Violence_in_Sports

Violence in Sports Violence in Sports Violence in Sports With the increase in society 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 can not 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 sport because the violence is a part of the game, which would only hurt its popularity. According to Terry and Jackson, rereinforcement for acts of violence may come from three sources: 1. The athletes immediate reference group-coaches, teammates, family, friends: 2. Structure of the game and implementation of rules by officials and governing bodies” 3. Attitudes of fans, media, courts, and society. (ERIC Digest). The violence in sport 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. The theories of sport mirroring society, violence as a result of economic incentive, and the influence of the crowd behavior are the theories that I violence, sport, sports, game, fans, people, hockey, fight, should, because, media, society, players, player, take, fighting, part, increase, hit, boxing, being, behavior, allowing, about, try, sometimes, seeing, remove, promote, place, out, occurring, nhl, millions, involving, hurt