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Old Wed Aug 03, 2005, 01:25pm
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It was in a football game - 7-8 year olds (tackle). Fans are allowed to roam pretty much freely until the 20 yard line. After a relatively normal play, I'm the LJ, and some lady behind me screams, "You can't let him do that!!! Call something!!!"

Me, thinking I'd missed something (3 officials, 22 kids... it happens), made sure I was watching the linemen on the next play. The guard got knocked back on his butt by the DL. Same lady, "Can't you SEE that!!!! He just knocked my kid over!!!!"

I have to try really hard to restrain myself from saying something sarcastic to her, when the coach says, "Ma'am, it's football!" I see the referee trying hard not to laugh at her too.
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