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6byfour t1_j9afl0t wrote

Reply to comment by Yourbubblestink in What’s killing high school athletics? I think it’s AAU. by Parrothead1970

Odd that you’d single out the fathers. My son was on a total of around 50 teams from 4 years old to college and there was no difference between genders when it came to parent drama. Mouthy moms putting booze in their coffee cups at 9 AM in the rink parking lot were lots of fun.

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Yourbubblestink t1_j9aofao wrote

The fathers were the loudest yellers. Sometimes they were too many of them in the dugout with the children, and the ump had to order some out. Others got into arguments over balls and strikes. I once watched the father at a Little League game meltdown because the bat one of the children was using was 2 ounces too heavy for regulation.

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6byfour t1_j9atseu wrote

You’re talking about coaches. I’m talking about spectators.I’ve seen far worse behavior from the stands than from the bench, though I could write a book about both

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Yourbubblestink t1_j9axt7d wrote

I didn’t realize until I was a parent myself, how much other adults make having children about them selves instead of about their children. It’s really gross.

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