German goalkeeper Robert Enke recently commited suicide. He was suffering from depression associated with the pressures of football and “the fear of failure.” As we have learned in this course, football is followed with extreme, sometimes fanatical passion, especially on the international level. However, while a player can become a national hero by performing well on the pitch, he can also become a national scapegoat and an object of intense derision. Clearly, there is a indescribable amount of pressure on these athletes, which is handled better by some than others. Given this incident, at what point does the passion exuded by football fans become terrible acts of malice?
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