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Men are becoming more aggressive in the sporting arena, according to a new report. Up to 77% of all men believe modern-day
society is "more aggressive today than it was 10 years ago".
s professional sport becomes more competitive, scenes of fistic!ffs and tantr!ms are becoming a reg!lar occ!rrence on the
bac" pages of the newspapers. #he li"es of $ric %antona and &ohn Mc$nroe are '!st as famo!s for their o!tb!rsts of aggression as
their phenomenal sporting talents.
() thin" we need a ret!rn to the conventions of sportsmanship ( says *+M ,ionic editor -hil +ilton , (throw in .oy /eane,
le0 +iggins and 1oran )vanisevic and yo!2ve got yo!rself a tag wrestling team3. Unfort!nately, the report claims average sportsmen
are em!lating their heroes, with 45% of men saying they play to win.
6!t of the 5000 men 7!estioned nationwide for the 8ports .age 8!rvey, commissioned by *+M ,ionic Maga9ine, 7:%
admitted to having a heated arg!ment playing a physical contact sport. nd more than half of those 7!estioned said they had been
involved in violent e0changes.
,!t perhaps more worringingly, the aggression is spilling over from football and r!gby pitches. Up to 5;% of men said they
had been involved in a row on the tennis co!rt, while <4% admitted to "swimming pool rage". %ric"et and golf have always been
regarded as gentlemen2s games, played in serene conditions in the best possible spirit. ,!t =1 1race wo!ld be t!rning in his grave
if he "new <4% of men e0perienced "cric"et rage" on the field. nd <;% said they let their anger get the better of them on the golf
co!rse.
#he report says one in 10 of all sporting arg!ments leads to violence - one in five in contact sports.
ltho!gh a ma'ority of men 7!estioned attrib!ted the increase in male aggression to "a more stressf!l society", ;>% of those
7!estioned believe men "get away with being aggressive".
+owever, despite all the tal" of sports rage, :?% of the men believed violence was an !nacceptable part of sport. ") thin" we
need a ret!rn to the conventions of sportsmanship - appla!ding the opposing side and sha"ing hands with a victorio!s opponent,"
said -hil +ilton, editor of *+M ,ionic. "#here is an old-world charm to these practices, admittedly, b!t they did "eep competitors
o!t of cas!alty."
Science and
Technology
+!man aggression
Key thoughts....
=hy do coaches defend their players when they can clearly see
that aggression is co!nter-prod!ctive@
ggression is restrained by a
shared acceptance of a code of
sportsmanship