The Cause and Effects of Unethical Behavior and Violence of Fans the Case of Football Premier League Clubs of Addis Ababa
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2014-05
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Addis Abeba university
Abstract
Identifying the causes and effects of the problems, assessing the current level of football violence and
suggesting possible solution is the main purpose this research. 187 respondents will selected as
represented sample among Clubs officials, Football Federation officials, football fans, Football fans
association, spectators, Sport Journalist, referees and Players. This research describes an increasing trend
of sports violence, and the supposed causes.Also describes several manifestations of sports violence;
player to player, spectator to spectator, spectator to player or coach, spectator to- official, and player or
coach to official.It is obvious that, most people go to a soccer game to have fun, to enjoy the game and
to watch player’s talents and skills. And when attending a contest, peoples are required to refrain from
the following behaviors and actions like abusive language, offensive gestures, violence and aggressions
which include throwing objects, fighting and the like; the damaging impact of violence or the threat of
violence at or in connection with sports events can extend far beyond most of our expectation. Many
people physically and psychologically impaired; distractions and loses of materials occurred; so many
people wounded, permanently disabled and even died In addition the federation faced financial drop to
re-arrange the broken materials.Factors that contribute to violent behavior in athletes include, , low skill
level of the players and their act against referees, spectators and towards other players these include;
win at all cost attitude, violent or aggressive arguments between spectators; incidents on the field among
players; incompetent or biased refereeing;the consumption of alcohol etc.are among the majors.
However, the research explained and discussed the possible justifications or reason behind such
inappropriate behavior. As the research findings suggested that Verbal and physical violence, lose of
material and fighting and property destruction are the most frequent fun violence that spectators,
players as well as the federation faced andmost of this is because of Winning at any cost attitudes. And
the federation should modify spectator violence and alcohol consumption policy and should build
partnerships and organizes resources to solve or minimize the problems and to reduce the frequency of
the occurrence. The federationandother stakeholders working at the event are a critical component of
any strategy designed in reducingthis unethical behavior,violence of fansand spectator aggression within
and around stadiums.
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abusive language, aggression, fans, offensive gestures,spectators, unethical
behavior, violence
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abusive language; aggression; fans; offensive gestures; spectators; unethical behavior; violence