ALEX Classroom Resources

   View Standards     Standard(s): [PE] VA1 (9-12) 8 :

LS-4.2) Explain how your personal actions impact you, teammates, peers, and opponents.

[PE] VA2 (9-12) 7 :

LS-4.1) Adhere to laws pertaining to personal responsibility while participating in varsity athletics.

[PE] VA2 (9-12) 8 :

LS-4.2) Identify and describe examples of positive and negative behaviors in varsity athletics.

Athletes' behavior gives rise to important questions: How should athletes, who are often in the public eye, be expected to act? Why do athletes sometimes behave as if they are above the law? What drives their behavior? How does the legal system treat athletes who get in trouble? If standards of character for athletes were established, what would they be? This activity will discuss the answers to these questions.