The Edge: The War against Cheating and Corruption in the Cutthroat World of Elite Sports

A present the receiver seemed intent on reading.

Athletes have been burdened by a "purity" standard that is used control access to sporting events. Recent manifestations of this are bias against athletes with prosthetics and assorted anti-doping rules that seem to encompass most drugs (even allowed levels of caffeine in the blood).Cycling is plagued by the anti-doping police which even do not allow transfusions of one's own blood. The sport is severely impacted by multiyear or even lifetime disqualifications. The regulators (IAAF) quietly tighten their grip by rewriting rules when they loose in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).This is a balanced discussion, and the author suggests three principles for governing at the edge between performance and ethics: (1) values underlie rules and rules underlie sport; (2) ahtlete participation in governance is essential; (3) governance at the edge is always a work in process.This is a

Too many facts & figures & not enough of actual situations

With all of the news on sports corruption, doping, gender issues and so forth, this is a timely book for anyone who wants to better understand these issues. It is an informative read and is among the best sports books I have ever read.

Well written and engaging - especially good reading after this years olympic scandals.

This is the best book on sports that I’ve read. It’s packed with facts, it’s fascinating, and it’s written by someone who knows how to make an argument. The author not only presents what’s happening in big-money sports but also makes a really good case of how a lot of the bad stuff—including rampant corruption at high levels of sports governance and cheating at the athlete level—can be improved. It was hard to put down—even when he was talking about some sports I don’t know much about. Highly recommended. And it would make a great gift for any sports nut you might know.

A great read!

Very insightful and well researched!