Sports Ethics Case Study
Task: Midterm Ethical Case Study Assignment (30% – Week 10)
Subject of the Task: Ethical case study assignment (30%): This is an individual assignment in which the students should apply ethical reasoning and models for moral decision-making to resolve a case that deals with ethical issues in sports.
The task must be submitted via Turnitin (Report)
Case: Emily is a football player who has been playing in a local youth soccer league for several years. Her performance has caught the attention of scouts.
from the nearby prestigious soccer academy. Emily’s parents are eager for her to join the program; however, the academy primarily recruits players aged 17 and above, and she will turn 17 only in a few months.
The academy agrees to admit her if her parents agree to tamper her age on official documents to meet the age requirement.
Her parents decide to trust the club’s discretion and agreed to change her age in the application.
Emily is the best in her team and after about 6 months a scout from Real Madrid sees Emily skills and contact her parents with an offer to join the
academy squad. The parents, surprised and worried, agreed to the offer.
The player joins RM youth team and progresses rapidly. Her outstanding performances in training sessions and local matches soon caught the attention.
of the coaching staff. Her remarkable agility, vision, and scoring ability made her a standout player on the youth team.
One sunny afternoon, as the Youth team was preparing for an important local youth tournament, the club’s Football Director approached Emily’s.
parents. The director offered her a position on FC Barcelona’s professional team as soon as she turned 18 years, with an automatic loan to PSG in the
same year.
Sports Ethics Case Study
The offer was overwhelming for Emily and her parents. But there was a problem — the age tampering on Emily’s official documents was never corrected.
and she would turn 18 only in the following year. The age deception could damage her career, but there was not enough time to inform the club, in a
routine compliance check on all players, the club’s compliance department noticed issues with Emily’s documents.
During a deep inspection, the discrepancy in Emily’s age documentation was discovered. The club’s investigation revealed the age tampering, which had.
allowed Emily to join the club’s academy and play while technically ineligible. Worried about a major sanction from LaLiga or the RFEF, the Club
immediately suspended the player and called a meeting with Legal & Ethics, Technical/Football & Youth Department.
As the Legal & Ethical Dept Director of the Club, prepare a report about the case, considering the legal & ethical implications of this case for Emily, her.
parents, the former club and FCB, and a recommendation for the Club about how to address the situation.
Regulations to consider in your analysis:
• Regla Mento General RFEF Regla Mento General edition Julio 2023.pdf (rfef.es)
• FIFA RSTP 2023 Regulations-on-the-Status-and-Transfer-of-Players-May-2023-edition.pdf (fifa.com)
• Regla Mento General La Liga a3f3a2d588487eacc8367ec793c3bf97.pdf (laliga.com)
• FIFA Code of Ethics: FIFA-Code-of-Ethics-2023.pdf
Formalities:
• Wordcount: 1500 words
• Presentation: 10-15 min
• Font: Arial 11 pts.
• Text alignment: Justified.
• The in-text References and the Bibliography must be in Harvard’s citation style.
Submission: Week 10 – Sunday 10/12/2023, 23h59
Weight: This task is 30% of your total grade for this subject.
It assesses the following learning outcomes:
• Outcome 1: Interpret legal and ethical principles in sport.
• Outcome 2: Use ethical reasoning and models for moral decision-making. Use APA referencing style.