Adults are ruining youth sports — phony cries of ‘racism’ at Little League World Series are only the latest offense
nypost.comtried to brand the Davenport, Iowa, Little League team as a bunch of racists, during what should have been one of the happiest times of their lives, I was reminded of something my late father used to say about youth sports, “It’s the adults who ruin it all.”My dad pretty much had a Ph.D.
on the subject, coaching basketball at our Catholic grammar school, and officiating football from the Pop Warner level to Division II college.
He ran the local program to teach football officials, and for more than 20 years, he stood on the sideline, watching his own three children play basketball, baseball, soccer and football.
Of course, my father was talking about a small percentage of the grown-ups, but when they do it, they do it up big. Poor behavior on the playing field by people who are old enough to know better has become a national epidemic.
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