Fanatics in stadiums describe them as a "campaign of the brigade of ignorance", and others see fanaticism as an excessive affiliation that is not spoiled by the difference in the color of the soccer jersey. However, psychologist Dr. Nawaf Al-Harthi describes intolerance as "exaggerated interaction and unification with a specific club or person, regardless of whether Right or otherwise, and defend it and exaggerate in merging with him until the matter reaches an impact on his social life, disagreeing with others, to start problems and disagreements and accusing others, and a person may merge with the club to leave his interests in exchange for being present to support his team. According to Al-Harithi, intolerance is divided into 3 (heredity, imitation, affirmation), and there is a dangerous aspect that is widely spread among society, as some analysts intentionally ignite the fuse of intolerance with harmful bias, and the subjective opinion calls for intervention to stop them and prevent them from starting the fire. And he overcame the personality of the hereditary mathematical fanatic - says Al-Harithi - opinions are sharp, violent and angry, and this is part of the general behavior of character formation and hereditary personality traits such as that the father is sharp and his children come on the same character. Youth, as a person begins with imitation, intolerance may be in childhood and change with youth to the old stage, and interest in intolerance changes in advanced stages in the event that affiliations other than sports arise, and the third section, according to the psychologist Al-Harithi, is the assertion. Community circles and have an influence on others according to their social position. It is imperative to spread awareness and advice not to submit to those inciting intolerance.
Regarding the personal characteristics of intolerance, Al-Harthi says that the fanatic has a bold and coherent personality that does not change her ideas and is not convinced of what others put forward. Knowledge and knowledge reduce intolerance, so the more knowledge, the less intolerance. And fanatics among the analysts and the media are a reason for the spread of intolerance.
Professor of psychological counseling at Taif University, Professor Ghaleb Al-Mashikhi, reviewed the psychological motivation behind football fanaticism, and said that it is due to the state of anxiety, psychological pressure, tension, wrong interpretation of the actions of others, outbursts of anger, frequent controversy, objection and psychological conflict, and sometimes it may reach the point of obsession due to the influence of sports media and analysts on sports channels And directing them to the behavior of the sports public, as some of them deliberately stirred public opinion towards the competing clubs of their teams and try to reduce them, overcharge the crowd, exaggerate events, show extremist views on both sides, stir up inflammatory feelings and impulsive emotions, and falsify facts among the audience, which negatively affects the audience and deepens the intensity of intolerance.
And he cited the Presbyterian, for example, by preparing scenarios from the sports program’s author, hosting two personalities with contradictory opinions and ideas, and trying to provoke conflict and division between them in order to promote the program, and there are also some analysts trying to stir up public opinion in order to obtain a number of followers and promote them despite their weak capabilities and their superficial culture in the field. The athlete.
The Presbyterian suggests the importance of promoting sports awareness to reject fanaticism and requesting club presidents and media centers spokesmen in clubs to hold open meetings to direct fans to stay away from fanaticism and clarify the true meanings of honest competition and activate the positive role in the media with all its means, and to define a list to preserve the general sporting taste and impose a penalty for each violation, whether who raises Intolerance and abuse of any club, player, or sports official, or the destruction of sports property, and excluding any media person who tries to stir up discord and discord between clubs.
