Newswise — "The recent admissions by Alex Rodriguez about his prior steroid abuse, and Miguel Tejada concerning his lying to congress, should not be a surprise to anyone who has paid attention to entertainment sport for the past century." said Stephen Mosher, professor of sport management and media at Ithaca College.
"Professional players are always cutting corners, looking for the 'edge,' and outright cheating. It is the institution of the games that persists in representing sport as more than it is that needs to be held accountable. Until the institution changes or stops misrepresenting itself, the public will continue to be 'betrayed' on a regular basis."
Mosher studies sport ethics and moral development, youth sport and the role of sport in character development, sport heroes and villains, sport and popular culture, sport in the media (particularly movies and literature), sport and politics, the Olympic Games, sport as a metaphor for war, and sports fanaticism.
Mosher has coached youth sports himself for over 25 years and studies the issues of sport in popular culture. He teaches courses on Philosophical Perspectives of Sport; Social Aspects of Sport; History of Sport; Sport in Film and Literature; and Youth Sport in American Culture.
His experience with the media includes, radio, TV and print. He wrote a series of columns for ESPN.com on the Little League World Series scandal. His profile can be viewed at http://www.ithaca.edu/news/experts2.php?experts_info_id=62.
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