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Basketball is bad for that. Near the end of the season, one of the parents from my son's 8th grade team left the stands, stood at the edge of the court, and berated the ref for a missed trip of his son that no one else saw. He ended his tirade by saying, "Maybe if you lost 50 lbs you could keep up with the action." He was tossed and banned for the remainder of the tournament. As an administrator of the district, I felt the need to apologize to the ref for our fans behavior. The ref admitted he has dealt with the guy before. "He seems nice enough, but he just goes from zero to stupid in no time."
Son now starts AAU tournaments next weekend. I am dreading those. Worst of the worst parents are involved. They'll just make fun of the other team's kids, slam the ref, and just act like all around assholes.
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