... member nations to control violence which was becoming increasingly associated with organised sports events. Predominantly dealing with football violence, the treaty had relevance for all sports and recognised that the problem was an international one. Article 6, placed specific responsibility on National Sports Organisations to "review their regulations continuously in order to control factors which may lead to outbreaks of violence by players or spectators." An approach which recognised the role and responsibility of the sports controlling bodies. The inclusion of 'players' was recognition of the fact that all violence associated with sport, is not confined to spectators. The high price of failure in modern professional sports is a factor that has led to the decline in sporting behaviour on the football field as well as in other sports. Players dispute every decision by the officials and feign fouls in the hope of gaining advantage by misleading the officials. Psychologists have ...

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