re: Father of kid demands that Big Baby apologize

That angle is terrible. He tried not to knock the ref over and was (very slightly) off balance. The arm that went on the kid was just a stabalizer. A small push from a 300 pounder to a kid who isn't expecting it will always look bad.

FWIW running up and down the sidelines gets agravating even in high school settings such as playoffs or big district games where there are a shite ton of students on the "court/sideline" coming from a referee perspective. The players on the bench are even only able to stand up for a moment of non-premeditated celebration