Chapter 6 - Violence in Sports - TF

Commercialization and greed are the primary causes of violence in contact sports.

False

Former NFL players and their families sued the NFL in 2012 because the league forced players to engage in violence on the field of play.

False

Now that security cameras are widely used in sports venues, the overall cost of security at events such as the Olympic Games has decreased considerably.

False

Over the past 20 years, sports organizations such as the United States Olympic Committee and university athletic departments have created policies that have significantly reduced sexual assaults against female athletes.

False

Post-game frustration riots are much more common in North America than post-game celebratory riots.

False

Research proves that as the amount and intensity of physical contact increases in a sport, the athletes in that sport are more likely to initiate violent actions off the field.

False

Research shows that women have natural impulses that prevent them from engaging in violent sports.

False

Spectators at Major League Baseball games today are much more violent than the spectators who attended baseball games in the early part of the last century when fans had been taught to control violence out of respect for others.

False

Violence at sports events in the United States today has become so frequent that stadiums and arenas now employ members of the National Guard to police fans inside and outside of the venues.

False

Violence refers only to actions that violate laws designed to protect the security of people and their possessions.

False

According to Michael Smith's descriptions of the four major types of violence in sports, examples of quasi-criminal violence are cheap shots, late hits, sucker punches, and flagrant fouls that endanger players' bodies.

True

Athletes may be marginalized or punished by other athletes in their sports if they engage in quasi-criminal or criminal violence.

True

Research shows that spectator violence is associated with perceived violence on the field of play.

True

Sports organizations that sponsor football teams face a crisis because nearly all insurance companies in the United States now refuse to cover damages related to head injuries in collision sports.

True