analysis of media representations of coach Sarah Murray, the first foreign, the first female, and the youngest head coach of the South Korean women's national...
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Assemblage Thinking as Attunement to Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Youth Sport Research Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-22 Martin Camiré
Youth sport is often prefaced as an accessible social practice facilitating development and wellbeing, yet social controls and inequalities abound along racial, gender, and sexual divisions. In eff...
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Exploring Stakeholders’ Interpretations of Safe Sport Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-10-22 Joseph John Gurgis, Gretchen Kerr, Anthony Battaglia
In response to numerous highly publicized cases of athlete maltreatment, sport organizations have developed prevention and intervention strategies under the umbrella term of Safe Sport; however, co...
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From Despair to Glory, and Back: The Rags to Riches to Rags Story of Antonio Cervantes, Kid Pambelé Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-08-31 Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste
Born on December 23, 1945, in the village of San Basilio de Palenque, Antonio Cervantes, aka Kid Pambelé, epitomizes the extreme nature of the marginalization of the population of African descent i...
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A Scoping Review of the Causes and Consequences of Fraud in Sport Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-08-10 Lucie Vanwersch, Annick Willem, Bram Constandt, Wim Hardyns
This study provides a structured overview of the literature published between 2010 and 2020 on the causes and consequences of fraud in sport using a systematic search strategy. Our results show tha...
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Reconceptualizing Women's Wellbeing During the Pandemic: Sport, Fitness and More-Than-Human Connection Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-06-22 Holly Thorpe, Allison Jeffrey, Simone Fullagar, Adele Pavlidis
This paper explores the gendered, disruptive effects and affective intensities of COVID-19 and the ways that women working in the sport and fitness sector were prompted to establish more-than-human...
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“Riverboat Ron”: A Critical Reading of Ron Rivera, American Brownness & Latino Masculinities in the NFL Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-05-18 Jorge E. Moraga
Ron Rivera, after eight and a half years as the only Latino Head Coach employed by the NFL, was fired in 2019 by Carolina Panthers’ new ownership. Soon after, Rivera was hired as the new Head Coach...
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The Anti-Intellectual Coach: The Cultural Politics of College Football Coaching from the New Left to the Present Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Andrew McGregor
College football coaches often position themselves as defenders of American values. As popular figures with influence, coaches are able to shape public views about a variety of political and social...
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Social Justice Through Sport and Exercise Studies: A Manifesto1 Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-05-12 Brynn Adamson, Matthew Adamson, Caitlin Clarke, Emma V. Richardson, Synthia Sydnor
This manifesto reimagines social justice in physical cultural studies by renaming, broadening, and building new characterizations of the body, dis/ability, mental health, exercise, social oppressio...
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A few Weeks in Dirt City:1 Sport-Related Gentrification, Mobilizing Resistance, and the Art of Failure in Edmonton, Alberta Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-04-26 Jay Scherer, Rylan Kafara, Judy Davidson
There is no shortage of sociological research that explores the successes and failures of various sport-related social movements. However, a more capacious approach to understanding the significanc...
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Decolonizing the Sneaker: Sneaker Customization and the Racial Politics of Expressive Popular Culture Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-04-19 Brandon Wallace, David L. Andrews
Epitomized by the athletic sneaker industry's lucrative mining of Black bodies and Black culture, the colonization of the racial “Other” by the forces of Western consumer culture has become a defin...
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A Foucauldian Analysis of the Romanian School of Gymnastics as a Superpower Between 1976-1981: What Securitatea Knew About Bela Karolyi’s Method Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2022-04-13 Simona Petracovschi
During the Cold War, the Romanian school of gymnastics represented a superpower in the world of WAG and became a part of Romania’s international politics strategy. This ascension started under the ...
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Sport Fan Attitudes on Alcohol: Insights from a Survey of Football Supporters in Scotland and England Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-12-23 Richard I. Purves, Nathan Critchlow, Richard Giulianotti, Kate Hunt, Stephen Morrow, Angus Bancroft
Availability of alcohol at football matches in the UK is much debated and subject to multiple restrictions, yet there is little understanding of supporters’ attitudes. A cross-sectional survey of f...
