Violence Comes from Winning, Not Losing
Newswise – In the past few years, many of us have been shocked by theviolent acts done by fans of professional sports. Forinstance, “football louts” in the U.K. routinely terrorizetowns where their favorite teams are playing, to the extentthat British teams have been banned from internationalsoccer matches. In the U.S., baseball stadiums have tried tocontrol rowdy behavior by setting aside special sectionswhere beer is not sold, or by limiting the number of beersthat can be purchased by a single individual. You wouldthink that fans would get violent when their team is losing,but surprisingly, that’s not the case. It’s winning?notlosing?that triggers sports-related violence.
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