The nature of sports is characterized by a strong competitive component that generates inequalities among athletes at different levels, specifically in relation to gender, technology, and doping. These inequalities can be represented according to the Red Queen effect perspective, which has been previously hypothesized in other competitive environments (evolutionary biology and economics, for instance). The Red Queen effect considers each competitive environment to require a constant effort to maintain a position of competitive advantage in order reach the best result possible. Therefore, the aim of the current paper is to provide an innovative perspective for the understanding of competition in sports, identifying factors (i.e., physical appearance for gender equality, socioeconomic status of a sport team for technology, and antidoping rules for doping) influencing athletes’ possibilities to win a competition. Concerning gender differences, the disparity between genders reflects a lower coverage in sports news, and media are more likely to focus on female athletes’ physical appearance than their performance in sports. Therefore, women struggle more with increasing their visibility and in affirming their status as an athlete. On the other hand, the introduction of science and technological innovations in sports has generated economic interests in sport competitions, which reached superior performance levels compared to the past. Teams that cannot afford financial burdens of technological innovation risk being left out from sport competitions. Finally, doping creates a Red Queen environment since antidoping rules catch a small portion of athletes using performance enhancement drugs.

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The indirect aim of this study is to ensure that sports and participation in sports are seen as new tools for values education. From this indirect goal, it was aimed to analyse the views of some Amateur Sports Club managers and supporters who were supposed to directly contribute to sports and the athletes about values education. The study was planned based on qualitative interview technique. In thematic framework of education values, questions were prepared in the form of semi-structured questionnaire appropriate for qualitative interview technique, and participants in the study were asked to answer these questions voluntarily. The working group formed a total of 41 people consisting of the presidents and vice-chairmen of some Amateur Sports Clubs operating in Ankara. In the findings of interviews made with the mentioned method; it has been observed that managers have prominent values such as 'prestige', 'tolerance', 'communication', 'love', 'sharing', 'diligence', 'health', and 'growing healthy people'. However, in the process of transferring these values to the people they work with, the managers who participated in the study came to the conclusion that their own awareness did not occur sufficiently.As a result, it can be said that there is no single meaning of personal awareness about values education, and some methods and paradigms have to be passed on concerning these universal values' transfer to co-workers. Perhaps getting out of the ordinary for sports managers is like self-renew and likely to change the order of priorities.

Basketbol, küresel olarak en yaygın sporlardan birisidir ve bununla birlikte dünyada iki organizasyon ön plana çıkmaktadır: Amerikan Ulusal Basketbol Ligi (NBA) ve Avrupa Ligi (EuroLeague). Takım sporlarında performans analizi, antrenman ve müsabaka sürecine ilişkin verilere erişim kolaylığı ile son on yılda giderek hızlanmıştır. Basketbolun değişen oyun yapısı ve bazı parametrelerin basketbolun oyun stiline etkileri konusunda çalışmalar bulunmaktadır. Sayı, ortalama atış denemesi ve ortalama isabetli atış, ortalama üç sayılık atış denemesi ve ortalama isabetli üç sayı, asist, ribaunt, blok, top çalma, top kaybı parametreleri değerlendirilerek oyunun yapısındaki değişikliklerin neler olduğunu belirlemek bu çalışmanın amacı olarak belirlenmiştir. Çalışma, 2002 -2020 yılları arasında Amerikan Ulusal Basketbol Ligi (NBA) ve Avrupa Basketbol Ligi (EuroLeague) normal sezonlarında oynanan müsabakaları kapsamaktadır. Takımların maç başına sayıları, atış denemeleri ve isabetli atış sayısı, takımların maç başına üç sayılık atış denemeleri ve isabetli atış sayısı, ribaund, asist, top çalma, top kaybı ve blok ortalamaları parametreleri gruplandırılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Yapılan analizlerde EuroLeague ve NBA'de sezonlar ilerledikçe en çarpıcı değişimlerin maç başına sayı denemesi, atılan sayı, maç başına üç sayılık atış denemesi ve isabetli üç sayılık atışlarda meydana geldiği tespit edilmiştir. Oyun içerisinde meydana gelen sürekli değişim ve gelişim göz önüne alındığında yapılan çalışmaların güncellenmesi ve farklı istatistiksel yöntemler/yaklaşımlar kullanılarak her iki ligin de analiz edilmesine ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır.

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