Should violent sports be banned?
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Should violent sport be banned?
YES
There should be nothing violent about sporting, yet today violent sports has so dominated the entertainment arena, that some people seems to live by it, and can't get enough of it.
These kinds of sports however, should be banned for several reasons. Violence begets violence, and once there are limited restrictions, generations after generations will be caught in a vicious never ending cycle, that will see the homes becoming the scenes of many crimes, the seeds of which were sown, during those years of watching the entertainment events. The blood seen on the screens during the so-called sporting displays will become no entry zones, as police officers seek to gather evidence which will send fathers, or mothers or children to jails, for passionate crimes committed. What was comedy on the screen will then become tragedy in the living rooms of many who were participant to the violent sporting events in earlier times. During the 1980’s, two men were in a bar discussing the Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard fight that had occurred several days before, and in the process on trying to show exactly how one of the punch landed, both men went outside, drawing a crowd with them. The demonstration turned tragic when one of the men landed a punch to the jaw of the other, and such was the power of the blow, that the victim fell, hit his head on the pavement, and had to be buried a few weeks later. The violence of the boxing was transmitted into a bar, where in combination with the alcohol led to the unfortunate loss of life. On a larger scale this could even be more devastating to the economic development of a country, due to the loss of vital human resources. When violent sports are viewed in the living rooms and at live events, the passion of the favorite stars may be transmitted into thousands of followers, and for those who are not