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Alcohol-related player behavioral transgressions: Incidences, fan media responses, and a harm-reduction alternative
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posted on 2018-07-19, 10:48 authored by Aaron SmithAaron Smith, Constantino Stavros, Kate Westberg, Brad Wilson, Colleen BoyleThis article examines fan social media responses to media-reported, alcohol-related player behavioral transgressions that occurred in Australia's two largest professional sporting leagues, the National Rugby League (NRL) and the Australian Football League (AFL), over a 33-month period. Using netnography and content analysis, the study aimed to better understand the ways in which sport fans employed social media to voice their perceptions about alcohol-related player transgressions. The article reports on parochial fans' commentaries about alcohol-related transgressions and uses these data to inform options for harm-reduction strategies associated with alcohol-related transgressions in sport. Sport fans expressed dissatisfaction when they observed disparity in policy responses from clubs and leagues. At the same time, the data show that fan responses reflect a desire for parity and protection more than punishment, with the former more relevant to game, club, and league reputation than the latter. We suggest that a harm-reduction policy offers one mechanism for managing reputation through a focus on parity and protection. We argue that the introduction of a harm-reduction approach would offer a more effective policy for managing player alcohol-related transgressions than the current 'ad hoc' approach. © The Author(s) 2013.
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- Loughborough University London
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International Review for the Sociology of SportVolume
49Issue
3-4Pages
400 - 416Citation
SMITH, A.C. ... et al., 2014. Alcohol-related player behavioral transgressions: Incidences, fan media responses, and a harm-reduction alternative. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 49 (3-4), pp. 400 - 416.Publisher
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2014Notes
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1012-6902eISSN
1461-7218Publisher version
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- en