Wouldn't it be great if MMA became a college sport?

Personally i think it would be crazy. Honestly i love MMA and i have trained some MMA but one of the things that ruins MMA is the college aged males that compete (train) in it. They tend to get a huge ego and think they are better than everyone, they still are not emotionally and mentally mature enough and its basically like giving a child a gun to play with.

Every single day i have to deal with MMA fanboys and trust me MMA has a lot to answer for. I quite like the sport but the establishments of gyms all over the world to teach people how to hurt people without teaching them to show respect is fraught with danger. You can be a complete and utter psychopath and a MMA gym would still train you. where as traditionally a martial art academy would have turned you away.

Teaching MMA to young testoterone filled males on an ego trip in a place like college? that has disaster written all over it.

LOOK at the answer above and that adds weight to the stupidity that i have highlighted here

Shaeeck and Pugpaws got it right. I wish ID10TS like KW and a few others would read these statements. Mainly when it comes to MMA. All they teach is a bunch of techniques and have no idea what they are doing or teaching. It is just the flavor of the month so to speak. TKD went thru this after the Olympics. Karate went thru this from the original Karate Kid movie. BJJ/MMA is getting a bad rap for the same reasons. And they wonder why a technique doesn't work or why they don't understand certain principles and physics involved.

Worst possible thing that could happen. Karate was a life protection art. Deadly when yused as it was created. They put it into the grade school system as P.E.. They had to change the way the punching was done and eliminate other things to make is safe enough for the students. Look at the state of Karate that is now common. Much has been lost or intentionally left out. It has done nothing good for Karate as a whole. Taekwondo was already being prostituted for money in many places. Then it was added to the Olympics. Look what damage it has done because of that. MMA schools and instructors are popping up like mushrooms. some are good and taught by people that at least know what they are doing. Many are nothing but rip offs. So this is not a comment for or against any type of martial arts. It is clear that any martial art that is put into the school system has to be limited in what is allowed for liability reasons. It ruins the martial arts by further watering down what has already been damaged in many places. Nothing good can come from that.

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it would be awesome if it became a mandatory exercise in all schools. everyone will be fighters