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Kicking It Out? Football Fans’ Views of Anti-Racism Initiatives in English Football Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-12-13 Connor Penfold, Jamie Cleland
This article explores the views of 906 football fans (96% of whom selfidentified as White), collected via an online survey from May-June 2019, regarding the impact of the leading equality and inclusion organization, Kick It Out, in delivering initiatives to challenge the multifaceted expressions of racism by some White English football fans. Whilst fans recognize the importance of raising awareness
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Fighting for Family and Glory: Hope, Racialization, and Exploitation in a U.S. Boxing Gym Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-12-06 Gabriel A. Torres Colón
Relaying on years of ethnographic research and boxers’ life stories, this article examines how boxers from racialized and marginalized communities hope for family and glory in a Midwestern U.S. gym. Hope for family is embraced by youth and young adults who develop familial ties with trainers and fellow boxers. Hope for glory begins in gyms but ultimately must be sought in competitive arenas of elite
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Queering Indoor Swimming in the UK: Transgender and Non-binary wellbeing Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-11-15 Jayne Caudwell
This paper draws from a research project that was initiated in 2017 and continued in to 2020. It followed on from previous University-LGBT + community projects (e.g., football versus homophobia 2012–2018) and involved working with a local transgender social group, specifically, their engagement with once-a-month recreational swim sessions. The research findings that are discussed come from sixty-three
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Fan Reflections on Sexuality in Women's Football in the United Kingdom Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-11-13 Jamie Cleland, Ellis Cashmore, Kevin Dixon, Connor MacDonald
This article presents the responses of 1,432 male association football fans, collected via an online survey from March 2020 to April 2020, regarding their views on sexuality in women's football in the United Kingdom. The analysis focuses on two broad themes that emerged from the data: (1) the association of women footballers with masculinity and how they subsequently transgress the traditional characteristics
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Examining Stakeholder Outlooks on Football Policing and Security: The Case of Euro 2020 Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-10-30 Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen
In the case of the 2020 Union of European Football Associations European Championship in men's football (‘Euro 2020’), this article investigates stakeholder perceptions on the ‘policing’ of fans. On a European-wide scale, the policing of fans is a contested topic. Meanwhile, the policing and security efforts required for sport mega-events like Euro 2020, uniquely planned to be staged in 12 different
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An Empirical Investigation of Violence Against Women in the NFL Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-10-21 Krystyna Gotberg, Jacquelyn D. Wiersma-Mosley
The purpose of this study was to examine violence against women (VAW) in the National Football League (NFL). Since Ray Rice assaulted his partner on video, VAW by NFL players has received more public attention. However, there is little empirical research that examines VAW in the NFL and player suspensions compared to other violations. Data come from a public list of 176 NFL players known to have violated
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Does Protest “Distract” Athletes From Performing? Evidence From the National Anthem Demonstrations in the National Football League Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-10-21 Daniel N. Hawkins, Andrew M. Lindner, Douglas Hartmann, Brianna Cochran
While there is a long tradition of activism within sport, a popular criticism of athlete protest is that it is a “distraction” that hinders on-field performance. The widespread demonstrations against racial injustice in 2017 among players in the National Football League (NFL) provided an opportunity to test this “distraction hypothesis.” Using data drawn from multiple sources, we first explored which
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Interpersonal Violence (IV) in Sport and Mental Health Outcomes in Teenagers Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-10-21 Sylvie Parent, Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel, Allyson Gillard
The aim of the present study was to examine the associations between interpersonal violence (IV) experienced in the context of sport by teenagers and three mental health outcomes: self-esteem, psychological distress, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. A convenience sample of 1055 French-Canadian athletes between the ages of 14 and 17 who were participating in an organized sport was
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White Property Interests in College Athletic Admissions Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-05-18 Kirsten Hextrum
Dominant cultural narratives position college sports as engines of racial integration and upward mobility. Previous studies examined the chances for low-income men of color becoming athletes in two sports: men’s football and basketball. While highly visible, these athletes represent the minority of participants. The majority of college athletes are White and middle class. In this conceptual article
