hooligans

Providing a properly licensed and regulated event for soccer hooligans would eliminate the need to commit violence during games, and provide entertainment for the rest of the crowd. Each football team would have its own hooligans - they could even wear special uniforms representing their respective clubs, like the regular players do. The bouts would take place during half-time as soon as the footballers have left the field, with special ice-hockey style barriers erected on the perimeter of the field to contain the action. The hooligans would be unarmed, but a baseball bat would be awarded to the opposing team for each yellow/red card offence committed by the hooligan's team during the football game. The game would last as long as half-time - fifteen minutes - or when a team has managed to kill/maim all of its opponents.