"`The cost of the aggression -- the punishment -- has to be greater than the benefits,' said Dr. Brenda Bredemeier, sports psychology consultant at the University of California-Berkley. The latest outbreak of violence occurred in Bredemeier's back yard, Oakland, where (Latrell) Sprewell attacked Coach P.J. Carlesimo during practice and, according to published reports, threatened to kill him if he wasn't traded."(Detroit Press) Pro athletes are committing criminal acts and the law for the most part is letting them get away with crimes. Another case of violence by a pro athlete happ

Fizel, John. "Baseball Economics." Prager Publishing, Inc. (Westpoint, London) 24 July 1996 SIRS CD-ROM

Lapchick, R. "Fanship and the Television Sports Viewing Experience." Sociology of Sport Journal (Lexington, MA) 16 May 1986 SIRS CD-ROM

In sports, there are some players whose only role on the team is to protect and enforce the unwritten rules of the game such as in hockey where it is not right to fight or hit a Wayne Gretzky type of star player. His economic incentive is to protect the team and if he does not, a new line of work might be in the future. All three of those theories relate closely to the role of the fighter in sport and why it is that he does commit the acts of violence. When the NFL or the NHL are asked to try and remove the violence from their sport, they are hesitant because it is not what the fans want. "Bryant and Zillman report that television viewers enjoy NFL plays more when they are rough and violent" (McPherson 294). We tolerate it and we bring it under disciplinary control, which we believe satisfies the public (Snyder 201). A part of society that should hold a lot of the blame for this acceptance of violence in pro sports is the media. Whenever "Sportscenter" comes on ESPN it always glorifies an act of violence such as the "hit of the night" or repeats of some type of fight whether it be in hockey, boxing or a bench-clearing brawl in baseball. When you can only fit approximately "17,000 people" into a Las Vegas boxing arena, the money is not made at the gate (Lunney 39). The general consensus is that sports violence is reflective to the violence that happens in our society.

McGurgan, Jennifer. "Violence Moves Onto Field." 5 April 1995

Chad Kreuter and other Dodgers jumped into the seats and "strangled, punched, slapped, pushed and kicked Mr. Camacho," the suit says, injuring his neck, arms, torso and face and causing him 'severe pain and suffering and emotional distress.'"(Chicago Times) This event may or may not have been prevented by the selling of alcoholic beverages, but it does portray the violent nature of the pro athletes and the fans of pro sports. These crazed fans need to stop their violent nature before more people are injured and killed.

O'Hara, Mike. "Football: Cap and Salaries will rise with new TV deals." The Detroit Press (Detroit, MI) 15 Sept. 1998. Online. Available: www.detnews.com

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