As years go past, violence in sports has not decreased, but has now been considered a “social norm” among modern day society. Athletes that participate in sports see their actions and emotion expression as being controlled and managed, but this has also led to spectators viewing their actions as “controlled” violence. Violence in sports goes beyond the consequences for the athlete, as it changes others to believe that it is acceptable behavior outside the game. As fights abruptly break out among the fans watching the sport. Can also lead to violence occurring at youth level sports. But also result in player abuse towards loved ones. Participating athletes are not the only people getting caught up in the game. Spectators in the stands go through
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Michael Messner and Donald Sabo, both specialize in the sociology of sports stating statistics about college male athletes are more likely to commit sexual abuse then a non-male athlete, “Athletes participating in approximately one-third of eight hundred and sixty two sexual assaults on United States campuses according to a 1988-1991 survey. Of twenty-six gang rapes alleged to have occurred from 1980 to 1990, most involved fraternity brothers and varsity athletes. Among five hundred and thirty college students, including 140 varsity athletes, the athletes had higher levels of sexual aggression toward women than non-athletes” (Messner & Sabo, 1994). Male athletes show dominance on the field when playing a violent game, but it can drag off the field to show dominance and toughness that can have great affect another person’s life. “Male athletes are accused or convicted of assault, sexual assault, rape, gang rape, and even murder create an impression that violence in certain sports influences off the field actions and relationships, especially with women” (Armstrong et al., 2008). This gives the indication that the violence in sports is a serious problem because it is affecting their mind outside the field, and causing them to commit these types of …show more content…
After several years of ignoring domestic violence, the NFL owner has now approved of a new case that will take investigation and adjudication out of the hands of commissioners and place the investigation into a special council. Commissioner Roger Goodell states, “Our recent focus has been on domestic violence, child violence, and sexual assault, all of which are complete and difficult subjects” (Fidlin, 2014). But with this special council that has been created, this governed processes and consideration that are not right for a workplace, especially for a workplace like football (Fidlin, 2014). These new policies are at least addressing the problem, but there have still been many cases prior to this involving domestic violence that were not
Michael Messner and Donald Sabo, both specialize in the sociology of sports stating statistics about college male athletes are more likely to commit sexual abuse then a non-male athlete, “Athletes participating in approximately one-third of eight hundred and sixty two sexual assaults on United States campuses according to a 1988-1991 survey. Of twenty-six gang rapes alleged to have occurred from 1980 to 1990, most involved fraternity brothers and varsity athletes. Among five hundred and thirty college students, including 140 varsity athletes, the athletes had higher levels of sexual aggression toward women than non-athletes” (Messner & Sabo, 1994). Male athletes show dominance on the field when playing a violent game, but it can drag off the field to show dominance and toughness that can have great affect another person’s life. “Male athletes are accused or convicted of assault, sexual assault, rape, gang rape, and even murder create an impression that violence in certain sports influences off the field actions and relationships, especially with women” (Armstrong et al., 2008). This gives the indication that the violence in sports is a serious problem because it is affecting their mind outside the field, and causing them to commit these types of …show more content…
After several years of ignoring domestic violence, the NFL owner has now approved of a new case that will take investigation and adjudication out of the hands of commissioners and place the investigation into a special council. Commissioner Roger Goodell states, “Our recent focus has been on domestic violence, child violence, and sexual assault, all of which are complete and difficult subjects” (Fidlin, 2014). But with this special council that has been created, this governed processes and consideration that are not right for a workplace, especially for a workplace like football (Fidlin, 2014). These new policies are at least addressing the problem, but there have still been many cases prior to this involving domestic violence that were not