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1 online resource (xi, 161 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-156) and index. |
| Contents |
Legal cases cited -- Discerning consent in Canadian sport -- A brotherhood of violence and mutilation -- Hazing in the aftermath of McGill's Mr. Broomstick -- Athletes in the era of performance-enhancing drugs -- Arenas of toleration in Canadian football -- Constrained consent on the gridiron -- Implications of this research == List of interviews. |
| Summary |
In the complicated interaction between sport and law, much is revealed about the perception and understanding of consent and tolerable deviance. When a football player steps onto the field, what deviations from the rules of the game are considered acceptable? And what risks has the player already accepted by voluntarily participating in the sport? In the case of Canadian football, acts of on-field violence, hazing, and performance-enhancing drug use that would be considered criminal outside the context of sport are tolerated and even promoted by team and league administrators. The manner in wh. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Canadian football -- Law and legislation.
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Canadian football -- Law and legislation. |
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Football players -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada.
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Football players. |
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Canada. |
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Sports -- Law and legislation -- Canada.
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Sports -- Law and legislation. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fogel, Curtis, 1983- Game-day gangsters. Edmonton : AU Press, ©2013 9781927356531 (OCoLC)829739958 |
| ISBN |
9781927356548 (electronic book) |
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1927356547 (electronic book) |
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9781927356555 (electronic book) |
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1927356555 (electronic book) |
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