Imagine you are watching a high school basketball game. The competition is fierce, the

clock is running down, and the coaches are red faced and screaming at the players. Suddenly,

your attention is directed to center court. A player is down. You think you saw an opposing

player intentionally elbow the injured boy’s face. The boy is severely injured, but the referees

have not called a foul on the offending youth. It’s your call. Do you think there is sufficient

evidence to bring criminal charges against the young man who caused injuries to the other

player? Where does bad sportsmanship end and criminal conduct begin? “It begins here,” says

Mark Luitjen, District Court Judge of Bexar County in San Antonio, Texas. He sentenced the

offending player in this particular incident, Tony Limon, a senior at South San Antonio High

School, to five years in prison for his actions. What’s even more disturbing is that Limon told

reporters that coach Gary Durbon approved of his hitting the other player. “He told me it’s about

time someone shed blood,”Limon said . Not surprisingly, the coach denied making that

statement. Limon’s case has fueled debate over wh

psychological malaise in modern life.”They go on to say that because of today’s social-economic

happening in the realm of sports in recent days.

leagues are dealing with their professional athletes (Alvies, 1998). Although it may seem

would label this as ethically indefensible. But, two professional teams would be more evenly

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