Youth league games

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by dave30
Then the problem will escalate as those fans start jumping on the tournament directors who need the teams for the revenue, etc..

This is a big part of the problem. TD's won't crack down because they need the money.

But the other half of the equation is the parents who have what I call the "Lisa Leslie Complex". I think professional psychiatrists call it Little League Syndrome.

When my daughter was playing youth stuff, she was getting onto higher and higher level teams, because she was, well, (modest cough here) very good. At one level, we finally told the coach that if he got one more T, we'd remove our daughter from his team. It was simply pathetic to see the girls (especially his own daughter) parenting the coach. We didn't return to him the next year. Other parents wouldn't complain because they thought this guy could get their girls moved up.

In fact, there was one coach here who...

oh, dear you pushed my buttons. Anyway, you get the idea.