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    Athletes and Issues of Violence

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    In eight pages this paper discusses violence and the various on and off the field issues as they pertain to players, aggressive categories and influence, and how associations contend with violent acts. Nine sources are cited in the bibliography.

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    studies of violence in athletes both on and off the field. Some behavioural scientists believe that the growing number of crimes connected with professional athletes has led to a public  belief that professional athletes have come to believe that they are above the law (Campbell, 2000). Sociologists believe that if players are  trained to be violent during the games in sports, then they would naturally continue that violence off the field and feel it was acceptable behaviour. Many of the athletes violent  natures have been apparent since their high school and college years as studies show that in over 30 colleges across the U.S., college athletes committed 19% of campus crimes although  they only made up 3.3% of the campus population (Campbell, 2000). Don Beck, a sociologist who has worked with professional teams on social issues relates that very few of professional  athletes are prepared for their lives of celebrity, prosperity and an over abundance of spare time. During an NFL players introductory season, rookies attend a three day seminar which relates  to the social issues of violence and sexual assault. This introduction to appropriate conduct is an insufficient time to take off years of learned behaviours and notes that most of  the off field violence takes place after the end of the season (Campbell, 2000). One area that has recently been explored is the increase in racial "trash talk" between players.  This "trash talk" incites violent behaviour and often gets thrown out of proportion. The more this bad behaviour is accepted in higher end sports, the more children will begin to  think is it acceptable for all levels of play (Phillip, 1995). Professional players and coaches have always maintained that there is an acceptable level of "trash talk" that should be 

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