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Show Signpost Friday, April 5, 1985 1 1 Violence in the stands is on the increase - Signpost pholoJelf Bybet Niki Nye prepares -to throw the javelin in a recent track meet. Nye has the best throw in the conference this year at 159 7. The Weber State track teams will be in action this Saturday at Utah State University. 'Cats prepare for '85 A (continued from page 10) The Wildcat football team has been preparing all winter long for spring football, which begins April L 15. Football is a year-round sport and requires a year-round strength training gram. Strength training coach Larry Finan is well aware of the benefits derived from an off season weight training and conditiong program. This winter Coach Finan has had the players lifting 5 days a week and going through some conditioning to stay in shape. This year the Wildcats have been playing basketball and racquetball for their conditioning. This helps in developing quickness, along with staying in shape. 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This is the first of a two part series which deals with sports violence. In this installment, violence in the stands will be discussed. by Steve Spafford Sports Editor Violent acts occur so often they have become a way of life for most Americans. Society is becoming desensitized to violence because they see it every day on the six o'clock news and even in the sports they watch. Violence in sports and in the stands is on the increase and it's a problem that needs to be looked at more closely. This year, violence in sports has manifested itself more than ever. There have been more fights and violent acts not related to the game than ever before. Even Weber State had its experience with fan abuse and violence on the road in Montana this year. Fan violence is something most sporting establishments don't want to talk about. They feel talking about it will draw attention ' to it and stimulate others to violence. Besides, they don't want to discourage fan participation because it helps with their home court advantage. The violence and vandalism in Detroit after the Tigers won the World Series shows once again how fan violence is on the rise. Winning a world championship should be cause for celebration and jubilation, not to see how much one can get away with during the mass hysteria. People feel anonymous in large crowds, therefore they do things they wouldn't ordinarily do in an identifiable situation. But what causes a crowd to go on a destructive rampage like they did in Detroit? Within a crowd there are many low-level sources of tension. People are placed together with large numbers of people causing involuntary contact with strangers, abnormal physical discomforts, and competition for goods, services, territory and information. This frustrates individuals; making them irritable and belligerent. MISCELLANEOUS Earn over $100 per month in your spare time by donating plasma. 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Call for a cost free estimate 621-5950 What a bright Tom Edison 4421 Harrison Blvd. Ph. 479-1191 Simple primitive emotions such as elation, anger, panic and vengeance are contagious within a crowd and create so-called mass hysteria. Sporting events regularly draw the largest crowds of any public events, but sports facilities, compared to those offered other crowds, are often among the most inefficient, unattractive and uncomfortable. Sports crowds are encouraged to respond freely to the action of the game by cheering, booing, hissing, stamping their feet or screaming criticism or threats. Games, which are rivaliries, draw the most abusive fans. They place an extreme importance on the outcome of the game; almost as if the outcome of the free world depended on it. Much of the importance is created by the media, which hypes the rivalries as being the most important game ever. Sports is a form of entertainment "and should be treated as such. It shouldn't matter if your team wins the championship as long as they are entertaining. Unfortunately, this isn't the case. People want to be winners and nothing else will do. The problems' related to sports reflect the larger ones in society. You work hard, you exist, but you have nothing to show for it. There are increasing numbers of people who are living their lives vicariously through their team's victories. This is probably what happened in Detroit, where unemployment and the crime rate are both high. The people of Detroit gave the Tigers unquestioned loyalty, unwavering support and fanatical devotion because they were winners. The Tigers triumph was a momentary reprieve from reality for them. If fan behavior continues to deteriorate, fans could be removed from the stadium -permanently. Teams could be playing before an empty house with the game being replayed on television if fans are unable to control their actions. 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