re: 8U youth football coaches throws hands with the refs

There are several not so subtle racial hints in the comments, but I can personally attest this behavior is not limited to any particular race. I helped coach my elementary school aged daughter's basketball team. There was a game where one of our girls got elbowed in the face by one of the girls on the other team. It didn't look particularly intentional or vicious, but our girl goes down crying (which was about a once per game event...for various reasons). Her dad runs on the court from the stands and starts yelling at the opposing coach as if he told his kid to elbow our girl. The girl who threw the elbow starts crying because she's scared at this adult who is seemingly yelling at her. Opposing coach, trying to protect his kid, starts yelling at the dad. They get close to coming to blows. As I'm trying to separate these knuckleheads I see one of our coaches challenging someone in the stands to a fight. Then a grandma of one of our players, who is not even involved in this, runs onto the court to yell at the opposing coach. ALL while the little girls on both teams are scared and confused at what is happening. These were ALL upper middle white people.

Another time I'm at a 5th grade football game watching my daughter cheer. Player on our team, who is up big in the game at this point, hits an opposing player hard. It was a clean hit, but a hard it. Kid on the other team goes down hurt (probably just go the wind knocked out of him). Opposing coach comes running out to check on his player and is screaming at out team's coaches about "targeting" (as if there is going to be some video review in middle school football) and challenging the HC to a fight after the game. The some dumbass in the crowd for the opposing team starts yelling at our coaches/players and begins walking down towards the bench as if he is going to fight one of our coaches....while his wife is trying to tell this idiot to sit down. Again. Upper middle class white people.

The parents are absurd. I got hit so hard one time playing 6th grade football I'm pretty sure I had a concussion...though no one really looked for those then. My dad didn't want to fight the opposing coach. He just called me a pussy.