Hockey Violence
Ice in our Blood and Blood on our Ice
Ice in our Blood and Blood on our Ice
"I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out." Rodney Dangerfield. Ever since the start to the game of hockey, violence has always played a role in the sport. While that role both contributing positive and negative aspects to the game, violence has taken its toll on not only the players but the fans as well. As violence in hockey is as many fans say part of the game and what makes “hockey” hockey, the negative outcomes overweigh the positive. From fights to brawls, slashes to high sticks, boarding to head contact the violence surrounds the entire game. As fans cheer and rant at their full potential when a fight breaks out during a hockey game, not realizing that in actuality the potential of what can happen can be devastating. Problems that are arising currently in regards to violence in hockey, date back and have historical routes to early hockey during the 1900s making the comparison between, the social acceptance of violence in hockey, the relationship between violence and game attendance and the failure of the courts to adequately address the problem, it is clearly seen that violence overall has negative impacts on the game.
The cultural spillover theory can be seen to explain the reason behind the social acceptance of violence in hockey, as the cultural spillover theory holds that “the more a society tends to legitimate the use of violence to attain ends for which there is widespread social approval, the greater the likelihood of illegitimate violence.” With this theory it can be shown that, the belief that violence in hockey only leads players and fans to violence outside of the game, is in actuality true. As the legitimation of violence predicts individuals who approve of violence that is widely considered legitimate also approve of violence that is widely considered illegitimate and that this approval translates into violent behavior. With respect to hockey
Ice in our Blood and Blood on our Ice
"I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out." Rodney Dangerfield. Ever since the start to the game of hockey, violence has always played a role in the sport. While that role both contributing positive and negative aspects to the game, violence has taken its toll on not only the players but the fans as well. As violence in hockey is as many fans say part of the game and what makes “hockey” hockey, the negative outcomes overweigh the positive. From fights to brawls, slashes to high sticks, boarding to head contact the violence surrounds the entire game. As fans cheer and rant at their full potential when a fight breaks out during a hockey game, not realizing that in actuality the potential of what can happen can be devastating. Problems that are arising currently in regards to violence in hockey, date back and have historical routes to early hockey during the 1900s making the comparison between, the social acceptance of violence in hockey, the relationship between violence and game attendance and the failure of the courts to adequately address the problem, it is clearly seen that violence overall has negative impacts on the game.
The cultural spillover theory can be seen to explain the reason behind the social acceptance of violence in hockey, as the cultural spillover theory holds that “the more a society tends to legitimate the use of violence to attain ends for which there is widespread social approval, the greater the likelihood of illegitimate violence.” With this theory it can be shown that, the belief that violence in hockey only leads players and fans to violence outside of the game, is in actuality true. As the legitimation of violence predicts individuals who approve of violence that is widely considered legitimate also approve of violence that is widely considered illegitimate and that this approval translates into violent behavior. With respect to hockey
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