You’ve seen all the hype over football, the heated debates on what team is better, and the fist fights that break out about it. Now you have to understand the problem with those fights, and how/ why they happen. There’s a big correlation with sports and violence within them. I’m not talking about violent sports like UFC types. The problem I’m trying to draw attention to is the violence that stirs up watching a simple match of who can toss, hit, throw, or kick a ball better. Some would say sports, like football, are like watching a war without guns. You’d think with that kind of statement that they’d be talking about UFC or wrestling, but no. Though there has been rules and regulations put into place to prevent violence within sports, it’s …show more content…
A theory is that we, as humans, are just predisposed for violence. That’s why when passionate fans see their team losing things get heated. Another theory goes along with a comment I made in the introduction. Sports are like battles without guns. Therefore some consider them to be mock battles, and they can become actual battles probably due to the fact of the competitive nature surrounding sports. To further support the second theory is Glass L. Leonard, The Psychology Of Violence In Sports- On the field And In The Stands, WBUR, 2014, quoted from George Orwell who had once said, “ Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules, and sadistic pleasure in violence. In other words, it is a war without shooting.” Throughout the article, Glass talks about the tension and possible causes for fights to break out. Glass further wrote that violence in a game has a high likelihood of occurring if the game is perceived as unfair, and the possible reasons for the magnifying are strong feelings of relating with the team, racial and ethnic tensions that happens under the scenes, and alcohol consumption …show more content…
What I did learn though, is that violence starts from the individual, and from there is goes on. After the individual it’s relationships, community and then society. So from that it is gathered that if an individual is already aggressive, then being around other aggressive people can cause violence to break out almost as if it were some contagious disease. Even though there aren’t any rules for fans to follow when it comes to sports violence, there are some rules for the athletes. Sports are made so that players don’t harm each other outside of their game’s objectives. When it came to looking into methods for sports violence between athletes, one of the suggested methods that I did find is fan coaching. Fan coaching, according to Comeron Manuel, The prevention of violence in sport, Council of Europe Publishing, 2002, is coaching that uses situation- based approaches through educational and social activity. Basically, it’s training the athletes to not get angry over the
As long as there have been sports, there has been violence in them. Ice hockey, particularly due to its increasing popularity as a professional sport, has brought up several ethical issues regarding the act of fighting in hockey. There are strong arguments for both sides of this present problem in the world of hockey. Numerous male athletes, including children as young as nine years of age, have suffered injuries as an outcome of fighting and it should be considered if it should be part of a sport that very young people grow up with (Brust, Leonard, Pheley & Roberts, 1992).On the other hand, fights create excitement and the sport of hockey might grow in terms of popularity, making the problem of fighting in hockey complex and difficult to resolve (“Towards An Explanation Of Hockey Violence: A Reference Other Approach”). Even though hockey is known to be a very aggressive and fast-paced sport, the unsportsman-like action of fighting in hockey cannot longer be tolerated.
In the New Yorker article “Offensive Play,” by Malcolm Gladwell, he makes a comparison between dogfighting and football, claiming that they tend to be more similar than people may conclude. Gladwell argues this because they both develop a negative effect on one’s body and brain causing several physical and mental changes that could possibly lead to death. However, some of these events that cause injury go without notice until later on in life when they have retired from their “glory days.”
Football is an extremely violent game not only in the physical part but also in the mental part of the game. Players are coach to be vicious on the field. they are taught to get mad and take their aggression out on the other player. Which can be dangerous when two or more players are trying to hurt(intentionally or not) the other player by hitting them hard. High school sports are dangerous because rese...
“The NHL (national hockey league) is not in the business of comforting people, they’re in the business of entertainment, and if fighting represents a way to differentiate themselves from an entertainment stand point, then fighting isn’t going anywhere” In the 2014-15 season 1,230 games were played, and out of those games 391 fights were in action. 29.91% of games had fights, 45 games had more than one fight. Taking fighting out of the game of hockey is too big of a risk. I think the fans will be disappointed and the entertainment level will go way down. In my paper I’m going to write about why fighting in hockey should stay and why people think it should also.
