U.S.A. Sport and Society - Essay Example

Download file to see previous pages Some players and referees are attacked directly by the players because of notion of wrong judgment given to them. There is also an increase in verbal assault between the opponents and even the game officials.
The rampant violence in sports has great consequences to the youths today. The youths, when fouled, think that the referee biasness towards their team hence has to fight against the penalty. Some of the youths especially those playing football term football as a violent game and one must win violently. Therefore, that attitude pushes the youths to play a violent game toward opponent team. Moreover, some youths keep off football, which they like doing as a hobby because of fear of encountering a violent opponent. As youths grow to adults, most are petrified to be game officials, especially referees because of fear of the wrath of the players when penalized. Therefore, sports violence is negatively affecting America youths and changing the youth’s attitude towards sports.
Corbin, Cristina. “Soccer Ref’s Death Shines Light Violence Faced by Sports Officials.” FoxNews.com 6 May 2013. Web. 12 Oct. 2013. .
Sports with good coaching bring enjoyment, creative thinking, and harmony among players and between players and the coach. However, the desire to uphold prestige and pride of the team has led to the coaches using a “win at all costs” approach among players. Therefore, the team must win the match to avoid the abusive mechanism of the coach. According to Legend website, sometimes the coach mistreats the player, thought to be the cause of the losing the match. Hence, the coach punishment is not allowing the player to get involved in the next match in the field. The coaches sometimes use verbal abuses to players lowering the ego forcing the ...Download file to see next pagesRead More