As a longtime sports fan I have never once felt any desire to set fire to anything or generally cause property damage when my teams lose. I know people who poin

As a longtime sports fan I have never once felt any desire to set fire to anything or generally cause property damage when my teams lose. I know people who point to this sort of behavior and act as though it's endemic. When you take large groups of people and add alcohol, a small subset of them will want to destroy things. It's human nature. Sports usually has large groups of people and usually has alcohol nearby. For these people it's a very convenient catalyst but I don't believe it is the root cause.