The doping dilemma is not the only dilemma in sport
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Kjetil Haugen [1]
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[1] Molde University College
Molde University College
Noruega
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- Localización: Economics and Business Letters, ISSN-e 2254-4380, Vol. 12, Nº. 1, 2023, págs. 40-48
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This article investigates training in sports and argues (and demonstrates) that training (gametheoretically) works exactly as doping do. That is, the Nash equilibrium is, under reasonable assumptions, a Prisoner’s Dilemma outcome. Furthermore, several other performance improving categories within sport are examined, and proven to behave similarly. Finally, a link to general competitive economic activity is examined and proven NOT (necessarily) to have similar characteristics. The article also discusses (initially) the Prisoner’s Dilemma game and its lack of a sensible definition. Such a definition is proposed, although this proposition is not considered the main finding in the paper.
