It also true that those who do have poor behavior make most of the noise and therefore attract most of the attention. Easily 95% of the players I've seen this year have displayed good sportsmanship. Of course, they are not the one's drawing the attention of the fans and the officials.
I probably had as many middle school kids say, "Thanks, sir" at the end of a game as I had kids who complained. That's a combination of age and having worked some Christian school games, but there's a lot of good eggs out there, too!
You're not alone on thinking the respect needs to be improved, Rut.
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