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The Dark Side Of Soccer

Soccer riots have always been something sports is its international acclaim.
of a mystery. The violence in hockey is Soccer isn't a property of any one
at least reconcilable. Grown men in heavy country, people, or race but is an
outfits skating at high speeds with sharp international phenomenon, encompassing a
blades on their feet create enough diversity of people, ideas and
tension and energy to start a brawl in a landscapes. Because of the vast diversity
hurry. In baseball, a hard leather ball of participants in the game, world
thrown 100 mph at your head can politics often play an unfortunate part
understandably make you want to charge in soccer rioting. When countries become
the mound. But soccer? Even the game enemies or evoke different political
happens at a slow pace and hardly positions the residents often let the
inspires more than focused concentration soccer team play out their frustration.
on the field itself. American This creates an angry energy and
commentators jokingly portray the reason misdirection from the good of the sport
for soccer riots as its low-scoring low to the violence in the stands. A soccer
key nature. They often say "after paying riot at a game between Iran and Japan was
almost $100 for seats and fighting the said to be motivated by protesters fed up
crowds to see two teams play an entire with Iran's gender rights violence. The
match an end in a 0-0 tie, you might riot erupting riot left three dead. In 2004 a
too." However, to the rest of the world, soccer riot in Rome was planned to
soccer riots are no laughing matter. protest the government's spending in
People die regard to education and sports. When the
Deaths from soccer riots happen around tension of the world around invades the
the globe. They have been recorded in field of sport, everybody loses.
Germany, England Greece, Spain, South Antisocial behavior
Africa, Italy and Latin America. In 2001, Unfortunately, soccer seems unable to
a soccer riot in Ghana claimed the lives separate itself from its reputation as a
of 138 people. While it is in our human riotous adventure. This draws fans
nature to have a visceral response and wanting to be part of the mob mentality
succumb to mob mentality the fact that and creates an atmosphere of antisocial
any fan would be killed simply watching a and anti-authority behavior. The number
soccer game is tragedy at its height. All one casualty of any soccer riot is
sports should make players and fans more generally the police or authorities who
noble, and more a part of the tapestry of have come to maintain order in and around
humanity. Loss of life at a soccer game the stadium. Gangs of young people
shows how truly far we have fallen from calling themselves "soccer hooligans"
our ability to connect with one another. have purposely begun to infiltrate the
Politics enter world of soccer to spread their own brand
What distinguishes soccer from many other of antiauthoritarian violence.




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