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Abstract
This essay examines how the use of team sports metaphors in politics calls for ethical commitments both from those to whom the metaphors are applied and from the public. The essay describes the kinds of subjects and audiences created by the use of team sports metaphors. Discourse surrounding David Stockman's offer to resign as President Reagan's Director of the Office of Management and Budget is shown to illustrate the influence of team sports metaphors in politics.
Notes
Jeffery L. Bineham is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech Communication at St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, MN. Portions of this paper were presented at the Speech Communication Association Convention, 1983, and at the Central States Communication Association Convention, 1989. This research was sponsored in part by a grant from St. Cloud State University.