ASSESSMENT OF HIGH DEATH RATE AMONG FOOTBALL MATCH VIEWERS: THE ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR’S PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

This study assessed Islamic religious scholars’ perspective on the high rate of death among football match viewers. The study sample was 200 wards in Ilorin Emirate, Nigeria. Structural questionnaire was used to gather data and was analysed using mean and standard deviation. Finding revealed that the impact of watching football matches on youths and adults’ psychological, economic and health stability is high. It is therefore recommended that special sensitization programmes should be organized to ameliorate the incident.