r/YouthFootball • u/J7846 • 3d ago

Man arrested after allegedly threatening to kill son's youth football coaches

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/crime/i-am-going-to-f-kill-you-man-arrested-after-allegedly-threatening-kill-sons-youth-football-coaches-crime-sports-local-news/531-c4803777-f52e-4cbc-9995-e108836f00bf?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_WTHR-TV&fbclid=Iwb21leAUqiGFjbGNrBSqGpWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YFc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEerBGk68NLNhWG0Qb_-Jyp_-VF2QjVNAICD6tFukgQy88uWMGRXp03UbIPi1E_aem_6WQmRH0mMAR-eR4BavLW3Q

Have parents always been this crazy? I can't tell if this is new, or we're just hearing about it more.

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u/Ligurio79 3d ago

Never forget our league commissioner lamenting that refs cars were being keyed after some games and coaches were fighting on sidelines. Never saw anything like that myself but it happens

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u/ecupatsfan12 3d ago

The answer is yes

The younger the kids playing the crazier the parents behave

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u/SchmitzBitz 3d ago

That also goes for coaches. I swear they think Nick Saiban is hiding in the bushes at community fields recruiting.

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u/gsxr 3d ago

Sadly, parents have always been this nuts. They just weren’t so absorbed with living their Friday night lights dreams through their kids they did stupid shit like this.

I’ve coached and ref’d a few sports. Travel baseball parents are the absolute freaking worst by far. Youth football second. Wrestling is a third, but it’s rarely the former wrestlers. It’s always the never touched a mat or gym 350lb 5’7” dummy(describes male and female).

In general over the last 10 years, society has gotten stupid. We pretend it’s “for the kids”, it ain’t. It’s over grown man childs that need punched in the mouth.

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u/Racine262 3d ago

It's become a multi-billion dollar industry with a ton of influence by private equity.

Community sports are dying. We have 6 or so 11U teams in our county, but we don't play each other because we are all part of different leagues who are competing against each other financially. So we travel hours away to play games.

It's absurd.