Fair and Foul

Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport

D. Stanley Eitzen, Cheryl Cooky, Michael A. Messner

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Rowman & Littlefield
15 April 2025

Sociology: sport & leisure

Fair and Foul explores our love of sport, just as it reveals sport’s darker side—the influence of big business, corruption, price gouging, political maneuvering, gender bias, media grandstanding, and more. The sixth edition features a new chapter on mass media and sport, a revised introduction that lays out the two themes of the book with fresh examples, and a significantly revised chapter on college sport that asks whether or not big-time college sports are compatible with higher education. This edition also features new material throughout, such as the rising costs and increasing injuries in youth sports, fantasy sports, homophobia in sport, “one and done,” and more.

Fair and Foul draws on examples ranging from youth to pro sports to give us a deeper understanding of how sports shape our everyday world. Ideal for sparking classroom discussion, Fair and Foul is an excellent book for students of sports and society, American culture, and other courses.

By: D. Stanley Eitzen, Cheryl Cooky
Foreword by: Michael A. Messner
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Seventh Edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9781538197790
ISBN 10: 1538197790
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 15 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface New to the Seventh Edition Acknowledgments Foreword by Michael A. Messner Chapter 1: Paradoxes of Sport: An Introduction Theme I: Sport Is Fair; Sport Is Foul Theme II: Sport as a Microcosm of Society Common Characteristics of Sport and Society Variation on the “Sport as a Microcosm of Society” Theme: The Super Bowl Variation on the “Sport as a Microcosm of Society” Theme: What Football and Baseball Tell us About our Society Overview Paradoxes of Sport Part I: Sport is Fair, Sport is Foul Chapter 2: Sport Unites, Sport Divides The Role of Sport in Unity and Division among Nations Unity and Division through Sport in the United States Caveats Chapter 3: Sport Includes, Sport Excludes Title IX, Participation, and Opportunity Barriers to Girls and Women’s Sports Media Coverage of Women’s Sports Impact of Sports on Girls and Women, on Society Conclusion Chapter 4: Sport Is Healthy, Sport Is Destructive Sports and Girls and Women’s Health The Destructive Aspects of Sport Conclusion Chapter 5: The Organization of Youth Sport: Issues and Consequences Two Fundamentally Different Forms of Play for Young Children The Dark Side of Adult-Centered Play Conclusion Part II: Sports as a Microcosm of Society Chapter 6: Are Sports Played on a Level Playing Field? Issues of Race, Class, and Gender Racial Inequities Class Inequities Gender Inequities Conclusion Chapter 7: Media and Sport: Changing Sports, Changing Media Shifts in the Media Landscape Televised Sports as a Window on Reality or a Social Construction? Commercial Interests Sport as a Male Preserve Television as a Game Changer Conclusion Chapter 8: Big-Time College Sport: Commercialized Sport Within Academia The Case that Big-Time Sport Promotes Education The Case that Big-Time Sport Compromises Educational Goals College Sport as Big Business Summary: The Contradictions of Big-Time Sport in Academia Chapter 9: Professional Sports Franchises: Public Teams, Private Businesses Professional Sport as a Monopoly Public Subsidies to Professional Team Franchises The Rationale for Public Subsidization of Professional Sports Teams An Alternative Structure Chapter 10: The Challenge: Changing Sport Is Change Possible? Should We Change Sport? How Do We Go About Making Changes? Index About the Authors

D. Stanley Eitzen was professor emeritus of sociology at Colorado State University, where he taught for twenty-one years, most recently as John N. Stern Distinguished Professor. He was the author or coauthor of twenty-four books, including three on sport, as well as numerous scholarly articles and chapters in scholarly books. He was a former president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and the recipient of that organization’s Distinguished Service Award. Among his other awards, he was selected to be a Sports Ethics Fellow by the Institute for International Sport. Cheryl Cooky is a professor of American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Purdue University. Her research focuses in three areas: gendered media representations of sport; gender politics of sport and public policies; and how gender shapes sports experiences, cultural meanings, and organizational structures in sports. She is the co-author of Serving Equality: Feminism, Media and Women’s Sports (2022, Peter Lang Publishers) and No Slam Dunk: Gender, Sport and the Unevenness of Social Change (2018, Rutgers University Press).

Reviews for Fair and Foul: Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport

Fair and Foul is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the relationship between sport and society, including pressing recent issues. With compelling prose and vivid examples, this new edition brings to light the social and cultural forces that shape contemporary sport and our relationships to it, for good or for ill.-- ""Rachel Allison, Mississippi State University"" Fair and Foul offers a critical, yet accessible discussion of central issues related to sport and society including NIL, health, media, franchises and more. Fair and Foul is a perfect read for students interested in the study of sport and society at various levels.-- ""Letisha Brown, University of Cincinatti"" A timely update of a longtime leader in the field, Fair and Foul is a model of how to think critically about sport without losing sight of sport's unique pleasures and social benefits. Fabulous for teaching.-- ""Doug Hartmann, University of Minnesota, author of Midnight Basketball: Race, Sports, and Neoliberal ""