When did this happen?

[JRutledge]

I was quitely telling a coach tonite about his star player and his mouth. I was saying this to the head coach and one of his silly assistant's had the nerve to say to me, "you show him respect too."

When did kids deserve respect? When did a 16 year old deserve respect from an adult more than 10 years (and many that are here more than 10 years by far ) deserve respect. Especially if he is like most, that do not pay rent, do not own a car and definetly in most cases commit certain crimes will have it stricken from their record after they get 18. Did someone not send me a memo? When did kids over 10 years my junior, become so important that adults feel that basically children under the law can talk to me as an adult, let alone an official any kind of way?

When I was a kid, my mother would have dragged my behind off the court herself if I even looked at an adult with the wrong intent. Now these kids think they are in the pros and that because they are the star (who cares if your name is in the paper) and you think someone owes you something.

We have gone waaaayyy to far with this. I am not any of the player's peer last time I checked. I cannot even relate to many younger people that are in their early 20s and I am not 30 yet. And I am going to have to listen to some snot nosed kid and show him some respect because all he has done in life is play the same sport I did over 10 years ago (better than me I might add, but I was not 6'2 either) and has yet to go to college. And considering all the so-called great players that go to college and never finish, I am not personally impressed. But then again, I do not get impressed by athletic endeavors either.

But maybe it is just me.

Peace