The moral obligation to preserve heritage through sport and recreation facilities

Adam G. Pfleegor, Chad S. Seifried and Brian Soebbing

Sport Management Review, 2013, vol. 16, issue 3, 378-387

Abstract: ► We establish that sport/recreation facilities are significant sources of heritage. ► We establish that communities are morally obligated to protect this heritage. ► We establish that sport/recreation facilities are value-laden structures. ► Sport managers must be ethically/historically conscious during preservation.The preservation of heritage through renovation projects of sport and recreation facilities is a recent phenomenon. We are not generally prompted to think of sport and recreation venues as cultural objects to preserve or as hosts to heritage, yet, they appear to be significant sources of heritage for communities and fan nations (Mason, Duquette, & Scherer, 2005; Rosentraub & Ijla, 2008). Noting facilities have the ability to preserve heritage, the aim of this paper is to review contemporary philosopher Peter Singer's (1993) perspective on moral obligation to highlight the potential to protect heritage through sport and recreation facility management practices. We argue that communities and constituents may have a moral obligation to preserve heritage through sport and recreation facilities due to the value they possess. Appropriately, preservation is defined and framed as a managerial activity to assure the survival social, political, and cultural records.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2012.10.002

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