In sports there were always talks about fair play and respect for
others. Which should be obvious to anyone playing the game or
participating in the sport. Of course, that is not the case. During the
years and years of the development of sports there have been many
changes on how it is governed, protected by different rules and the
mentality of the participants. People developed different organizations
who would control the sports (FIFA, UEFA, FIBA etc.), bring different
regulations that would better the game, but over the years started to
also discipline sports people for their bad actions.
I don't think anyone knows when or in which sport the first sanction for a player or some other person appeared (I couldn't find it anywhere), but nowadays they are fairly common. You can hardly go through a day without hearing something about someone being punished for his actions. Of course, these punishments are almost never the same, and of course it all depends on the crime, and the sport. We have a wide variety of sanctions, so let us look at them.
One of the most controversial and problematic crimes someone can commit in sports is doping. Many sports organizations have lots of drug testing over the course of the season, but there are still many players who subdue to this act. Doping is used to enhance your abilities and strengths and give you a better chance of winning. But due to the rigorous anti-doping tests that are regularly performed, most of the frauds are spotted and punished on time (with exceptions, of course, with the process lasting as long as two years). Sanctions include the withdrawal of the title and a suspension of performing in the sports that can last for a few events up to a life time ban.
FIFA ( the international football association) particularly does not like when a certain political force influences the football in that country. This may be universal to all sports, or it should be, but I have not heard such big problems in other sports. The most recent example is Nigeria, where the government is influencing the work of the football organization there. They have been, therefore, suspended from playing any international matches and all help from FIFA has been cancelled. Sports should not be influenced, and even involved with politics, because that can never turn out good for it.
Then there are sanctions that are executed against one person. Against a single player, or a coach or whomever. These can happen for a variety of reasons, and can have very different punishments. Because of swearing or other verbal attacks on the referee, When they do not agree with the referees decision, both by players and coaches is very common. The punishment is usually not being able to participate in a couple sporting events and a money sanction, which is often given to charity. Due to the increasingly violent actions on the field, not towards the referee, but to other participants in the sports or the crowd they are more and more punished. These sanctions are not the same everywhere, for instance, Paolo Guerrero, a football player for HSV got sanctioned with five games of not playing for throwing a bottle at a fan, but Martin Taylor, a player of Birmingham broke the leg of the Brazilian born Croat Eduardo da Silva and only got a three match ban. Hardly seems fair, but that is the case as the rules are not the same everywhere. Reckless fouls on other players should be severely punished, because of some of those fouls you would probably go to jail in the world outside of football.
And finally, there are the bizarre sanctions that make us laugh and wonder if they are even real. The latest one in sports was a 91 year suspension for a French futsal player because he had a license to play both futsal and football. The FFF (French football association) did not like it. But the question is if this was their fault in the first place.
So there are many punishments in sports, some right and others needing even more sanctions. Because if someone did something wrong, on the sports field, he should be punished. Almost all of them will say that it was not intended, but when will we and how know if it was on purpose? Punish them now, maybe not so harsh, and maybe they will think about it in the future and not do such a reckless act in the field of sports.
I don't think anyone knows when or in which sport the first sanction for a player or some other person appeared (I couldn't find it anywhere), but nowadays they are fairly common. You can hardly go through a day without hearing something about someone being punished for his actions. Of course, these punishments are almost never the same, and of course it all depends on the crime, and the sport. We have a wide variety of sanctions, so let us look at them.
One of the most controversial and problematic crimes someone can commit in sports is doping. Many sports organizations have lots of drug testing over the course of the season, but there are still many players who subdue to this act. Doping is used to enhance your abilities and strengths and give you a better chance of winning. But due to the rigorous anti-doping tests that are regularly performed, most of the frauds are spotted and punished on time (with exceptions, of course, with the process lasting as long as two years). Sanctions include the withdrawal of the title and a suspension of performing in the sports that can last for a few events up to a life time ban.
FIFA ( the international football association) particularly does not like when a certain political force influences the football in that country. This may be universal to all sports, or it should be, but I have not heard such big problems in other sports. The most recent example is Nigeria, where the government is influencing the work of the football organization there. They have been, therefore, suspended from playing any international matches and all help from FIFA has been cancelled. Sports should not be influenced, and even involved with politics, because that can never turn out good for it.
Then there are sanctions that are executed against one person. Against a single player, or a coach or whomever. These can happen for a variety of reasons, and can have very different punishments. Because of swearing or other verbal attacks on the referee, When they do not agree with the referees decision, both by players and coaches is very common. The punishment is usually not being able to participate in a couple sporting events and a money sanction, which is often given to charity. Due to the increasingly violent actions on the field, not towards the referee, but to other participants in the sports or the crowd they are more and more punished. These sanctions are not the same everywhere, for instance, Paolo Guerrero, a football player for HSV got sanctioned with five games of not playing for throwing a bottle at a fan, but Martin Taylor, a player of Birmingham broke the leg of the Brazilian born Croat Eduardo da Silva and only got a three match ban. Hardly seems fair, but that is the case as the rules are not the same everywhere. Reckless fouls on other players should be severely punished, because of some of those fouls you would probably go to jail in the world outside of football.
And finally, there are the bizarre sanctions that make us laugh and wonder if they are even real. The latest one in sports was a 91 year suspension for a French futsal player because he had a license to play both futsal and football. The FFF (French football association) did not like it. But the question is if this was their fault in the first place.
So there are many punishments in sports, some right and others needing even more sanctions. Because if someone did something wrong, on the sports field, he should be punished. Almost all of them will say that it was not intended, but when will we and how know if it was on purpose? Punish them now, maybe not so harsh, and maybe they will think about it in the future and not do such a reckless act in the field of sports.
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