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Submitted by ajlobrien on May 5, 2006
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That's Entertainment!
Society is increasingly taking a stance against violence by many people, sports has become an area where some feel that the violent acts such as the hitting and fighting that occurs should be eliminated. You cannot change something that has been around for so long because it would change the aspect of the game to something completely different. The elimination of violence should not be done in sports because the violence is a part of the game. Removing violence would only hurt its popularity.
The reason that the violence is occurring in sports is due to six theories according to John Schneider. The violence in sports mirrors the violence found in society, violence as the result of economic incentives, the influence of crowd behavior on player violence, genetic causation for player aggression, learning theory and player aggression, and psychological stress and player violence (Lapchick 230). The theories of sports mirroring society, violence as a result of economic incentive, and the influence of the crowd behavior are the theories that I feel are responsible for the increasing violence in sports. Most people when involved in a highly stressful situation where violence is around would probably resort to a fight to resolve their differences. In sports, why should we expect any difference? In events such as hockey games, where people are expected to hit and make body contact, sooner or later a fight will break out and the fans will yell and scream for their favorite player involved. Like anything, if people around are applauding us for a certain act we have done, we will try to do it over so that we will continue to be praised. In sports, there are some players whose only role on the team is to protect and enforce the unwritten rules of the game such as in hockey where it is not right to fight or hit a type of star player. Their economic incentive is to protect the team and if he does not, a new line of work...
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