Lincoln Allison DLitt - Sports and Drugs

Name:	Lincoln Allison, DLitt
Title:	Founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Sport in Society at Warwick University
Position:	Pro to the question "Should performance enhancing drugs (such as steroids) be accepted in sports?"
Reasoning:	"A sportsman or woman who seeks an advantage from drugs just moves up to the level appropriate to his or her underlying ability. When I watch games I want to see the demonstration of human virtues such as vision, risk-assessment and strategic thinking. [...] There are no drugs to enhance the human characteristics of judgment and leadership. If there were, would we not want the prime minister to take them? And if there were drugs for hand-eye coordination, would we not pay more to see a performer who had taken them than one who had not? [...] In general, the risk to health from performance-enhancing drugs is considerably less than that from tobacco or alcohol, and we ought not to apply paternalistic moral assumptions to sport that we are not prepared to apply to the rest of life." "Faster, Stronger, Higher," Guardian, Aug. 9, 2004
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Experts Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or other relevant advanced degrees, heads of professional sports leagues, and US Congress members with significant involvement in, or related to, performance enhancing drugs and sports. [Note: Experts definition varies by site]
Involvement and Affiliations:	Founding Director, Centre for the Study of Sport in Society, Warwick University Emeritus Reader in Politics, University of Warwick Visiting Professor of the Politics of Sport, University of Brighton Webmaster, www.lincolnthinks.co.uk Appointed, "Ambassador," National Forest Company, 2005 Member, National Forest Advisory Board, 1991-1994 Chairman, Access Committee, 1991-1994 Recipient, Menzies Fellowship, Melbourne, Australia, 1989-1990 Visiting Professor, Harkness Fellowship, Stanford University, 1975-1977
Education:	DLitt (Doctor of Letters), University of Warwick MA, University of Oxford, 1969 BA, First Class Honours, University of Oxford, 1967
Contact Info:	Phone: 0-1926-424610 Fax: None found E-Mail: lincolnallison@hotmail.com Website: University profile
Select Publications:	The Disrespect Agenda: How the Wrong Kind of Niceness Is Making Us Weak and Unhappy, 2008 Editor, The Global Politics of Sport, 2005 Amateurism in Sport, 2001 Editor, Taking Sport Seriously, 1996 Editor, The Changing Politics of Sport, 1993 Ecology and Utility, 1991 Editor, The Utilitarian Response, 1989 Editor, The Politics of Sport, 1986 Right Principles, 1984
Other:	Full name is Lincoln Richard Petrie Allison Has written over 800 articles and appeared on more than 350 radio shows and 30 television programs
Also Quoted in:	1. Would allowing performance enhancing drugs in sports decrease fan turnout, revenue, and corporate sponsorship? 2. Is a potential negative impact on the athlete's health a valid reason to ban performance enhancing drugs in sports?