ABSTRACT
In the mirror of what is observable in modern sports, that it has been from nineteenth century that 'not only has "contemporary sport" not always pacified, but rather has increased violence; violence towards others, with others, violence towards oneself, symbolic violence or actual violence'. Sports may contribute to the 'civilising process' and to the control of violence in society. While Norbert Elias takes the long-term view to justify the regular progressive decrease in violence on which he bases, in part, his 'civilising process' he rejects it for the genesis of modern sports. Modern sports play a role in the control and self-control of violence implies clearly defining what type of violence is taken into account, something that Elias never really does. According to the various criteria described in this chapter, sport cannot have the function of controlling violence. Sport is violence imposed on oneself, against oneself, against others.
