CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by UC Hastings Scholarship Repository (University of California, Hastings College of the Law) Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal Volume 3 | Number 3 Article 4 1-1-1981 Violence in Professional Sports: A Proposal for Self- Regulation Don Eugene-Nolan Gibson Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/ hastings_comm_ent_law_journal Part of the Communications Law Commons, Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Commons, and the Intellectual Property Law Commons Recommended Citation Don Eugene-Nolan Gibson, Violence in Professional Sports: A Proposal for Self-Regulation, 3 Hastings Comm. & Ent. L.J. 425 (1981). Available at: https://repository.uchastings.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol3/iss3/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal by an authorized editor of UC Hastings Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Violence in Professional Sports: A Proposal for Self-Regulation By DON EUGENE-NOLAN GIBsoN* Introduction The trial of professional hockey player Dave Forbes on aggra- vated assault charges focused public and legal attention on the is- sue of violence in professional sports.' Much of the current concern about the level of violence2 in professional sports exists because: (1) professional athletes often serve as role models for children; (2) violence in sports may have adverse effects on other parts of society;" and (3) there has been an alarming increase in the num- ber of injuries suffered by professional athletes.' * Member, Second Year Class, U.C.L.A.