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tristan957 t1_ithleq2 wrote

> [P]olice believe those involved in the disturbance were not students, though that information is preliminary.

As a referee for high school and middle school basketball in Texas, y'all really need to act like adults at a children's sporting event. The amount of hate and vitriol night after night is insane.

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Most_Practical t1_ithrd9k wrote

I went to highschool in Missouri. There was police at every game because the parents kept getting into fight. The students never got into fight at the games just the parents.

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fbtcu1998 t1_ithy7tt wrote

SC here. fights weren't uncommon, but it was usually just 3-4 people engaged, and thankfully no shootings. Usually it was kids though from other schools, and younger kids getting heated over playing ball during the game. Don't recall parents ever getting into fights, though some were escorted out for yelling and screaming like a lunatic

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docmedic t1_itjmc4r wrote

What are parents fighting over? Does winning a game affect their kids chances at a scholarship that much?

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HackeySadSack t1_ithwkdz wrote

> The amount of hate and vitriol night after night is insane.

Any stories to share? Curious.

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sentient_love_sock t1_itlu61q wrote

We are having problems staffing youth soccer refs where I’m at because so many parents are losing their shit on them. It’s becoming a real problem and our club has had to start asking parents to go sit in their cars if they can’t behave.

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Meclizine11 t1_itlclrn wrote

This has to fuck with the poor kids' heads, right? Either their performance in the match leads to fights, or thinking fighting is a normal behavior

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docmedic t1_itjm5ot wrote

>The amount of hate and vitriol night after night is insane.

It's OK, guns make for a polite socie... oh.

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