Author: Tom Davenport; Publisher: Forbes; Publication Year: 2020. The following article describes how gaining a competitive edge has been a long-time goal for teams within the sporting industry. The most well-known and recent example of a team crossing the ethical line into the territory of cheating is the Houston Astros in 2017. While the ethical issue was violating privacy, and it was only the opposing team’s…
Author: Stephen Sharbaugh; Publisher: Sports Litigation Alert; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how as artificial intelligence (AI) continues to integrate itself into the public more through different adoption methods, scrutiny is inevitable and in electronic arts (EAs) case they continue fielding legal cases over an implementation of AI technology in their video games to better engage the players. The…
Author: Sri Krishna; Publisher: Analytics India Magazine; Publication Year: 2022. The following article features an interview with an ethically-centered founder regarding artificial intelligence (AI). The fantasy sports industry makes it a relatable topic and the interview style makes it an intriguing read. A takeaway is the article seems very high level and plain in the reasoning behind certain decision that do not sound very personable or…
Author: Ronald Brouwer, Nathalie La Verge; Publisher: Deloitte.; Publication Year: N/A. The following article discusses how improvements in sports technology come with more opportunity for scrutiny on players. How would you like if your entire professional performance was watched in great detail, and then broadcasted on tv to people all across the country? Athletes today are facing this dilemma due to higher definition video footage…
Author: Ouriel Daskal; Publisher: CTech; Publication Year: 2021; The following article discusses how many sports clubs are wanting for their own athletes to have a speedy physical recovery in order to continue to start them on the pitch. James Wilson, who worked for Rotherham United, used analytics and data on the sleeping habits of some of the club players in order to better the sleep quality of each player. While…
Author: Nuno Fonseca, Mario C. Marques, Dulce Esteves; Publisher: Journal of Physical Education and Sport; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how the massive use and consumption of the digital age, combined with constant technological advances, has silently allowed the collection and excessive use of each person’s personal data. When extrapolated by science and applied to sport, they can respond to the challenges of the actors/members, but the…
Author: Kathryn R.L. Rand, Steven Andrew Light; Publisher: American Bar Association; Publication Year: 2021. The following article describes how with the rise of legalized sports gambling, the authors point out the rise of data ownership, privacy, collection, and security practices that must accompany this. In legal states, sports gambling takes place almost exclusively via online platforms rather than at casino desks or windows, leaving the door open for…
Author: Jason F. Arnold, Robert M. Sade; Publisher: National Library of Medicine; Publication Year: 2017. The following case study describes the development of new technology (wearable devices in this scenario) and how the consequences of pursuing this technology fall on the people most important to the data collection process: the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) sports players themselves. There are 5 broad themes that are universal…
Author: Jared Diamond; Publisher: The Wall Street Journal; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how professional sports teams have started using data analytics more and more over the last decade or so in order to improve team performance and profitability. However, as was the case of the Houston Astros, it can be all too easy to cross many ethical lines. The Astros had spreadsheets that kept track of opposing…
Author: Greg Wyshynski; Publisher: ESPN; Publication Year: 2018. In the following article, before diving into the ethical concerns of data usage in the NHL, the author turns to rugby. The kicker of a recent rugby championship team wore a wearable data device that showed he actually slowed his heart rate down before taking the winning kick, instead of his heart rate increasing. National Hockey League (NHL)…