Topic > Corruption in the film Blue Chips - 1144

Corruption: the act of corrupting or compromising integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupt or degraded; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; evil; impurity; corruption. In the film, the corruption of the Blue Chips overshadows the true meaning of sports tournaments. There are two challenging issues in the film involving money and morality. Bribery is used to save the university's athletic reputation. A college basketball coach finds himself struggling between his morals, the integrity of his team and the institution he works for. Pete Bell, a basketball coach at Western University. Coach Bell has an impeccable reputation at WU, coaching the number one ranked basketball team in the nation. During his coaching career, WU won two national championships; eight conference titles and has never had a losing season. His life's passion is basketball and his greatest fear is losing a tournament. Earning a six-figure salary and being in charge of a team that 15,000 people came to watch, you could tell he was completely satisfied. His work was rewarded above all for the way he always respected the rules. He knew many coaches who would bribe their recruits or players for match fixing. Bell despised the coaches who played a role in such corruption. During one season his greatest fear became reality. His team lost, this was a major failure for WUCorruption: the act of corrupting or compromising integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupt or degraded; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; evil; impurity; corruption. In the film, the corruption of the Blue Chips overshadows the true meaning of sports tournaments. There are two challenging issues in the film involving money and morality. Bribery is used to save the university's athletic reputation. A college basketball coach finds himself struggling between his morals, the integrity of his team and the institution he works for. Pete Bell, a basketball coach at Western University. Coach Bell has an impeccable reputation at WU, coaching the number one ranked basketball team in the nation. During his coaching career, WU won two national championships; eight conference titles and has never had a losing season. His life's passion is basketball and his greatest fear is losing a tournament. Earning a six-figure salary and being in charge of a team that 15,000 people came to watch, you could tell he was completely satisfied. His work was rewarded above all for the way he always respected the rules. He knew many coaches who would bribe their recruits or players for match fixing.