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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"

(Lapchick 230).



The theories of sport mirroring society, violence as......

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