Sports Violence in the Jordanian Soccer Stadiums

The current study aimed to identify the level of sports violence in the Jordanian Soccer stadiums. The study sample consisted of (146) players, referees, administrators, and fans who were randomly selected from the population of the study. The results showed a medium level of violence in the Jordanian football stadiums from the point of view of the study sample and the lack of differences in the views of the study sample regarding the level of sports violence and riots in the Jordanian football stadiums due to the variables of age, educational level, sports rank, and marital status). The study recommended that it is necessary to activate on the role of media in highlight on positive sport events and avoid sports violence and improve qualification of sport referring and benefit from other countries' experiences like Turkey which applied laws and punishments on administrators, referees and players who behave negatively towards others with increasing the number of police in Football Stadiums.