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 **__Sports and Violence__**  News reports portray athletes as a whole group committing crimes. Whether they act individually or in a group of other athletes, they still commit the crimes. But why is the crime rate high amongst athletes? What types of pressures do they face in order to cause these behaviors? Do they do it to get a name for themselves? No one really understands the reasoning behind the crimes athletes commit. They seem to have it all, yet they end up doing such horrible things. This website will bring together some of the sources that are out there on this topic. Although these are not all of the sources that are out there, it will help point you in the right direction. From there you should be able to find answers to all the questions you want to know.

I chose to compile websites about sports and violence because I find it to be extremely alarming. These athletes are looked up to by children of all ages. If they see their “heroes” committing heinous crimes and see them being acquitted of charges, then they will think that it’s okay to commit crimes. I believe that athletes are good people to look up to, however, when they do violent acts they need to be treated the same way as everyone else. As a high school athlete, who is going on to play in college, I find this topic very near to my heart. These professional athletes need to clean up their act. This site will give you some of the best sites that are out there on the subject. And it will hopefully cause you to make some change in the world of sports.

On the site the sources are split into different categories. Each category has a couple sources that will give you different answers to the questions you want to know. Some of them will talk about the topic at a broader sense. They talk about how society affects the athletes. While others give examples of specific athletes who have committed crimes. Both of these are useful in putting together a valid argument. I put a lot of thought into how each article on this site can help a researcher navigate his or her way through this topic. All the articles that are found have a description that go along with them. And an explanation as to why I thought they were useful.

I hope you find what you are looking for and make your research the best that it can be. These sites should help get you on your way to making a great argument as to why athletes need to clean up their acts. I want this site to be used to help you the writer persuade people that athletes who commit crimes should not be treated differently than if average Joe committed the crime. Everyone should be tried in the same way for committing violent crimes. These sites will help you get started. But use other ones and start getting the word out. Criminals are criminals no matter who they are.