u see so many athletic and boxingclubs being run out of the inner city. It is allowing the youth to take that hostility out on awilling participant who is ready and consenting rather than against an innocent bystander. Some individuals have gone as far as saying that sport is creating a deviantsubculture where these athletes are becoming the opposite of what was intended for them."The emphasis in formalized sport on victory may, in fact, promote deviant behaviour andpoor sportsmanship" (Snyder 101). I would have to totally disagree with the above quote because being an athletemyself, I can never recall a time when I could have related my deviant behaviour to mysporting past. Sports does not promote poor sportsmanship, it creates a drive to succeedwithin yourself and to try to do the best at whatever you do whether it be in sports, schoolor at a job. The violence that is occurring today is not occurring more than it was ten ortwenty years ago like some people might suggest, it is only being shown and talked aboutmore by the mass media. If there is one group to blame for the increase in violence I feelthat it would be the media, not the athletes themselves. If you turn on the television towatch a sportscast, it will always glorify an act of violence like a "hit of the night" orrepeats of some type of fight whether it be in hockey, boxing or a bench-clearing brawl inbaseball. I can recall on numerous occasions where the media has hyped up a hockey gameinvolving two "toughguys" and creating a hysteria in sporting world wanting to see theoutcome of the fight. Is this wrong for the media to be encouraging and glorifying theviolence in sport? I don't think so because the fans want to see it and like it or not, it ishere to stay. Look at sports like boxing for example, who relies on the media to increasethe sports fans interest in an upcoming match. When you can only fit approximately"17,000 people" into a Las Vagas boxing arena, the money is...
