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Why do US sports fans vandalise instead of assault when they riot and why after a win and not a loss?
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Fri, Feb 9, 2018 · 09:50 PM
Philadelphia
FIRES in the streets. Smashed windows. Flipped cars. Light poles toppled by alcohol-fuelled crowds. Philadelphia awoke on the morning after the triumph of Super Bowl Sunday to a city in disarray and this vexing question: What is it about sports that makes fans riot? Why do fans care so intensely about their teams? What is going on in their brains after a win or loss? What circumstances make a riot more likely?
For years, psychologists and sociologists studied this phenomenon of sports fan violence and have found some interesting answers.
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