Fan violence has led to some disturbing tragedies in human history. There is a good question, why does fan violence happen? In the article there are potentially three reasons to why fans act violently. The first being that of the biological theory, the theory suggest that humans have a fundamental behavior when it comes to violence. Sports is a way to get the violence out that has been building up inside of athletes and fans. The theory suggest that people need sports to vent out all of their aggression. The second theory is the phycological theory which states that violence in sports is caused by dissatisfaction. Dissatisfaction in sports can be in a variety of ways, your team does not win, the referees miss a call that you think is there, or fans for the other team just wont stop harassing you. Fans can be dissatisfied very easily in many ways which can lead to violence. The third theory is social learning. For this theory fans can incite violence based on cues from the players on the field, fans have a social identity with their teams. The fans will start to create a unity with the players and coaches which leads to the opposing team being identified as being the enemy. When family members, coaches, or other players criticize their teams they are less prone to acting violently. With the social learning theory, when fans are punished there is less of a risk of that violent act happening again. There are ways to help prevent violence from happening. The first is having parents being involved with their kids from a young age, because parents have such an influence over kids lives they can teach them that violence is not the answer. Instituting fan penalties can help keep violence in check. The third and final way is to have coaches and teachers help kids in school deal with losing or something not going their way.
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