Insane Parent Faces the Consequences After Assaulting Referee

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After getting assaulted on camera at a children's wrestling tournament, referee and TikToker Speed Turtle shared his side of the story and gave a brilliant breakdown on the dire state of modern day refereeing. Rick Strom breaks it down. Give us your thoughts in the comments below!
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[@basengelblik5199]

To assault someone in a environment with a high percentage of wrestlers is proof of a complete lack of intelligence and capability for risk assessment.

[@mbrum3230]

Dear parents...ur kid aint special. And neither are you.

[@heidistonebraker7380]

Some men are just too emotional to be in public spaces. This terrible father is a perfect example.

[@rodwallace6237]

And everybody forgets there are at least three people with their phones out taking in all in. Content! Footage! Guilty!

[@joshfrench5858]

Snowflake I believe they call them

[@ChelleLlewes]

It's time to ban parents from schools altogether.

[@charlesfaure1189]

The kid was attempting to injure his opponent. Kids learn that at home.

[@kristinl.3463]

How could you do this to your child? The embarrassment you are causing him is astounding. Made it all about you.

[@chrisdonovan8795]

I've taught PE in NYC for 28 years. I instruct at a Judo school in my spare time. I don't see this level of disrespect in Judo, but the rabid attitude of Americans and popular sports is insane. I suppose you can blame money. Sports are meant to be for recreation. Sports are meant to improve health. Sports are meant to provide a path to confidence and to build character. These are the wholesome rewards. As soon as it becomes a path to money, it's tainted to some degree.

[@user-df3jq5tr8c]

Typical school yard bully. Now a bigger bully. I can’t call him an adult because he has not grown up yet. He is not going to stop. He’s just going to keep ruining his kids life. Very sad.

[@CanadianSmoke]

The son fights dirty... the father fights dirty... what a surprise.

[@nsbd90now]

Republican family values.

[@joemadda]

Bet he was most outraged because his kid was losing to a black kid.

[@4014Thugsy]

Not only was the parent out of line. And assault. What a horrible example of a human

[@coachfun1987]

After 27 years of coaching two high school sports, I began officiating lacrosse four years ago. I quit after the season a few weeks ago. The abuse by coaches, parents, and players isn't worth it.

[@marih3286]

The Hammond kid should be kicked off the team permanently. He was cheating and his father was enabling his cheating...

[@fromthebay6681]

Notice the years that this started spiking was at the beginning of the Trump administration.

[@Yallhatethetruth]

Exactly

[@Saturnia2014]

Trump told his base that it's okay to be racist, violent, incestuous, and vile.

[@everythingisconnected7932]

This is how America has always been.

[@alolkoydesigns]

"Potentially dangerous hold" is a VERY common call in wrestling. It protects wrestlers from serious injury

[@tylerrichlen3286]

This is what happens when failures are allowed to have kids and then pin their vicarious dreams on their child's sporting career.

[@dianebristow9386]

OMG…THIS👆🏻

[@joemadda]

A hateful person raised by hateful people raising a hateful person.

[@damonin]

fake tough guy pushing some one from behind.

[@dustymcdust825]

I played football and I wrestled. I would never forgive my dad if he had done this.

[@mike5556]

Long time PA official here. I would have made the EXACT same call! Potentially dangerous. No penalty, no harm....just stopping a potential danger. Parents should be barred forever.

[@MrGuanYu1]

Exactly. And to the other commenters saying he was cheating using that move, if the official didn't call it illegal I don't think it was intentional and thus not cheating. That's a take (that the kid was cheating) that annoys me.

[@lindasimons691]

The kid and parent should no longer be permitted to join in reindeer games any more.

[@tonydagostino6158]

When I coached Little League, I drafted a ballplayer who's Mom had a bad reputation as an ump-abuser. I asked her to be my official scorekeeper, thinking that giving her a true responsibility for the team would keep her in line. But no, during THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON, she harassed and berated the home plate ump so much, and in such vile language, I had to ask her to leave the complex. It was an awful situation and her son was so embarrassed and ashamed of his Mom's actions

[@HawksDiesel]

The coward ran outa the state!?!?! What a prime example to set for your kid...talk about not owning up to your actions.

