BULLYING IN SPORT: AN ASSESSMENT OF OSUN STATE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS; UNIVERSITY OF ILESA AND OSUN STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ILA – ORANGUN

Abstract

This study investigated the forms, causes and effects of sports bullying among Osun State Tertiary Institutions athletes of University of Ilesa and Osun State College of Education, Ila – Orangun, Osun State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of the study were all athletes of both Osun State Tertiary Institutions University of Ilesa and Osun State College of education, IlaOrangun. The total sample of this study comprised 200 Tertiary Institutions athletes sampled from ten sports using random sampling techniques. The selection was carried out during training session and the selected sports were classified according to ball, racket, stick, track and field events. The selected athletes have represented the University in Osun Inter - Collegiate Games and pre-Nigeria Colleges of Education Games (NACEGA) competition respectively in the last competitions. The instrument used for data collection was a self-designed and validated questionnaire tagged “Effect of Sports Bullying on College Athletes Survey (ESBCAS)” with reliability co-efficient results r.78 was used to gather information from the respondents. Findings revealed that athletes have experienced one form or the other of bullying before, during and after tournament. Antibullying legislation should be legalized by the Tertiary Institutions sports council and offenders should be brought to book.