User talk:Lilly15/The Impact Poor Role Models have on Sport

I like your choice of topic. I am keen to discuss roles, role models and status. Postillion 11:49, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Referencing
Hi Lilly15. I've done some copy editing, and added (REF) where I think you need to support a claim or statement. Some example case studies will help this a lot. You have the bare bones in here, for what is an interesting topic. I thought though, you might like to check out the work of Laura Hale, a Sport Studies PhD student, using social media to look at fandom. She looked at a few player controversies, and found they didn't have an impact on fan interest in terms of social media. This may be the first sort of evidence that the sponsors and clubs over react to the scandals. If this could be shown to be the case, then the business case may not be a strong basis to argue that player misbehaviour is damaging to role modelling. You might have to use ethical/moral augments instead of money and sponsorship. Keith might suggest references to help you with this.. its political stuff found in sociology. Leighblackall 05:31, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Alex

I do like this topic and the way your essay is developing. I think the tribunals do have a political interface: with the sport and with our culture. There is a public audit of the decisions and this leads to thresholds of repugnance that have immense political overtones ... we sometimes see Federal Ministers of Sport responding to decisions. If you have time have a look at Norbert Elias and The Civilising Process http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Elias Postillion 01:19, 21 October 2011 (UTC)