Chapter Outline
What Is Violence?
Violence in Sports Through History
Violence on the Field
Types of Violence
Violence as Deviant Overconformity to the Norms of the Sport Ethic
Commercialization and Violence in Sports
Violence and Masculinity
BREAKING BARRIERS: Ideological Barriers: The Hit Isn’t Real Unless It Bends Steel
The Institutionalization of Violence in Sports
Pain and Injury as the Price of Violence
Controlling On-the-Field Violence
Violence off the Field
Assaults and Sexual Assaults by Athletes
Control Versus Carryover
REFLECT ON SPORTS: Violence on the Field: Does It Distort Our Ideas About Gender?
Violence Among Spectators
Violence Among Television Viewers
Violence at Sport Events
REFLECT ON SPORTS: Terrorism: Planned Political Violence at Sport Events
Summary: Does Violence in Sports Affect Our Lives?