Back in my day, a good schoolyard fight could have as many as 25-30 viewers. There was hooting and hollering and those who didn’t get to see it were told about it the next day at break time.
Today, that same fight is being posted on YouTube, and most are getting thousands of viewers. When your schoolyard brawl video is viewed by an audience the size of your average NBA game (bad example? 
), there’s a greater incentive to go for that extra face punch when you know the cameras are rolling.
How many of these schoolyard fights are taking place SOLELY for the online fame and glory that comes with it?
A quick YouTube search for school yard fight shows just a small sample of what’s available for viewing online.
Here’s the source article – A schoolyard fight involving 20 kids at Cumberland High School in Syndey, Australia. Here’s news coverage of the video.