If softball hasn't been my entire life, it has played an extremely important role in shaping almost everything that has made me who I am today. I started at age seven, went to middle school, high school, eight years a year around travel ball, and now I currently play in college. I coached recreational league teams and the middle school team when I was in high school, and I want to continue coaching after I graduate with an MBA in sports management. The sports industry is always faced with dilemmas, both ethical and moral. At some point I want to be a college coach, it doesn't matter if it's at a Division 1 school or even a Junior College, I will always be faced with players who make decisions that not only hinder them but also hinder the team. WELL. To help me in the future, I thought about a moral dilemma that might occur in my time as a college coach. I am in my first year as a head coach at San Diego State University. For seven years I worked as an assistant coach at the collegiate level, but eventually found the time to become a head coach. Halfway through my freshman year I was approached by the roommate of a girl on my team who told me she would never play again because she was recovering in the hospital for emotional distress. I asked my players and assistant coaches if they knew what was happening to Alyssa, the girl who was going to the hospital for emotional distress. My players and coaches acted like they didn't know anything, but I had a feeling something was going on, so I decided to take a trip to the hospital to check on Alyssa. After the hospital visit, I found out that he felt like he didn't belong on the team because the players were... middle of paper... probably resolved this situation without using tactics that the coach wouldn't want to adopt if they found themselves in the same situation. The problem with the golden rule is that there would need to be loopholes for someone to use it to figure out what to do with players. Another theory we have learned that could be used to solve this dilemma is the theory of cultural relativism. . The theory says that a certain human being's individual beliefs and actions should be reflected in their culture. This, again, is extremely complicated to use because every individual in the world has different cultures and/or ideas about their culture. If the coach were to use this theory, then he would be using whatever cultural aspect he learned growing up to deal with the players, and the coach and assistant coaches may disagree on that outcome due to the difference in cultural relativism.
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