Does Contact Team Sports Promote Violence Off-The-Field?

Team sports are played worldwide, contribute to health benefits, build teamwork, and sportsmanship. However, with a record of sexual assault, domestic violence, injuries, amount of fouls, and number of penalties, it is easy to believe that contact team sports can promote violence on and off the field. Hockey, soccer, rugby, lacrosse, basketball and football are all team sports that incorporate sliding, tackling, and body checking. Contact team sports promote violence on-the-field but there is still question is if contact team sports promote violence off-the-field? In this essay I will be discussing the off-the-field violence that is seen in sport worldwide, as well as aspects of promotion of violence on-the-field. It has been seen for years now that athletes train to win and be

There are many different contact sports that promote violent behaviours on- and off-the-field. First, I will examine the effects of professional and elite

There have been many injuries and concussions caused by the aggressive contact that is highly noticed in major hockey leagues. There have been cases where fans, players and coaches have used built up aggression off the ice. Situations where one team is defeating another can escalate the behaviour of the fans, lead to brawls between fans. In Jeffery Nash’s (1981) article he points out the incidents that have taken place, he mentions “the “riot” that occurred at the end of an important high school came in eastern Massachusettes the night after the infamous North Stars vs. Bruins brawl that set a record of 406 minutes in penalties (p.229).” This display of aggression demonstrates how passionate the crowd can get when the team is promoting this type of violence on the ice. Hockey demonstrates different invasion tactics that requires defeating the opponents and winning the puck over at an all or nothing