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The Dark Side Of Soccer

Soccer riots have always been something of aWhat distinguishes soccer from many other
mystery. The violence in hockey is at leastsports is its international acclaim. Soccer
reconcilable. Grown men in heavy outfitsisn't a property of any one country, people,
skating at high speeds with sharp blades onor race but is an international phenomenon,
their feet create enough tension and energyencompassing a diversity of people, ideas and
to start a brawl in a hurry. In baseball, alandscapes. Because of the vast diversity of
hard leather ball thrown 100 mph at your headparticipants in the game, world politics
can understandably make you want to chargeoften play an unfortunate part in soccer
the mound. But soccer? Even the game happensrioting. When countries become enemies or
at a slow pace and hardly inspires more thanevoke different political positions the
focused concentration on the field itself.residents often let the soccer team play out
American commentators jokingly portray thetheir frustration. This creates an angry
reason for soccer riots as its low-scoringenergy and misdirection from the good of the
low key nature. They often say "after payingsport to the violence in the stands. A soccer
almost $100 for seats and fighting the crowdsriot at a game between Iran and Japan was
to see two teams play an entire match an endsaid to be motivated by protesters fed up
in a 0-0 tie, you might riot too." However,with Iran's gender rights violence. The
to the rest of the world, soccer riots are noerupting riot left three dead. In 2004 a
laughing  matter.soccer riot in Rome was planned to protest
the government's spending in regard to
People  dieeducation and sports. When the tension of the
world around invades the field of sport,
Deaths from soccer riots happen around theeverybody  loses.
globe. They have been recorded in Germany,
England Greece, Spain, South Africa, ItalyAntisocial  behavior
and Latin America. In 2001, a soccer riot in
Ghana claimed the lives of 138 people. WhileUnfortunately, soccer seems unable to
it is in our human nature to have a visceralseparate itself from its reputation as a
response and succumb to mob mentality theriotous adventure. This draws fans wanting to
fact that any fan would be killed simplybe part of the mob mentality and creates an
watching a soccer game is tragedy at itsatmosphere of antisocial and anti-authority
height. All sports should make players andbehavior. The number one casualty of any
fans more noble, and more a part of thesoccer riot is generally the police or
tapestry of humanity. Loss of life at aauthorities who have come to maintain order
soccer game shows how truly far we havein and around the stadium. Gangs of young
fallen from our ability to connect with onepeople calling themselves "soccer hooligans"
another.have purposely begun to infiltrate the world
of soccer to spread their own brand of
Politics  enterantiauthoritarian violence.



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