Abstract: Sport violence seems as a twin flower. On one hand, it injects competitive sports with release and freedom, which turns out to be the charm of competitive sports. But on the other hand, the unlimited violence behaviors push competitive sports to both moral and legal edge. The perspective of traditional law usually puts us in a dilemma of determining whether sports violence constitutes a crime. However, if we make use of the concept of sociology, such as field and habitus, and combine the characteristics of criminal law and competitive sports, the problem can be solved dexterously.

Key words: sports violence, field, habitus, competitive rule