Discussion Board: Deviant Over Conformity

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 After reading the material (TEXT AND SUPPLEMENTAL) on deviant over conformity, use your own experience (as an athlete or spectator or friend of an athlete) to identify a form of deviant over-conformity in sports. Explain the origins of the deviance and a course of action a coach might take to control this form of deviance among his/her athletes. Write an initial post of at least 25 sentences by Wednesday and respond to at least two others with 5 sentences by Sunday.

Example of deviant over-conformity:

Origins of the deviance (i.e., how and why is the athlete over-conforming to one or more of the norms in The Sport Ethic?):

Strategy to control the behavior:

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