Nov. 16, 2007
EDITORS NOTE: ATTENTION SPORTS, ASSIGNMENT EDITORS and COLUMNISTS
BASEBALL, BONDS, AND BEYOND INDIVIDUAL, GROUP
AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
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With the Barry Bonds indictment and other recent events that have portrayed athletes in an unseemly manner, and even brought into question the integrity of sports, a number of questions can be raised about what might come next:
How does baseball proceed with respect to the use and abuse of alcohol, drugs and performance enhancing substances?
What can professional baseball and other sports franchises do to take leadership roles to prevent reoccurrences of these problems?
What should be the consequences to teams if they sign players who test positive for banned substances?
What kinds of support systems are necessary for the individual franchises and leagues to present themselves in a public and accountable fashion?
How can young children be educated and advised about unsavory people, places and situations?
CHARLIE MAHER is a professor in the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. He can respond to the above and related questions from dual perspectives of sport psychology and organizational psychology. Maher has more than 20 years of experience working with major league players, teams and organizations in baseball, basketball and football, including with players who have substance abuse problems. He has served as team psychologist for the Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Cavaliers for many years.
Contact Maher at 216-272-0304 or at camaher@rci.rutgers.edu.
Contact: Steve Manas
732-932-7084, Ext. 612
E-mail: smanas@ur.rutgers.edu
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