Sports Player Violence

[Count of Devonshire]

Hello there my old beans,

I was interested recently by an article about association football where Sepp Blatter called for criminal prosecutions for 'criminal tackles'.

I am aware that the legal system in the UK has generally rejected most of the attempted prosecutions as it's "not in the best interests of the public", apart from a few stand-out cases where the level of violence has exceeded that which can naturally be expected to take place-as in the example of the non-league footballer who punched a Bristol Rovers player in the FA Cup, and was then done for Grievous Bodily Harm. Although the courts seem to have taken this stance they are reluctant to formally acknowledge it.

After having a quick browse I can see Canada and North America have openly accepted this concept of 'playing culture', but couldn't find anything on France, Europe, Australia, and indeed the rest of the world. Any assistance?

This could help my law studies, so any help or even pointers in the right direction would much be appreciated.

 

[Bullitt]

Just when you think Sepp Blatter can't make any more a *** of himself...

 

[Count of Devonshire]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Teh Mite @ Mar 18 2009, 11:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Just when you think Sepp Blatter can't make any more a *** of himself...[/b]

I agree, though the article was actually a year or two old, about Martin Taylor's leg-breaker on Eduardo.

The tackle itself was probably poor, but certainly innocuous. They occur 10 times a game.

Still, as sports fans we're always going to be reluctant for the law to get too involved with our game. At the same time why should people get away with punching on a rugby pitch when in a pub they'd get arrested? It's a conundrum which our courts don't really want to be seen to be answering. Was just requesting a comparitive stance to see how other countries respond/ignore the issue.

 

[Steve-o]

**At a local rugby game, the subs bench has 29 people on it, the substitute rugby players & all the players lawyers. One runs onto the field, interupting the game hold, while holding up a law suit screaming "OBJECTION, OBJECTION!!!" **

Interesting proposal but it's not in the interest of sport

No thanks