NFL & Sports Franchises Aggression
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The aggression within national sports leagues should require a responsive approach by each franchise to their Community to promote nonviolence.
Most sports have various degrees of aggression. “Being rough” is appropriate to the opponents but where is the training on drawing the line? How to turn off the aggression is never taught. There is only positive reinforcement for being aggressive. What is the lasting message being programmed into the individual? What is the capacity of a youth to know the distinction? What is the capacity of an adult to know the distinction? Mix messages do not help to resolve conflict within a person on whether to fight or flight. The instinctive nature of an individual depends upon the training that an individual has received to allow them to adapt to a situation and act accordingly. If aggression is all that the person has been trained to be rewarded for, then it is more likely the person will act in this manner with the expectation that they will gain more positive reinforcement.
Each individual needs to possess the skills to know when and how to listen, follow instruction, be observant, be attentive and act in most circumstances as qualities of human interaction.
Organizations and public policy makers need to demand more accountability of the professional and college sport franchises to provide the financial support in their community to adequately address the problem of aggression.
