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Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from accomplished and emerging scholars in the fields of communication, business, geography, kinesiology, psychology, and more, who employ a wide range of methodologies including quantitative, qu

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of sports lottery consumer's sports watching behaviors on attitudes and behaviors on this field. Using the self-edited sports watching behavior scale, sports attitude scale and sports behavior scale as research tools. While enhancing sports attitudes, they will also increase their participation behaviors. Sports lottery tickets can increase government taxes and promote sports development; they also can promote the sport lottery consumers to improve their own sports attitudes and their sports behavior after watching sports games, and then achieve the popularization of whole people that pratice sports.

Preface -- pt. I. Introduction -- 1. Sport and criminal behavior : an introduction / Jeffrey C. Lee, Jason W. Lee -- pt. II. Drug issues -- 2. Drug issues in sport : steroid performance-enhancement -- John Miller -- 3. Alcohol related crime in sport / Andy Gillentine -- pt. III. Violence -- 4. Violence in sport : psychological considerations and implications / John W. Clark, Phil Bridgmon -- 5. Violent acts within the context of the game : on-field occurrences and prosecution / Barbara Osborne -- pt. IV. Gambling, fraud, and misappropriation -- 6. Gambling and organized crime / Stephen L. Mallory -- 7. Fraud in non-profit sport : a case study of the Sport Sun State Soccer Association / Jeffrey E. Michelman, Jason W. Lee, Bobby E. Waldrup -- 8. Trademark counterfeiting of sport merchandise and criminal law / John Grady, Annie Clement, Jeff Woishnis -- pt. V. Athletes and criminal actions -- 9. Clearing the haze : the definition, scope, and legal issues related to hazing in athletics / Brian Crow -- 10. Criminal jocks : professional and collegiate incidents...and beyond / Kadence A. Otto -- pt. VI. Broadening perspectives -- 11. Homeland security/disaster preparedness in sport facilities / Christina Merckx -- 12. Ticket scalping : methods, issues, and considerations / Beth A. Cianfrone, Michael S. Carroll -- 13. Professional wrestling : pseudo sport, real death / Jason W. Lee, Jeffrey C. Lee -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Drugs and substance abuse / Jeffrey C. Lee, Brent Paterline -- Appendix 2. Organized crime and sports wagering : insider perspectives with Mike Franzese / Jason W. Lee -- Appendix 3. Fraud in non-profit sport : a case study of the Sport Sun State Soccer Association [optional teaching notes] / Jeffrey E. Michelman, Jason W. Lee, Bobby E. Waldrup -- Index

The current study tested the hypothesis that there would be a positive relationship between sport team identification and willingness to injure anonymously an opposing player or coach. To test this hypothesis, 88 college students were asked to indicate their willingness to murder someone
anonymously and their willingness to injure anonymously the star player and coach of a rival team. The data confirmed the hypothesis, even after controlling for level of sport fandom. However, because the data failed to reveal a significant relationship between team identification and desire
to murder someone anonymously, it is apparent that the highly identified fans were not simply more aggressive in general. Rather, they were more aggressive only when the target was a player or coach of a rival team. Discussion centers on the instrumental nature of the current form of fan aggression.

"Exploring such topics as the role of sports in the creation of mass culture, cheating, the abuse of illegal drugs, the strange and fascinating role that numbers play in sporting events, and the future of spectator sport, this book surveys the outsized impact that sports have on American culture"--Provided by publisher

