Soccer Parents Storm Field, Beat Ref
Thanks to PBB’s new partner in blog crime, News of Doom, for this disturbing yet darkly humorous story about Canadian soccer parents gone wild. I needed to venture away today from the stories about death and abuse, and crazed Montreal suburbanites are just what the doctor ordered. The story concerns poor referee Alexi Tsasack, who drew parental ire when he gave a penalty card that benched the best player for Rosemont-Petite Patrie during an under-11 soccer match. Three Rosemont parents decided to show their displeasure by attacking the ref from behind. When a parent for a kid on the opposing Notre Dame de Grace team tried to call the police, a fourth Rosemont parent punched his lights out. When that team’s coach tried to rush to the dad’s defense, three other Rosemont parents jumped him.
The Rosemont coached denied this version of events, insisting that only one Rosemont parent attacked while the others rushed to Tsasack defense. Tsasack says the coach is full of shit. Fortunately, a Notre Dame de Grace mother caught the whole thing on a videotape which was seized by police, so the truth will out.
Officials for the Association Regionale de Soccer Concordia, the league in which the teams play, insisted they would mete out swift and severe punishments to anyone involved. Rest assured that PBB will publish the list of the culprits once it is made public. If there’s anything that demands induction into the Parenting Hall of Shame, it’s beating the shit out of a man over a pre-adolescent soccer match.
And a special place in hell goes to the parents of the player who thought that blatantly tripping an opposing player was an exercise in sportsmanship - which is what set this whole mess into motion. Great work, mom and dad. I’m sure your son has a bright future ahead of him…until the grand jury hands down his indictments on extortion and securities fraud.
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1 opinion for Soccer Parents Storm Field, Beat Ref
momma2mingbu
Sep 7, 2005 at 12:25 pm
Wow. Way to be a great role model for your kids people. Way to teach your kids about sportsmanship. And now the poor kids will probably end up suffering for it too once the punishments are handed out to the idiotic parents.