The Militarization of American Professional Sports

How the Sports–War Intertext Influences Athletic Ritual and Sports Media

Bibliographic Data

ID2349151
AuthorsTricia Jenkins (Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX, USA, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume37
Issue3
Pages245-260
Publication date2013-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Sport and Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0193-7235 • E-ISSN: 1552-7638
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0193723512470686
OpenAlexW2011368045
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited2

This article investigates how 'war-speak' is incorporated into both sports media coverage and athletic rituals. It posits that while the militarization of American sporting events may help to comfort a nation in crisis and afford the Armed Forces a valuable recruitment tool, it simultaneously encourages a coercive patriotism that is morally problematic for many athletes and fans, especially during wartime. Likewise, although the use of war metaphors in sports media coverage provides exciting and dramatic language for players and sportscasters, it also devalues the war experience by trivializing its horrors and helps to sell the concept of war as sport

Advertising · Athletes · Business · Media studies · Militarization · Patriotism · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Vietnam War · Law · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Medicine · Psychology · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society

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