Questionable Tactics in Sports: A Look at the Ethics of Winning

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The discussion centers on the ethical implications of questionable tactics in sports, highlighting specific incidents involving athletes like Lance Armstrong and Victoria Azarenka. The forum participants express outrage over a recent incident where a ballboy feigned injury, leading to a red card for player Eden Hazard. The conversation critiques the lengths to which athletes and support staff will go to secure a win, emphasizing the need for accountability and integrity in sports.

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What rubbish! I can't believe the referee actually fell for the ballboy's act and red carded Hazard! I hope they fine the ballboy (although a lot of good that will do - his club will pay the fine out of gratitude!)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sd38KUjmOho

It just amazes me the depths that sportsmen (and women) will drop to in order to win. Armstrong's doping, Victoria Azarenka's ten minute "injury" timeout to compose herself after blowing 5 straight match points, and a hometown ballboy that somehow "I've fallen on the ball and can't get up" (that's a new verb by the way) just when the hometown team needs to kill the clock to advance.
 
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Word has it, he was inspired to waste time from a twitter message. He should be fined, but what Hazard did was just stupid.