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.

The reasons that the violence is occurring in sport is due to six theories according to John
Schneider. "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"
(Lap chick 230).

The theories of sport mirroring society, vi...