Violence in Sport

My favourite sport is football (Soccer) and the team I have followed for
40 years is Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs). Yesterday Spurs played AC Milan
 in the European Champions League. There were a number of violent
incidents in the game. One was a two footed tackle that looked very
dangerous and the other was when one player grabbed the throat of the
opposition's coach and after the game the same player appeared to head
 butt  the same coach. While I love football, I am appalled by this behaviour
 especially as it is televised to millions of people (mostly men and boys)
around the world. If clubs are to eradicate violent behaviour from local club
 level and bring girls and boys up to participate in a sporting manner both
as participants and as fans then surely governing bodies at the highest
level must set a standard that does not tolerate violent behaviour at all.
Codes of conduct must be enforced for both players and coaches.

My interest is in assisting men to find other ways of expressing emotions
such as anger in ways which do not hurt or threaten other people. I believe
 that famous sporting and other public leaders such as politicians must
set better examples for younger people.