[@cosmo2852]

Yeah...well what can you expect from these usual suspect thugs.

[@lebrewski3103]

IF, and a big IF there, the competition were inter state, he was probably only going back home. Still fled the crime scene tho.

[@countsd1]

This dude should be banned from all his son's sporting events in the future. He was clearly released from prison too soon.

[@SigFigNewton]

Or kept in prison for too long. That fks people up

[@KateyWatson]

The kid thought it was okay to cheat, wonder where he learned that....

[@rodwallace6237]

And he did it in such a way it was barely visible. I watched a lot of HS wrestling and never heard of this rule. Makes sense. Bet it is missed a lot.

[@nickgoesvestmode]

The kid was doing a bush league move, twisting his opponent's leg, when his dad came out and showed us clearly where he gets it from.

[@tucosalamanca5648]

Back in 1995 California CIF put into Law that if you assault a referee it will be a felony physical assault!! Every coach in the state of California had to sign off in order to be allowed to coach ..We all had to sign this to coach in California!!

[@njw5869]

Even if ref or ump makes a wrong call , these parents have NO right to attack these people !

[@MrStaybrown]

Props to ref. Knee injuries can last a lifetime.

[@raymondkymsuttle]

The absurdity of getting THAT uptight over ANY sports match. It’s JUST a sport. I guarantee he’s a bully to his son too.

[@jo-annegawley5027]

ONCE AGAIN!!!......A Black Woman comes to the Aid FIRST. Black Women are the strength of THE WORLD.

[@Aikidragon_Prime]

She was probably the winning kids mother.

[@Deezcutz2024]

🤣🤣🤣 They're actually the world's biggest problems

[@user-rz5di8fv9x]

*😋 We love women We love women 😋 😂😂😂*

[@Eileen064]

I said that that guy must me a m a g an and they deleted my comment. Apparently we can’t call them out without this channel getting their feelings hurt.

[@Deezcutz2024]

@@Eileen064 welcome to what you had a hand in creating.. that's what yall voted in babe

[@ranman6896]

Who do these parents think they are, these parents who can't stand to see their precious ones get corrected.

[@srednivashtar4762]

I watched the disintegration of parent behavior personally. My husband coached my son and daughter’s AySO teams for years. Daughter eventually made ODP, so it got very intense. AY had its moments, but by the time she was moving to a regional team, my husband bought himself a tiny pink beach chair. He called it his “cool out” chair, and he’d coach from sitting in it because parents would be harassing him constantly “Why haven’t you put Lindsay in” and “Didn’t you see that foul?” But the move to her first elite team was caaraazy. Dad’s were cussing, mother’s screaming like fishmonger’s wives, Dad’s were throwing chairs and KICKING TREES. I wanted her to quit that day. Parents would scream invective at my daughter all the time. I remember one time two men and a woman were screaming at her that she was faking injury (she’d been closelined by a defender). “Get the f up1 There’s nothing wrong with you.” I dropped my camera and started across the field. My kid stood up, looked at them and said, “You realize I’m 14 years old, right?” They shut up, thus saving me from a triple homicide charge.

[@willieverusethis]

They should not have games with fewer officials. They should cancel games and send out an email to all parents that the game was cancelled because of parent behavior.

[@davidthomas5035]

Such a tough guy. Sneaks up from behind like a coward.

[@BurtDavis]

I learned the hard way. In my early teens, at a "for fun" softball game. I was playing at 2nd base, and the 1st base runner jumped and came down on my leg (breaking it). I found out later that this is a way to take out a player. From then on, I avoided any contact sports, even though I've been highly athletic all my life. I've noticed the increase in hyper competitiveness in almost all sports to the point that cheating is accepted as long as you can get away with it. I've never understood that mentality.