The article attempts to characterize the legal status of sports fans in Ukraine using the experience of foreign countries. Attention is paid to the historical aspect of the formation of sports fans in the world. The author dwelled on the movement of football fans in the twentieth century. Based on modern research by Ukrainian scientists, a classification of certain categories of football fans is presented. The article argues that sports fans are a kind of challenge to government agencies, and sometimes to society as a whole, so the ability to work with such informal entities, where the composition is dominated by young people, is a key task of government agencies. Examples of fruitful cooperation between the state, local governments and volunteers in the form of fan projects with football fans in Germany and Belgium are given. It was stated that cooperation in Ukraine is still carried out at the level of the football club and fans. The introduction of the position of the Officer for work with football fans in football clubs is positively assessed. The specifics of the Ukrainian fan football movement are pointed out - it is strongly influenced by politics. It is emphasized that in Ukraine, so far, there is no law that would regulate the legal status of sports fans. A number of international agreements, acts of international sports organizations and Ukrainian legislative, by-laws and local regulations are analyzed in the context of clarifying the set of rights and obligations of sports fans (mostly football). It is established that the status of sports fans is determined only within the limits of achieving the goal of ensuring the safety of sports competitions. It is proposed to develop a special law in the future, which would establish the legal status of sports fans and the fan movement in general. Particular attention is paid to the clear wording of the rights of sports fans. ; У статті здійснена спроба характеристики правового статусу спортивних уболівальників в Україні з використанням досвіду зарубіжних країн. Звернено увагу на історичний аспект формування спортивного уболівальництва у світі. Авторка окремо зупинилася на русі футбольних уболівальників у ХХ ст. Спираючись на сучасні дослідження українських вчених, подано класифікацію окремих категорій футбольних уболівальників. У статті стверджується, що спортивні фанати – це своєрідний виклик державним структурам, а часом і усьому суспільству, тому уміння співпрацювати з такими неформальними утвореннями, де за складом переважає молодь, - ключове завдання державних структур. Наведено приклади плідної співпраці держави, органів місцевого самоврядування і волонтерів у вигляді фан-проєктів із футбольними фанатами в Німеччині та Бельгії. Констатовано, що в Україні співпраця, поки що, здійснюється на рівні футбольного клубу і фанатів. Позитивно оцінено запровадження у футбольних клубах посади Співробітника по роботі з футбольними уболівальниками. Вказано на специфіку українського фанатського футбольного руху – потужний вплив на нього політики. Підкреслено, що в Україні, поки що, немає закону, що регулював би правовий статус спортивних уболівальників. Проаналізовано низку міжнародних договорів, актів міжнародних спортивних організацій та українських законодавчих, підзаконних та локальних нормативних актів у контексті з'ясування комплексу прав і обов'язків спортивних уболівальників (переважно футбольних). Встановлено, що статус спортивних уболівальників визначений лише у межах досягнення мети забезпечення безпеки спортивного змагання. Запропоновано у перспективі розробити спеціальний закон, що встановлював би правовий статус спортивного уболівальника і уболівальницького руху в цілому. Особлива увага приділена чіткому формулюванню прав спортивних уболівальників.

As state and local government subsidies to professional sport organizations have increased over the past three decades, economic arguments have been crafted to justify these subsidies such as Crompton's (2004) claims of increased community visibility, enhanced community image, stimulation of other development, and psychic income. The purpose of this study was to examine the public relations strategy of a professional sport organization campaigning to secure public funding for a new stadium. Specifically, authors focused on the use of press releases by the Minnesota Vikings, a National Football League team, over the three seasons preceding the completion of their successful sport stadium campaign. The authors identified the arguments made by the team to garner support for the stadium plan during the Vikings' campaign. Using a qualitative research method, 71 press releases were collected, examined, and coded by investigators. Findings were discussed to provide insight into these four alternative justification arguments.

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of sports lottery consumer's sports watching behaviors on attitudes and behaviors on this field. Using the self-edited sports watching behavior scale, sports attitude scale and sports behavior scale as research tools. While enhancing sports attitudes, they will also increase their participation behaviors. Sports lottery tickets can increase government taxes and promote sports development; they also can promote the sport lottery consumers to improve their own sports attitudes and their sports behavior after watching sports games, and then achieve the popularization of whole people that pratice sports.RESUMEN El propósito de este estudio es explorar el efecto de los comportamientos de observación de deportes de los consumidores de loterías deportivas sobre las actitudes y los comportamientos en ese campo. Utilizando la escala de comportamiento de observación de deportes autoeditada, además de la escala de actitud deportiva y la escala de comportamiento deportivo como herramientas de investigación. Mientras mejoran las actitudes deportivas, también aumentarán sus comportamientos de participación. Los boletos de lotería deportiva pueden aumentar los impuestos del gobierno y promover el desarrollo en esa área; también pueden promover a los consumidores de lotería deportiva para mejorar sus propias actitudes y comportamientos deportivos después de ver juegos deportivos, y luego lograr la popularización de personas enteras que practican deportes.

For university students in sport management programs, working in sports is often the end goal, and internships have become the most common curricular component for achieving this end. Sport management students bring to these internships various backgrounds and active fan attachments with sports that structure their work experiences and create certain conditions of exploitation. We thus conducted interviews with current and soon-to-be interns to understand their subjective perceptions and experiences of working in sports as fans. Drawing upon Lauren Berlant's concept of cruel optimism as well as neo-Marxist theories of affective labor, we reveal the structuring contradictions of interns' work in the contemporary sports industry.

The article deals with the influence of physical culture and sports on the healthy lifestyle of the population, the image of the country, the importance and necessity of legal regulation of relations in the field of physical culture and sports in the Republic of Uzbekistan, the responsibility of subjects in the field of sports. Also mentioned is the regulation at the legislative level of the legal status of the fan, his responsibility, security during sports competitions. Special attention is offered to pay to specific sports sanctions. On the basis of the analysis of the national and foreign legislation the proposals on change and addition of the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the above-mentioned sphere are given.