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Norms do exist in sports worlds, but when athletes and others push normative limits, responses are often different than they would be in other settings. Engaging in extreme behaviors that risk health and well-being and inflict pain and injury on others is not as quickly condemned in sports as in other activities. We tend to view the motives of people in sports, especially athletes, as positive, because their behaviors are directed toward the achievement of success for their team, school, community, country, or corporate sponsors. Therefore, those behaviors, even when they clearly overstep accepted limits, may be tolerated or even praised, rather than condemned. Athletes and even coaches are seen as different and deviant in ways that evoke fascination and awe, rather than automatic condemnation.