- Paperback: 392 pages
- Publisher: Meyer and Meyer Verlag (Oct 15 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1841263389
- ISBN-13: 978-1841263380
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.8 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 558 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #643,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Elite-level athletes are placed upon heightened pedestals in societies world-wide. At the same time, there is a dark side to these glorified competitors that remains hidden from those outside of exclusive athletic circles. Dr. Nick Pappas' athletic background in collegiate and professional sports has provided insider access, enabling him to uncover an array of disturbing sexually deviant and aggressive behaviors, which have silently thrived for decades in many athlete cultures. These findings, expressed through the athletes’ own words, are the result of more than 10 years of cutting-edge research involving in-depth interviews with 142 collegiate, minor, and major league athletes from five prominent U.S. sports. Written in an engaging style, "The Dark Side of Sports" is a must read with messages not only for athletes, coaches, managers, and administrators, but also for parents, women, students, and sports enthusiasts. While these important discoveries are certain to shock, raise awareness, and provide a wake-up call for those in and outside of the sports world, they also promote a sense of urgency for taking action to prevent and address these harmful behaviors.
"The Dark Side of Sports" has strong appeal for diverse audiences because it highlights the need for risk management in every male athletic culture. This includes individuals with direct involvement in sports such as athletes, coaches, managers, administrators, and support staff, who see the importance of addressing and deterring potentially harmful and dangerous behavior that can ruin an athletic program's reputation in an instant. At the same time, this book serves as an invaluable resource for parents, women, and fans by raising awareness to the significant issues surrounding a darker, hidden side of sports. The fact that certain negative practices were discovered at the high school level means that millions of middle and high school coaches and athletes, in addition to those at elite levels, need this information to keep deviant practices from gaining a foothold and becoming normalized within youth-oriented sports cultures. Finally, "The Dark Side of Sports" will be a welcomed addition to courses such as sociology of sport, sports psychology, women's studies, and an array of sociology classes including deviant behavior.
About the Author
Nick Pappas, Ph.D. is a former collegiate and professional ice hockey player and coach who earned a doctorate degree in Human Development and Family Science with a minor in Sociology of Sport from The Ohio State University. This unique background in combination with his experience as a researcher, professional counselor, and college professor have given Dr. Pappas a distinct vantage point into both social and athlete behavioral issues that are highlighted in this one-of-a-kind book. As a dynamic speaker, Dr. Pappas provides presentations on athlete-related topics and concerns including out-of-sport athlete deviancy and aggression in order to promote personal and team excellence to athletes at all levels. He resides in Big Rapids, Michigan and can be contacted through his website (drnickpappas.com).
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The Dark Side of Sports, April 20 2012
By sqm - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Dark Side of Sports: Exposing the Sexual Culture of Collegiate and Professional Athletes (Paperback)
Dr. Pappas has done a great job with his book, The Dark Side of Sports, and is doing a real public service by exposing the shocking and disturbing sexual culture of collegiate and professional athletes. I hope it brings light to the dark side of the underbelly of sports.
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Not to be Ignored, Feb 22 2012
By Sports Parent - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Dark Side of Sports: Exposing the Sexual Culture of Collegiate and Professional Athletes (Paperback)
Although the culture has persisted for decades, Dr. Nick Pappas deserves kudos for bringing the deviant behavior that exists among many athletes to the attention of the unknowing. While there have been articles and investigations into such practices in the past, nothing compares to the comprehensive insight - and disturbing findings - that Pappas provides in his book.Dr. Pappas has done his homework, with almost 150 interviews with athletes from a wide variety of sports. If you have a child who participates in sports at any level, this is a must read. The stories told within the book definitely show a dark side to sports that for too long has been ignored.
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Very Important and Timely Information, Feb 7 2012
By buyer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Dark Side of Sports: Exposing the Sexual Culture of Collegiate and Professional Athletes (Paperback)
The Dark Side of Sports was a very easy read despite its scholarly appearance (book cover) and being part of an academic series because much of the information was written using the athletes own words. The book is very timely with all the hidden and tragic incidences that have been coming out in the sports world since the Penn State scandal erupted. I thought the book was absolutely fascinating as the author reveals some of the sleaziest behaviors that I've ever read athletes being involved in. I saw really important messages for anyone involved in sports and especially for parents with athletes and daughters who can be taken advantage of by athletes in all kinds of unbelievable ways. The book was a real eye-opener that unfortunately will change the way you look at sports and athletes, who are too often viewed as role models even though many are a long, long way from this.
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