Is violence in sports a problem?

Written by: Arthur, founder of ISFM

In this article, we’ll be talking about if violence can affect athletes in a bad way.

Violence can cause big problems at school, at work, but can it cause problems while on the pitch? Yes, it can in all kinds of sports, but the chances are higher in sports like:

• Boxing
• Martial Arts
• American Football
• Ice hockey
• Rugby
• Wrestling
• Lacrosse
• Water Polo

The similarity between all of these sports, is that all of them include physical contact, which of course, can lead to violence. The cause of violence in sports mostly depends on two major theories: One theory, is that violence is in a family’s blood, so it descended from their ancestors, to them, but the other theory (the more realistic one) is that when two teams face-off, the game becomes a “mock battle”, and soon, the game becomes a battleground with players flying all over the place, and players getting red cards every second! (That was a bit of an exaggeration of me) Athletes sometimes are violent and aim to injure their opponent to intimidate them.

 Most of the time players do this because they have a rivalry against the opponent, but really rarely, coaches use this as a tactic to weaken the opposing team. Sometimes, even fans are violent with each other. The best example I can think of was a horrible moment on May 29th, 1985, in a soccer game at Heysel Stadium in Brussels. It was a Champions League final, Liverpool against Juventus. When both team’s players walked out onto the field, Liverpool fans started throwing things at the Juventus fans to mock them. Then, the Juventus fans started punching, and kicking the fans, and at some point, they started throwing fire sprinklers at each other, and the stadium caught on fire! Then, 14 Liverpool fans were sent to prison, because of this disaster, and all English soccer clubs got banned for 5 years!

This was a horrible moment in soccer.

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Thank you for reading! Written by: Arthur, founder of ISFM