[@DrPhillGoode]

The actions of the father explains why the son was making illegal moves to "win!"

[@katherinea.rodgers8366]

My grandson played baseball from the time he was 4 years old. He played though high school. Not one parent EVER was rude to the refs! We cheered both teams. What is wrong with people who are so hateful??

[@luisalvarez2754]

Assaults the referee and then flees the state. Such a big man he is.

[@drknow608]

Parents without respect for society are " bringing up" the next generation: it's a me,me,me and maybe my family attitude that is entirely destructive.

[@erichoppe8228]

MAGA is a curse on America! Vote Blue, rescue America and American sports!!!

[@Wynner69]

All that energy Hammond exerted in pushing someone, then running away to avoid punishment is cowardly. His son should be ashamed of him.

[@ChristieD325]

These parents are getting too damn emotional these days, stay home if you can’t handle school or sports officials talking to your kids.

[@monicasmith7050]

How many times do we have to see grown men breaking the law, because they are angry with accountability

[@thedrunksaiyan2227]

Mr Hammond looks like he's probably been a bully his entire life

[@MrStaybrown]

Naw. He was bullied, and now he's on steroids.

[@paulnance8670]

As a FORMER youth soccer referee i can explain why there are no explanations afterwards. Police would be required. Those who are angered just want to be offensive and loud and often violent. The ones who actually want to understand are shouted over and pushed aside. Comments when the home team, after losing. (I live there) " You just don't care who wins!" (Head of the coaches org.) Me answering that," I don't get paid much, but that is why they pay me". Losing team once brought an actual English Woman to watch because I was so terrible. I heard over the crowd, English accent," Shut up! He knows what he's doing!" Bless That English Woman. And with me it wasn't the physical threats, it was the legal threats, that got me to stop.

[@user-ev1gb6de4j]

Kudos for the parents that jumped in to help the referee

[@hereitis.2587]

Sportsmanship conduct is the number one lesson with sports for children. Shake those hands after and congratulate the winners.

[@chrisjames3087]

My wife and I quit reffing soccer games over insane parents like this. The kids are great, it's the so-called adults that sucked.

[@NoNotMe0000]

61 yr old man. Seen quite a bit in my time. I can tell you, in this day and age, it's the absolute worst time to be a cop, security guard, referee, public contest judge, cashier, loss prevention, hwy patrol, etc. Now were starting to see fast food workers, Ubers, ushers, hosts, delivery drivers, teachers, life-guards, schools, etc. I don't envy this new generation at all. In fact, I wish everyone the best. Sad that it's hard to be a good person anymore. Family, friends, employment, holidays, gatherings, kids, celebration of life! Please everyone live and let live.😌

[@Gary-And-His-Demons]

I remember when sports used to be fun, you know, friendly competition, and all?!?? What a great "lesson" to teach your son!!! He was acting more childish than any of the ACTUAL children in the building!!!

Endangerment of a minor as well. He pushed the ref into the kid.

[@bbonds7849]

I love how he tried to act like he was "protecting" his son by telling the ref to get out of his son's face when the video CLEARLY shows that the ref was not in the boy's face; he was simply pointing at the youth because he was not respecting the referee's authority to officiate the match. That is the problem with the country today; fewer people have respect for authority because MAGA doesn't respect anything or anyone and feels that they can simply make rules up as they go and break them whenever it suits them.

[@yolyprog2561]

Exactly

[@gojosatoruzenka2511]

I agree the more people obsessed with MAGA have become lunatics and tyrants. It's atrocious to see what our America has become.

[@JhanDeCal]

Some of these "parents" are a disgrace to real parents and adults.

[@billkeefe9118]

States across the country are passing laws protecting sports officials from assault & battery.

[@FrogLegs313]

I officiated wrestling for 15 years. For several of those years I carried a stack of officiating applications with me to meets. When I was questioned excessively, I would compliment them on their rules knowledge and let them know that there is a shortage of officials and we could use somebody like them. Most of them refused the application for whatever reason.

