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Essay / The Quota System in Foul Play: What's Wrong with Sports
In Foul Play: What's Wrong with Sports, Joe Humphreys Lists Many Reasons why sport is harmful to society. Its reasons range from sports being discriminatory to sports promoting the decline of gang culture. While I disagree with Humphreys' proclamation that sports are harmful to society, there are undoubtedly some components of sports that are detrimental to society, one such component being the quota system . The quota system was introduced in South Africa after the fall of apartheid in order to bring "colored players" into more sporting areas of the country. When this system was first introduced it was contested and today there is a push to make the quota system more rigid in order to have more black players in the international cricket team. To me, this is a ridiculous concept that has many drawbacks and will never be adopted. be able to function effectively. Apart from the fact that the quota system is completely immoral, it is also unsustainable and incapable of producing positive results. In order to understand the ethics and morality behind a quota system, we can...