Assessing Sports Risk and Security Management Practices in New Mexico High School Athletics

By John Miller, Ph.D. and Todd L. Seidler, Ph.D. The 2020 high school football season has kicked-off in various areas of the country with a very different look and security concerns. However, aggressive (sometimes violent) behaviors have continued to occur among fans attending high school sports contests even with the spread of COVID-19. Examples of misbehaviors at high school games in the last two years include a person in Kansas, dying after being shot while attending a youth football game