The Examination of Disciplinary Punishments in School Sports and Their Reasons in Terms of Fair Play

This study aims to examine the disciplinary penalties of physical education teachers and athletes-students in terms of fair play with 172 athletes-students and 43 physical education teachers who received disciplinary punishments within the context of school sports between the years of 2012-2017 in Ankara. The data were examined through document analysis; the reasons causing the punishments of teachers and students and branches were determined and the distribution of the penalties by year was given by percentage and frequency values. Penalty rates indicate that athletes-students have most punishments in the branches of volleyball, football and futsal, whereas physical education teachers have most punishments in volleyball, football and futsal (respectively). When the reasons of disciplinary punishments are examined, students have the most punishments about swearing and insulting, and followed by punishments for preventing the continuation of the competitions, while teachers are reported to have the most punishments from unauthorized external duty and followed by punishments received from swearing and insulting. Most of the punishments are due to crimes committed against the organization (64.3%). Due to the nature of team sports, the number of punishments has increased compared to the previous year. While the sport, used as a tool for the development of character education, is expected to remain the same, the increasing penalties make the necessary measures essential, and in this context, school sports should be shaped in such a way as to direct the youth to fair play behaviors