[@iHenry2]

We had an idiot attack our wrestling coach. Not sure what he was thinking, but he found out why he was the coach!

[@sylverscale]

Oh, that's easy. They don't want the accountability, and they especially don't want to be yelled at and attacked by other crazy parents.

[@AMXhotrod]

Should be 90 days in prison for assault.

[@luispiros]

Loser dads wanting a second chance in the Pros, via their kids.

[@richtakings3359]

"Testosterone, the most dangerous substance known to man" - George Carlin. It is always some over-hyped beefcake father indulging in such unsporting behaviour.

[@brendawarden7892]

Kids that played dirty have parents that played dirty and they shouldn’t be allowed to be in the events. They’re wrecking it for everyone else who is good at a sport and doesn’t have to cheat to win and can handle losing without becoming a thug.

[@garytorresani8846]

I have two brothers who have coached high school basketball and baseball/softball teams for decades who’ve told me about unruly parents who interrupt games with disrespect or who violate parents don’t ask me for minutes or playing time contracts at all hours by calling them. They learned to shut their phones off, One parent, who was a rich donator to the school, got my one brother, who coached a girls hs basketball team, fired for not giving his daughters enough minutes because he was a strict coach when it came to fundamentals, running plays and trying to make the girls better teammates. They won the league title that year and he was fired after the season to placate that parent. That same brother just won the girls high school softball championship in Pa. for the third time in 4 years. He didn’t think they could do it this year because they lacked pitching. There was one girl who played outfield who wanted to pitch. He gave her a try, and then worked with her every day to improve her skills. As a well known fast pitch softball pitcher himself, he knew how to make her and the team better. They won the title by one run proving how well the team had jelled around her and how much good coaching helped her and the team. He’s 72 and still at it. But, he and my other brother have no intention of coaching basketball again because of parent problems. My other brother went to baseball and spent his last years at the college level and retired this year. Frankly, I’m tired of undisciplined parents raising undisciplined kids trying to live their ego fantasies through their children. Especially when it comes to competitive sports. That kid was raised by an uncontrollable toxic man who just taught his kid the wrong thing to do and needs to have some jail time to think about it.

[@ruthgray1930]

Can you imagine how embarrassed those poor kids are! What a shame!

[@educatedresponse4298]

This was a "teaching" moment for this father. He chose poorly.

[@normacherylwashington4872]

THIS IS A CASE OF A BULLY BEING RAISED BY A BULLY!!!! The son was wrong and he was going to lose the match while Dad turns into an idiot and gets arrested for his efforts!!!

[@sereanaduwai8313]

These are the school bullies you experience during your younger school days. Dumber than dumb. Well done dad.

[@abortretryfail9350]

All I gotta say is, damn, how busy is this ref? Jeez, the guy's an _attorney,_ refs sports matches, _and_ has a podcast? I'm lucky if I can get last night's dishes done before the middle of the next day.... 🤣🤣

[@russshaber8071]

This is a huge problem in society. Bullying is considered macho and alpha. And it's always a bigger guy picking on someone smaller or unsuspecting, always.

[@michaelccozens]

Yup. Interesting that self-proclaimed "alphas" always seem terrified of a fair fight.

[@user-ml5yw8tf8b]

Parents in certain areas of the country are spending thousands of dollars on private coaching to make sure their kid is "The best". These parents need to realize that no amount of coaching is going to turn their kid into the superstar they wish they had been in high school.

[@iHenry2]

WTF is wrong with people? I know a person that was a high school sports coach and he told me a number of stories about being attacked, followed, etc. He told me that for safety, the officials all leave at the same time, because often, they don't have security. He was an older man who "carried" for protection. He was also very religious and didn't want to hurt anyone, but his personal safety and his ability to provide for his family was making him rethink his decision to referee games. He finally stopped refereeing games. He and his wife didn't need the money and it got to a point where the risk wasn't worth it. For safety, all games should be recorded. Officials should not have to depend on a member of the crowd for evidence when a crime is committed. Officials need to hammer anyone involved and seek the maximum possible punishment. Victims should also sue their attackers in civil court and the mugshot, crimes, sentence and civil penalties should be posted on billboards as a warning.

