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MMA AND SOCIAL CONTROL
MMA AND SOCIAL CONTROL
INTRODUCTION: MMA AND SOCIAL CONTROL - possible subheading ideantroduction
Blood, sweat, violence, and excitement: All words that have been used to describe mixed martial arts (MMA). Upon its creationAt its roots, MMA was non-regulated and its excitement was based on the violent nature of the sport. MMA, like all other sports faced- and still faces- challenges that stem fromof social control in Canada. The issue lies within the factin that social control, a mechanism or process that regulate behavior in an attempt to gain conformity to the rules of a given society tends to dramatically change the way a sport is played, or changes the sport too much, causing it tos failure. With theThe government isbeing the main catalyst of social control, and it is clear that the evolution of MMA has been limited in comparison to sports like lacrosse.
The federal government attempted to ban MMA from Canada for reasons mainly based on the criminal code of Canada. They placed emphasis on the violent nature of the sport, the risk of injury to athletes, and utilized possible social differences between MMA and boxing. In order to see how social control has affected the sport of MMA, I will outline briefly the history of government regulation of violent sports in Canada, using boxing as an example. In addition I will argue that the lack of success of social control within Canada was due to the neutralizing effects of commercialization on social control.
Historical Background of MMAISTO RCAL BACKGROUND OF MMA(SUBHEADING POSSIBLE IDEA)
The history of MMA is extensive and can be traced back to Ancient Greece. During this time MMA was known as Pankration. Pankration was an amalgamation of both boxing and wrestling, which were...