I decided to write about violence in sport even though I presented on it in class. Lauren wrote a blog about it and I thought this would be a good place to give my personal opinion about my presentation.
To be completely honest, I'm still a little torn with my decision about unnecessary violence in sport. I feel like there are times when the violence in a given sport is out of control: in hockey for example. But I can't say that I don't love hockey games and I look forward to a few good fights. Actually coming out and saying that makes it sound like I like to see people get beat up! But it's amazing how people are actually drawn to the violence and watching people get hurt!
In reference to the court case I talked about in class, I'm still in awe over the ruling. A player nearly gets his neck broken by an opponent who is being unnecessarily rough and they tell him it's part of the game and it should be expected. In this case, I belive there was video evidence and it should have been used to prove that this act of violence was intentional and did seroious harm. I guess it's too late now, but luckily I think we've learned from that and we can control the unneccessary acts of aggression during contest.
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The first argument about violence in hockey always seems to be that it is "part of the game." The same seems to be accepted about baseball, if and when a player is "brushed back" or hit by a pitch. It is just anticipated that the next team will retaliate in the next inning. And when it comes to play-off basketball, there is an expectation that it will involve more physical contact. I am not sure that I agree with these expectations, but each of these instances demonstrate that violence seems to be an accepted "part of the game."
ReplyDeleteThis is a hard issue to talk about. You would think when you sign up to play hockey you should know what you are getting involved with and how there are many injuries and violence is expected. Like you said, it is part of the game as people like so say it. Nobody can argue that they don't go to hockey games to see a good fight. It is entertaining and exciting. The hard part is when there is a severe injury. People argue it is too violent, but the game of hockey would be completely different if they did not allow this physical contact.
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