Violence in Football

Admins, Could you please multiboard this, thanks.

But what is the deal with violence in football nowadays? We've gone from racism, to diving and now to violence in football grounds.

I understand, years back now in the 70's/80's up until the 00's, none of this would have been talked about as it would have been seen a form of being a fan, which I haven't agreed with since I've followed football, but, as the game has evolved now, football has been getting softer and softer all together.

But, because it's a talking point in today's game, I feel it's a situation that needs addressing. What is the need for it? These sorts of incidents is not a good influence on the younger generation of football fans or even the next generation that you may be talking about with children, grandchildren etc.

Some recent examples.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25293305

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25274432

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24942307

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24603580

Some concerns.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25197677

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25183301

There are obviously more examples in the British game as well. Aston Villa against Tottenham is a clear example, luckily, the assistant referee wasn't injured in that incident. But, these growing concerns need to be made more aware about the use of smoke bombs and flares as well as damage to other clubs property. It's not on.

There will always be problems in football. Always. It will never be a perfect game. But, there are still some undiscovered acts that need to be dealt with. Something natural such as diving or soft tackles, red cards etc that link to the match itself, fine, I like them talking points as they are actually about the match. These acts from fans just puts me off going to grounds nowadays because I do not know how safe/unsafe the ground is, it also encourages the use of them as well.

I'm happy with the general talking points (as stated above) fouls, wrong decisions etc. But fans go to football matches for banter, watch a 90 minute game of football and to enjoy their experiences among other fellow supporters as well as there to suppose there own team. But these incidents are so easily avoidable and need to be cut out of the game as soon as possible.

Thoughts?