[@sneakyfishiix8014]

So basically the child in white was cheating so the referee called it then the dad came over and threw the ref yeah that man should be sued.

[@stickiedmin6508]

Justice shouldn't be a matter of financial transactions.

[@DuncanJimmy]

A huge part of the problem lies in the lack of respect given to referees/ umpires from players on the field. Take rugby as an example of how it should work, following every decision, only the captains of each team are allowed to ever speak to the ref, and no-one is allowed to talk back unless asked a question. If the person officiating a game screws up, they can be taken to task by their employers, league and/ or union AFTER the game. Mistakes will happen, 99% of refs don't have the advantage of instant-replay or eyes in the back of their head. Too many parents desperately trying to live vicariously through their children. Pathetic.

[@MamaMia-ye2be]

At that age your parents are embarrassing enough without them jumping in where they don’t belong

[@tfodthogtmfof7644]

In all my years of refereeing youth soccer I cannot remember a single bad or problem child but there were many bad parents.

[@hydrocarbon8272]

Monkey see, monkey do. Those kids see their parents do so much BS they eventually become those horrible people we all dread to deal with.

[@justadbeer]

A buddy used to ref for kids baseball. He actually worked for a company that (Midwest officiating) that handled all of that. When parents would get all crazy, which isn't anything new as this was back in the 80's, he would order them to leave the premises. If they got mouthy and told him they didn't have to listen to him, he would simply tell them that if they didn't leave, their sons team would forfeit the game on the angry parents behalf. worked every time.

[@DiederikAms]

Well, that wrestler is hopefully never taking his dad to a match again.

[@Flies2FLL]

NO, that guy needs to be arrested!!!!! I don't have any kids, but I get it: You are so hyped up and want your kid to win so bad that when they are penalized for an infraction that you feel the urge to take physical action. That that is complete and utter NONSENSE and what sort of signal does it send to the kid? Attacking a referee is NEVER acceptable. If you don't care for the call, then pull your kid out of the match and complain to appropriate authorities. If you are correct then you are going to have a chorus of other parents complaining as well. Nope, this guy goes to JAIL; That would be a good thing for these kids to see.

[@totjazzy2198]

I wasn’t expecting the attorney part. The parent picked the wrong one that day.

[@Shellytrifle.]

Embarrassing parents, poor kids

[@ellensinkinson4459]

We now have a large number of people who got older but never grew up and matured into adults. We now have people who are self centered and undisciplined. Disgusting to realize they are bringing impressionable children into the world. If we think the parents are bad wait and see what many of these kids turn out to be. We are already seeing an epidemic of out of control and disrespect and sometimes dangerous behavior from young children and teens.

[@tomprosser4823]

What are you doing, bringing a can of lysol to a hockey game if you don't plan on spraying someone?

[@atsylor5549]

Refs almost always stand that close to a player when they’re giving instructions. And it’s weird that the father was already out of his seat and on the gym floor before the ref even approached the kid. It’s truly idiotic this guy not only got arrested but he’s probably banned from ever going to a school game in that entire district. He might even get banned from the districts of both schools if they’re diffrent. He won’t get to see his son play another middle school or HS match again.

[@kuidaorekitchen5850]

This guy is 34 YEARS OLD. Look at that mugshot and try to tell me how he is only 34 years old?!?!

[@adams4558]

Years of steroid abuse and alcohol

[@sylverscale]

Lifelong anger and raging can do a number on you.

[@bellarose6509]

The problem is lack of personal control. It overrides a person’s ability to maintain appropriate perspective and decorum in public and private…how do you think these errant parents behave at home? This is a symptom of the condition of this entire country. Sad and dangerous.

