The relationship between athletic participation and moral development has long been investigated. Recent research seems to indicate a negative correlation between the development of moral values and participation in sports (Beller & Stoll, 1992). Several studies have investigated the correlation between the length of participation and sportsmanship behavior. Potter and Wandzilak (1981) found a negative relationship between the length of participation and sportsmanship behavior in studies examining elementary and junior high school athletes. These findings are further supported by Blair (1985), who also concluded that as the length of competitive participation increases emphasis on playing fairly decreases while emphasis on winning increases. Similar results were found in a study conducted by Silva (1983), which examined the level to which rule violating behavior was seen as proper behavior. College students consisting of both males and females were shown several action slides which depicted rule violating behavior and were asked to rate them on a scale from one to four (totally unacceptable-totally acceptable). Results indicated that rule violating behavior was seen as being more legitimate as experience in sports participation increased