...tch football. Humans have had a natural interest, and fascination with violence and brutality, all throughout time. Modern censorship, has limited this somewhat morbid fascination, but many new movies, videogames, or television shows, supply the population with this desired entertainment. Scott’s film, Gladiator, reveals that human nature has changed very little, by recreating the bloody and violent Gladiator games, and the Roman Colloseum.
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Changes can be made to try to make the sport safer, but as time goes on players will continue to get bigger and stronger, and we can’t change the fact that it is a full contact sport. Injuries will be inevitable, some will be minor and others can be fatal. Is a human life worth less than money or entertainment? Players risk the chance of a healthy future every time they step on the field. The human body is not made to take that continuous and ferocious impact game after game. Many players sell themselves short while putting their bodies in harm’s way which increases their probability of health complications down the road. If the violent aspect of the game is not addressed, it will negatively impact the future of players and the sport. Hopefully, the studies and research that is made public can somehow find a way to make the game safer for the players. Until that day comes, football is much too dangerous and not worth the
Contact sports in America, like football and boxing, carry a rich history of the spirit of the game, and the feeling of victory. These games bring us together as we cry out and cheer for our team or fighter as they deliver the winning touchdown, or the knockout that brings them the undisputed champion belt. However, these players are facing injuries that can destroy their career and affect their brain for the rest of their lives. We shouldn’t outlaw contact sports, but we should force safety to become more important. If we want to keep our players safe and continue the tradition of the contact sports we enjoy as a country, then we must evolve our safety in sports, and change the way we view contact sports as a country.
In October of 2015, a young man named Kenny Bui was killed as a result of a tackle playing football (BBC news, 2015). This tragedy is not an uncommon event in contact sport and it is ignorant to think that it is simply a fluke. This man as well as three other young men are only a few to have lost their lives from a severe concussion in American football (BBC news, 2015).The fatal consequences of playing a simple game are present in all contact sports. Particularly hockey and football which has been the focus of my research. These two sports embody a culture that is unique to hockey and football but similar to a warrior/military culture (R. Graham, F. Rivara, M. Ford, & C. Spicer, 2014, pg. 3). This is a culture which many athletes, students,
Pallerino, M.J. (n.d.). Parental violence at youth sporting events in increasing. Retrieved February 10, 2011 from www.collegesportsscholarships.com: http://www.collegesportsscholarships.com/youth-sport-violent-ugly-parent.htm
.In addition young athletes have become more aggressive. Kids that participate in competitive sports are becoming more and more aggressive and competitive the sports have become themselves. Mitchell reveals "traits like bullying and the need to dominate their oppo...
Research guided by conflict theory generally falls into the following categories: 1) studies of how athletes become alienated from their own bodies; 2) studies of how sports can be used to coerce and control people; 3) studies of sports and the development of commercialism in society; 4) studies of sports and various forms of nationalism and militarism; and 5) studies of sports and racism and sexism. (Coakley, 1998) In the book, Meggyesy provided examples of each of these categories which occurred during his footba...
Football, one of the most popular sports in the U.S., is also the most dangerous; it holds an astounding half a million injuries nationally due to the sheer violence and brute strength used against another player in the sport, and, although it is believed that these injuries can be prevented, there is nothing stopping another player from recklessly hurting another except their will-power, this is why football should be banned from high schools.
Extensive research has been done by various sources; the following literature review explains the psychological background behind sport violence as well as primitive instincts that tend to kick in at sporting events. A few of the more well-known examples of sport violence and violence committed by sporting figures will also be given as well as examples of sport violence from spectators. In a book called Social issues in sport, second edition by Ronald B. Woods (2011) he believes that people who are shown violence in sports pick up violent characteristics when they are outside of their respective sport. However Jeff Wise (2013) would argue that violence (such as a riot) portrayed at sporting events would be the cause of mass stress amongst