Key Q Rivalry

• what are the policing cost every year for football matches

  £15 million
• what was the statistic for a paramedic?

  one paramedic per 1000-2000 fans
• how many supporters get injured a year at football games?

  nearly 2000 every year
• what does the injuries create for the NHS

  significant costs for the NHS
• what are all the A01 important for society?

  the tax money could be spent on other forms for the community like education or construction on roads
• what does the arena try to do to prevent injuries at games?

  1. searches on arrival
  2. banning items
  3. flagging known trouble makers - banning them
  4. segregate opposing fans
• what was the campaig to stop injuries and prejudice?

  kick it out
• how can realistic conflict theory be applied for this

  competition and limited resources sparks the hostility and rivalry as only one team can win the league/championship
• why is realistic conflict theory relevant for evaluation?

  we can reduce the hostility by introducing superordinate goals between teams - playing in an international game
• who worked together on the kick it out campaign?

  Rio Ferdinand (Man Untied) and Michah Richards (Man City)
• what is the problem with realistic conflict theory supporting this?

  some teams don't have competition but still have prejudice e.g Telford and Shrewsbury
• social identity evaluation:

  social categorisation is what is needed for hostility with no competition. 'we won' (Cialdini)
• what does the 'we won' demonstrate?

  social and personal identity
• what do opposing football teams supports show?

  in-group favouritism and negative out-group bias