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Ethics in sports are on shaky ground and government intervention may be necessary to straighten out the mess involving widespread cheating by athletes and coaches, according to Pete McDaniel, an Arden native, UNC Asheville graduate and best-selling golf writer.
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He noted that efforts by various sports to regulate themselves have not been promising, adding that “corruption runs rampant.”
McDaniel made the comments during his keynote address at the annual Junior Achievement Business Ethics Luncheon at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville last Thursday. The program was atttended by about 315 area high-school students and business leaders.
He specified problems in contemporary sports, including athletes and
coaches caught or accused of dog fighting, taking performance-enhancing
drugs, violating NCAA recruiting rules and illegally videotaping
opponents.
McDaniel, a senior writer at Golf Digest magazine, co-authored
Tiger Woods’ “How I Play Golf” book and “Training a Tiger” with Woods’
father, Earl Woods.
In his younger days, he played basketball at Roberson High School and caddied at Biltmore Forest Country Club.
Following McDaniel’s talk, the students and businesspeople met
in small groups to discuss issues, such as ways to increase the number
of minorities among administrators in college sports, whether athletes
must earn college degrees and if athletes should be held to higher
ethical standards than others in society.
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