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Another search of Google News provided a Match Report from the game I commended on yesterday.
Apparently coaches and players are confirming a theat against the referees. I once had an Athletic Director tell me, after ejecting a coach (who, like in this game, recieved his second yellow card), "I"ve told him before: I don't care how bad the officiating is, once you get a yellow card, you shut up." Words to live by, coach.
In a different vien altogether (well no, not really) a San Antonio columnist agrees with me that more parents are getting out of control. Their battlefield are phone calls from these insane people: "Most such managers would rather be a tackling dummy at a Bill Parcells training camp than take one of those phone calls." No real new information (just a different point-of-view), but a nice read nonetheless.
Apparently dealing with adult problems at youth games is a hot topic in Texas, as I also found another article on parent abuse at kid's sporting events - this time on the kids themselves. Maybe I didn't notice as much the first two years because I was more worried about not screwing up, but this last year I noticed more kids imploring their parents to quiet down. What does that tell you, Mom and Dad?
Breaking away from from parents, but sticking to violence, I find this article awfully disheartening. Let's break it down to the basics: Referee officiated a school soccer game in Ghana. Referee blew the whistle to announce a good goal. Two adult fans of the opponents came out and attacked him until rescued by some teachers. Said fans were arrested, pled guilty, and were fined 1M Cedis (just under $113 according to The Bank of Canada). What did the referee recieve (who documented the injuries from medical facilities? Nothing. And I wonder why all the African papers keep whining about the poor officials.
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