Violence in football: Amateurs suffers from the role model of the professionals!

Violence in football: Amateurs suffers from the role model of the professionals!

In Göttingen football there is a worrying development: violence and disrespect rapidly. Referee reports on an increase in yellow and red cards, while in the entire district of Celle the youth game operation from U10 to U19 is suspended for two weeks in order to counteract the increased willingness to violence. The summit of the escalation revealed itself in the derby between the 1st SC Göttingen 05 and Eintracht Northeim, where a viewer threw a water bottle on a player. In addition, there was an abortion when the players of SCW Göttingen III no longer returned to the field for fear of threats.

These violent incidents are not an isolated case and reflect a frightening mentality that is shaped as a model by overpaid professionals. The problems in football are symptomatic of social development, in which respect increasingly degenerate into farce and disputes end disproportionately in physical arguments. The mentality of unreconcilability, which is reinforced by social media, has also settled in the amateur area. The consequences are noticeable - and as the current case shows, the effects are devastating. More on www.goettinger-tiablatt.de .