Worst Sports Parents?

[bluehair]

I can't believe that any sport parents (given the opportunity to misbehave) is any worse than another. That is why I like working baseball. I have stopped a game and not allowed it to continue until a forewarned parent is out of sight and earshot. Games are usually much quieter less hostile after. Though the kids aren't asked, I'll bet they enjoy themselves more when mom/dad isn't acting like a tool.

[legend]

Originally Posted by bluehair

I can't believe that any sport parents (given the opportunity to misbehave) is any worse than another. That is why I like working baseball. I have stopped a game and not allowed it to continue until a forewarned parent is out of sight and earshot. Games are usually much quieter less hostile after. Though the kids aren't asked, I'll bet they enjoy themselves more when mom/dad isn't acting like a tool.

Funny that you say that because I can't count the amount of times that during a basketball game (usually during free throws) I can hear the players, in the lane spaces, talking to each other, complaining about their parents yelling, and actually saying that they wished their parents wouldn't come to the games.

[JRutledge]

They all are bad. They are all bad because the same thing motivates them. They think that that yelling makes a difference and they think that someone is screwing their kid on some level. Instead of just just watching and enjoying, they yell and scream. I have seen stupid parents in all sports when they get the opportunity to be heard (in their mind). The fans that are the worse are the Pee Wee fans as they usually know little about the game they are yelling about as their kids have not played very long. But this is the case in every sport. When the kids to go HS usually the stupidity subsides a little as they would sound stupid yelling about minor rules that clearly might not apply the older the kids get.

Peace

[Tom.OH]

When our daughter played soccer a lot of parents yelled because they did not know any rules. Since some knew I worked football games they asked me if it was a good call. While I knew some soccer rules I did not know all of them.

I think the problem with youth football parents (and coaches) is that they yell if they think an NFL or NCAA foul should be called. You know ,that wasn't DPI, the pass was uncatchable or that foul is an automatic first down. I call those rules "as seen on TV" since that is where they get them.

[APG]

Originally Posted by Tom.OH

When our daughter played soccer a lot of parents yelled because they did not know any rules. Since some knew I worked football games they asked me if it was a good call. While I knew some soccer rules I did not know all of them.

I think the problem with youth football parents (and coaches) is that they yell if they think an NFL or NCAA foul should be called. You know ,that wasn't DPI, the pass was uncatchable or that foul is an automatic first down. I call those rules "as seen on TV" since that is where they get them.

I think that's a bigger issue in football...NFHS rules on some things are drastically different from NCAA and the even more so from the NFL. With a sport like basketball...while there are differences between the codes, a majority of the the rules are the same.

[scrounge]

Originally Posted by APG

I think that's a bigger issue in football...NFHS rules on some things are drastically different from NCAA and the even more so from the NFL. With a sport like basketball...while there are differences between the codes, a majority of the the rules are the same.

Indeed....."HE'S OUTSIDE THE POCKET!!". Heard 6 times in high school games this year (admittedly, JV/Freshmen with less experienced coaches).

[APG]

Originally Posted by scrounge

Indeed....."HE'S OUTSIDE THE POCKET!!". Heard 6 times in high school games this year (admittedly, JV/Freshmen with less experienced coaches).

I honestly didn't know there wasn't a pocket under NFHS rules...I played high school football in Texas which means NCAA rules. Then again, when I saw the differences between NFHS and NCAA rules like somehow being able to get called for PI for face guarding w/o contact, I was shocked (and that's just some of the IMO stupid rules/interpretations I think NFHS football has).

[Adam]

The younger the kids, the worse the parents. Just like players learn to play, parents learn to behave at about the same pace.

[APG]

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[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Adam

The younger the kids, the worse the parents. Just like players learn to play, parents learn to behave at about the same pace.

Unfortunately that may be a function not so much of learning to behave, but how much they care. The more they care, the more of them will be there, and, there being a fixed percentage of bad sports in any crowd, the more bad sports will be in attendance. As the kids age, the parents stop turning out. When they get up to a certain age, the crowds may increase from people who care more about the game than they do about the players, which probably diminishes the fraction of bad sports.