Rzeszów's unorthodox way of trying to counter football hooliganism

The Mayor of Rzeszów, Tadeusz Ferenc, has ordered school principals to show their pupils films with fights of football fans in stadiums hoping that, in this way, he will discourage the youths from becoming involved with such hooligans. "The problem does not only affect Poland and no effective solution has been found so far to fight this kind of behavior," said Ferenc. Meanwhile, school principals coupled with psychologists are skeptical about the idea. They fear that the films may bring a contrary result to the one envisaged and trigger similar behavior. "Mr Ferenc is famous for odd ideas and his fantasies ought to be verified," said one of Rzeszów's secondary school principals. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.Z.