Louisiana State University gymnast Olivia Dunne has amassed over 8.3 million social media followers and earns over $2 million as a result of the legalization of a college athlete's ability to earn money from name, image, and likeness (i.e., NIL). Dunne's following grew as a result of posting suggestive, flirty videos known as "thirst traps." Supporters deem it empowering, whereas critics suggest it upholds sexism. How should athletes receiving NIL earnings consider traditional beauty standards, if at all? What obligations do female athletes have as role models to young women?

Following many major sporting upsets, fans of the winning team celebrate victories that result in damages including uprooted goalposts and hospitalized fans. With fines in place to try to prevent such chaos at universities, the act of rushing the field becomes expensive and dangerous for many institutions. But for most fans, it's an experience they'll never forget. To what extent, if at all, are universities and individual fans obligated to curtail participation in these celebrations?

At the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, U.S. Paralympic athletes received the same monetary prizes for medaling as their Olympic counterparts. However, many nations still have a large gap in the prizes for Olympians and Paralympians, such as Canada, who doesn’t pay Paralympians for medaling, and Japan, who pays them less. Proponents of this pay gap argue that the Olympics are much more popular, and therefore more profitable.

Cheyenne loves feeling involved with her school's spirit at an exciting basketball game against their biggest rival, but she feels conflicted about targeted chanting and heckling against the other team's players. What does it mean to be a good fan? On what does the ethics of heckling depend?

Should there be such a binary division between men's and women's sports competitions? How should trans or nonbinary people enter competitions?

Is being a fan of the NFL football morally defensible? Critics state the NFL treats players as faceless commodities, and football is a potentially dangerous and degrading activity. Supporters stress the importance of players' consent.

Was it ethical for the Brazilian government to host the World Cup, when some of the public funds used could have been spent providing much-needed social services to its own impoverished citizens?

Given that college athletes provide universities with windfall profits but are not compensated except through scholarships, is the current structure of NCAA sports exploitative? Should college athletes be paid?

Given the discrepancy between lack of income for college athletes and the revenue generated for their universities, should college athletes be paid?

Pete Rose was a baseball player and manager who holds many MLB records. However, he was ruled ineligible for the MLB Hall of Fame because he bet on games while being a manager. Rose has asked this ruling to be revoked and argued that players who gamble are not as morally culpable as those who use steroids.