Footballer Killed During Match

[ChillDoubt]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28918021

What is it with football and its propensity for grabbing all the wrong headlines?

[DTCwordfan]

It's not always the fans or the players......

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2316599/Linesman-Musa-Kadyrov-banned-life-attacking-player-Russian-league-game.html

[DTCwordfan]

The conclusion: "Rugby is a game for hooligans played by gentlemen; soccer (football) is a game for gentlemen played by hooligans."

[sp1814]

AOG

Stop...please. Everyone is contributing to the discussion, and you're attempting to create an argument out of thin air.

Back to the point a hand...isn't it odd that football has this reputation?

We have never had a real problem with violence at cricket, athletics, rugby...just football.

[DTCwordfan]

Rugby is not exempt, it must be said - but it is rare. Remember this:

[agchristie]

Firstly, it is a terribly incident to obviously a talented player. Let's hope the authorities can root out who was responsible and that the culprit is severely dealt with.

The sub-question is a difficult one in that football is a hugely popular international game spoilt at so many levels from FIFA down to pitch level. There is corruption, crowd trouble, play acting, blatant cheating, the list is endless...

Too much money and big ego's have damaged what was once the 'beautiful game'...

[jno]

football's probably the only game that's sparked off a war

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War

[jno]

seems people in the crowd get hurt in rugby too, though pyrotechnical overenthusiasm

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/24/new-zealand-australia-rugby-firework-accident