In other sports-ethics news, an NFL coach says his linemen are ?100 percent ethical? in their blocking techniques; former soccer official loses his appeal of lifetime ban
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Last week?s sports news included several stories involving ethics. Among them:
- The NASCAR auto racing organization is investigating suspicions that a driver may have spun his car intentionally in order to help a teammate, reports USA Today. Driver Jeff Gordon complained that Paul Menard may have purposely spun near the end of a race, forcing everyone to hold their positions under a racetrack caution, and thus preserve the front-running status of a Menard teammate. Menard has denied the charge, reports USA Today, although NASCAR officials say they will investigate.
- John Harbaugh, the coach of the Baltimore Ravens football team, last week said his linemen were ?100 percent ethical? and ?100 percent legal? in their blocking techniques and that the blocking scheme presents ?no danger whatsoever,? reports NBC Sports. The controversy evolved after a competing coach from the Pittsburgh Steelers said the Ravens were taking cheap shots at opponents? knees, an injury-prone area. While NBC Sports? Michael David Smith writes that ?Harbaugh is right that the blocks the Steelers were complaining about are legal,? he argues that ?claiming ?there is no danger whatsoever? seems to be taking it too far. Just because the blocks are allowed doesn?t mean they can?t injure someone.?
- Mohamed bin Hammam, who was a member of the executive committee of FIFA, the world governing body of soccer, lost the appeal of his lifetime ban from the sport, ESPN reports. Hammam was banned after FIFA?s ethics committee determined that he was part of a conspiracy to bribe officials to cast votes for him in his candidacy for president of the organization.
Sources: USA Today, Sep. 17 ? NBC Sports, Sep. 16 ? ESPN, Sep. 15.
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