Article Reviewed

Jewell, R. T., Moti, A., & Coates , D. (2012). A Brief History of Violence and
Aggression in Spectator Sports. Violence and Aggression in Sporting
Contests: Economics, History and Policy,, 11-26.

Introduction
In discussing on the team sports, we can see that there are many sports
nowadays that has been developing well from the ancient sports. There are many
sports nowadays that are playing strong role in influencing the life of their fans. The
number of fans for particular sports can decrease or increase accordingly due to
many reasons. There are many reasons that are influencing this number. One of it is
the violence play in the sports. Team sports nowadays cannot run away from the fact
of being violence and aggressive. Most of the sports being competitive are very likely
to be aggressive. The violence and aggression in team sports are happening
because it seems to be normal and at the same time it is liked by the spectators and
the fans. The fans are likely to be expecting the violence and the aggression and
they are contented if such a thing happens during the game especially if the victims
are their opponents. In order to discuss further on this violence and aggression in
sports, an article entitled, A Brief History of Violence and Aggression in
Spectator Sports written by R. Todd Jewell, Afsheen Moti and Dennis Coates
(2012) will be discussed. The violence and the aggression that has been in the
ancient sports are still being implemented in nowadays sports till now and this issue
will be discussed further.
Summary
This article discusses about the violence and the aggression in sports
nowadays and also from the ancient sports especially for the spectators sports. The
objective of the article is to find the commonality among the ancient and modern
sports which is the existence of violence and aggression in contests (page
12). According to the article, the violence and the aggression is also one of the
reason why all the spectator sports are being popular among their fans. The article
discusses on many types of sports and one of the highlighted team sports is the
football as it is very popular and famous. The football as being one of the

most violently combative sports (page 12) was also discussed and this shows the
evidence of violence and aggression in the modern sports. Despite of the fact that
the aggression and the violence are not something favourable. It is something that
anticipates the interest of the fan as aggressive and violent nature of the game is
an aspect that attracts fans (page 12). The article also discusses the influence of
the violence and the aggression to the fans but also to the athletes. Whereby the
article discusses that the violent and aggressive play may increase attendance
directly, but it may also decrease attendance indirectly if attendance is
positively related to winning. (page 13). The article also discusses on many
issues related to the violence in the sports. Relating the aggression and the violence
in the ancient sports, the article manage to bring the connection to the modern
sports; modern spectators take pleasure in, and ancient sports viewers
enjoyed (page 23). Even though there are not many team sports that are developed
in the ancient sports, the modern sports are more focused in the team sports. The
competition among the team sports are one of the reason that is developing the
aggression and the violence in the modern sports. The aggression and violence to
face the championship is due to the urge to win the competition. This is defined with
the existence of demand for violence and aggression exists (page 23).
Therefore, this article discusses overall on the existence of the aggression and the
importance of it in the sports especially in team sports as it urges the need of the
aggression and violence in the sports for the benefit of the sports, fans, athletes and
for everyone.
Conclusion
This article defines the need of the aggression and the violence in both the
ancient and the modern sports. As someone who favours the team sports and as an
educator, I always place the importance for the sports especially for the children.
However, I was always scared of the violence and the aggression that is going on in
the sports that it worries me when I see my children being involve in any games.
However, this article is an eye opener for me as I realise that the aggression and the
violence is playing its part in creating the popularity among the sports. Even though I
still disagree with the aggression and the violence being part of the sports, I have to
agree that the existence of these two things are creating an environment that is
being awaited by the fans especially. This article proves that the aggression and the

violence are helping to stimulate the interest of the sports and in a way helps in
ensuring the popularity of the sports among the spectators. In addition to that, some
sports are also existing due to the aggression factor being a part of its game. In
conclusion, despite of my disagreement in supporting the violence and the
aggression, I still find this article to be useful to be read by all the athletes and
coaches so that they understand that the violence and aggression should be
controlled in a competition and the motivation and desire to win should be based on
the effort and the strength that was build. Thus, this article entitled A Brief History
of Violence and Aggression in Spectator Sports written by R. Todd Jewell,
Afsheen Moti and Dennis Coates (2012) should be reviewed and read by everyone
for the benefits it holds.
References
Jewell, R. T., Moti, A., & Coates , D. (2012). A Brief History of Violence and
Aggression in Spectator Sports. Violence and Aggression in Sporting
Contests: Economics, History and Policy,, 11-26.