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The Impact of a Sport Mega Event in the Right to Access Public Education: The Case of the Porto Alegre Communities Affected by the 2014 Brazil World Cup Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-05-13 Billy Graeff, Micheli V. Ghiggi, Jorge Dorfman Knijnik
This article addresses key issues of sport mega events’ social and educational legacies. The rhetoric of the “legacy” of mega events has been imprinted in every bid presented to different countries and cities to influence their decision whether to host or not this type of event. Visible and also intangible effects are often cited as part of the “legacy” packaged to convince host citizens to adhere
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Feminist Sociology Confluences With Sport Science: Insights, Contradictions, and Silences in Interviewing Elite Women Athletes About Low Energy Availability Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-05-11 Katherine L. Schofield, Holly Thorpe, Stacy T. Sims
This article explores the socio-cultural dimensions of elite sportswomen’s experiences of low energy availability (LEA), focusing particularly on elite track cyclists. With a multidisciplinary research team (two sport scientists and a feminist sociologist), the project began with a suite of quantitative measures that identified five of eight women track cycling athletes categorized with LEA and three
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Reifying Contemporary Versions of Liquified Racism: Black Representation in Competitive Swimming Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-05-06 Anthony C. Peavy, Emilee T. Shearer
Throughout history, water as a tool for racialized oppression has been in constant evolution. From utilizing water as a passage to transport slaves, to using fire hoses as a form of punishment toward Black people, liquified racism is a concept we coined to represent past and present racial discrimination through the use of water. In this paper, we conducted a critical content analysis of the USA swim
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MLB’s Neocolonial Practices in the Dominican Republic Academy System Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Patrick C. Gentile
This essay investigates the early stages of the Major League Baseball (MLB) pipeline by focusing on the Dominican academy system. Once an international player is signed to a professional contract, they report to the team’s academy in the Dominican Republic. All 30 teams have an academy located on the island, where they house, feed, train, and educate players on American culture. I argue that MLB maintains
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Sport for Sustainability? The Extractives Industry, Sport, and Sustainable Development Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2021-02-09 Rob Millington, Audrey R. Giles, Nicolien van Luijk, Lyndsay M. C. Hayhurst
This article investigates the intersection of three interrelated trends: first, the positioning of sport as a contributor to sustainable development, particularly in regard to the increasing corporatization of sport for development (SFD); second, the trend toward sustainable development in the extractives industry, as taken up within a corporate social responsibility (CSR) approach; and intersection
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Are Athlete-Owned Leagues a Viable Alternative for Professional Sport? Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2020-11-20 Christopher M. McLeod
Sport leagues have been critiqued for their cartel-like behavior, monopsony power, and many occupational health risks to athletes. Athlete-owned sports leagues are an alternative way of organizing professional sport that may benefit athletes and the industry. This article examines the viability of athlete-owned leagues by reviewing theory and research on worker-owned firms and applying the findings
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Magnitude and Risk Factors for Interpersonal Violence Experienced by Canadian Teenagers in the Sport Context Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2020-11-19 Sylvie Parent, Marie-Pier Vaillancourt-Morel
Recent studies demonstrate that interpersonal violence toward athletes (VTA) is a significant problem in some countries. However, in Canada, little scientific evidence on the prevalence of this issue exists. The objective of this study was to describe the magnitude of interpersonal violence toward young Canadian athletes in the context of sport and to explore associated risk factors. A total of 1,055
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The Neoliberal Disciplining of LeBron James and Kevin Durant: Sports Media Discourse on NBA Free Agency as Ideological Critique Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2020-11-18 Matt Foy
Through content analysis of sports media commentary focusing on the high-profile free agencies of NBA stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant, the author demonstrates how commercial sports media discourse responding to these critical exigencies strategically reinforces neoliberal ideology and parlays its disciplinary rhetoric into a derogatory ideological critique of James, Durant, and their contemporaries
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The Calgary 2026 Olympic Bid Plebiscite as Affective Urbanism Journal of Sport and Social Issues (IF 2.5) Pub Date : 2020-10-22 Harry H. Hiller
An analysis of the Calgary 2026 Olympic bid plebiscite/referendum held in 2018 adds a new perspective to the literature on bidding by shifting from the cognitive/organizational elements of the bid to the emotive dynamics within the bid city conceptualized as affective urbanism. The socioeconomic and political context and the binary nature of the plebiscite question provide the framework to explain