Mob Mentality

In class recently, we have been talking about the mob mentality in certain groups in our communities. I agree with what we have talked about and can see it in our society in many different forms. A popular one that we have talked about has been at sporting events. It is believed that supporting a team is more than just watching the game and cheering but instead adopting the mentality of attacking the opponent's fans. I feel like it has gotten more and more out of hand in the recent years especially with the Brian Stow incident that hit the Bay Area pretty hard because it was a conflict between the Giants and Dodgers fans. Stow's mother brought up a great point that if you had asked the "thugs" who beat him up probably couldn't tell you anything that happened in the game. The purpose of their attendance was to create a problem and attack Giants fans just because they think it is acceptable in these conditions. One question that comes to mind when talking about this is how these people came to the conclusion that causing physical harm to someone for simply not liking the same team you do is completely justified and a socially acceptable thing to do. Do you guys think that there is anything that these teams and stadiums can do to prevent this from happening? It seems that they have added extra security and easy accessibility to those services but nevertheless, there is still fighting and conflicts.