Violence in sport can be defined as a physical assault or physically harmful actions by a player that takes place in a sports context and that is intended to cause physical pain or injury to another player (or fan, coach, game official, etc.), where such harmful actions bear no direct relationship to the rules and associated competitive goals of the sport (Coakley, 1998).

In most of our popular spectator sports, winning depends on the use of violence or aggressive behavior. In order to score and win, athletes' bodies are routinely turned into weapons to be used against other bodies, causing pain, serious injury, and even death. Sport violence is a growing problem in Sports and the best examples here are the National Football League as well as the World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. and certainl

The public's perspective has changed over past years: the so called "tough men" of sport are now more seen as undisciplined handicaps to their team. For example Ron Artest of The NBA’s Indiana Pacers, who took his nickname “true warrior” a little bit too serious or Ricky Davis of the Cleveland Cavs who aggravated a lot of people with his antics, it seems like the list of cases of violent behavior is endless but still the majority of today’s athletes does not promote this kind of behavior. At a time when sport is seen to be faster, more skilled and generally of a much higher standard, by this means leaving little room for the “thug” to operate. This situation is assisted by additional officials, video coverage and the option of after-game complaints concerning incidents not reported by referees. Misconduct is now much more difficult to get away with, which is good because some athletes seem to like violent behavior off the court but that should not carry over to the field or court under any circumstances. I strongly believe violence in sport is an issue which needs to be kept under constant review on any level but with a greater focus on youth sports, so bad habits are not even created. I also think that violent behavior is not likely to occur when youth coaches work together with parents and lead by example. The media will still provide the children with violent images but at least the child was educated enough to understand what is right from wrong. In general it is up to the parents to form a support network for the children so they are not forced to express their feelings with violence.

Spectator violence is a very present issue that not only involves European soccer but has also become known in Major League Baseball. This form of violence can deal with societal, economic, and cultural factors. For example it has been noted that problems in European soccer are often associated with poor living conditions. The problem clubs appear to come from the worst areas in Europe with extremely high unemployment, and the fans that are probably rated as the worst appear to come from industrial regions mostly in England, Italy, Germany and the Netherlands. A violent soccer fan, according to the English Soccer fede

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