[@seraeirian2]

It's not the whole country. There are 1/3B people here.

[@Fakeaorta]

I was a ref in San Diego in the 80's and 90s for kids basketball, Indoor Soccer, and flag football. Kids aged 6-10. We were verbally harassed all the time and frequently asked parents to leave. Some parents would come up into your face and threaten us.

[@qwertylife]

Powerful, strong message and justice is served! Go speedturtle! Not only do referees suffer from this abusive behavior by parents, but the children and even parents suffer in the long run.

[@vincerobinson6144]

We have this in kids football in 🇬🇧. It’s called ‘competitive dad syndrome’, and it’s usually the parents that weren’t any good themselves 😂

[@DrSerendip]

It is a huge problem at a greater level. We have a candidate for President of the United States who is using the system to avoid consequences for his actions. At this level the system moves quickly to provide justice, but if the actors violation is in the white collar area even SCOTUS will justify criminal behavior while claiming the country is going down hill morally.

[@sharonannrees2824]

My daughter at thirteen quit refereeing soccer because of unruly and abusive parents. That’s a sorry state for amateur sports!

[@laurelsebastian6754]

For my daughter’s travel basketball and regular high school team, the coach has an orientation for the parents where we have to sign saying we will not coach or yell at the players, refs and coaches or we will be banned. It’s worked out well so far!

[@Peacetrain66]

Absolutely disgusting behavior. I also really worry about the kids of these crazy people. What is their home life like? Probably hell.

[@janetpirate2110]

Teachers leaving for same reason

[@nickazemika]

My brother quit referring club soccer because of the parents’ behavior after only one season. This is a guy who played college soccer and semi-pro soccer. He knows the game tremendously and he just wanted to stay close to the game when he stopped playing himself. He wanted me to join him too, but I told him he will hate it because I had two boys who played club soccer and I knew how parents behave. He quit after only one season. He said the stress due to the abuse by the parents who knew nothing about the game was just too much. The sad thing is that the loudest and rudest parents are usually the ones who don’t understand the game and the rules because they never played the game themselves.

[@poormanagement1722]

This is who you want making sure your child doesn’t get injured forever doing something they love at a young age.

[@ralfcebrian8905]

Hammond needs to be sued and then prosecuted and at the end of the day jailed for assault and battery! Bury is sorry ass!

[@69acobb]

It’s because Dump brought out the best in all of us. Showed it is Ok to be ugly and mean to others.

[@Nicpick]

If you can't take your kid losing. Then your kids shouldn't get to play for ruining the game for everyone else.

[@user-oldblindguyD]

Punishing a child for the sins of the father, is not beneficial to anybody, especially not the offending father's child.✌️

[@Nicpick]

@@user-oldblindguyD Nobody but the father is punishing the child.

[@wakamoli8248]

I was a referee for over 30 years and ejected parents for their behavior in their kids games. Whats appalling is the parent ignorance in the rules of sports. I've referee from young kids level all the way to college level in my years.

[@christineheery]

Yeah usually people that are that angry don’t even care that they’re angry AND wrong lol. How embarrassing for them. Like sir… your anger isn’t uneven justified relax.

[@leny7829]

Hammond's wife is just as bad, if not worse. Standing up for your man is one thing, but when your man is a coward, have the backbone to call him out on it.

[@RevLeigh55]

Too many people have anger management issues these days. I bet I know who this guy will vote for in November.

[@mlee1337]

You know it!! He'll probably yell at people while doing it just because they're going to slow.

[@reh3884]

I don't understand why anyone would volunteer to be a ref with all the psycho parents out there. I use to go watch my daughter's soccer games when she was in high school. Some of these parents are scary.

[@rugbynimbus]

Can't attend MAGA rallies from jail, champ. 😐

[@ryancary8477]

I don't know. Pretty sure that's where they are mostly held nowadays.🤔😊

[@drknow608]

Can't vote from jail , can you? Or is that subject to the supreme court?

[@ryancary8477]

@@drknow608 well when I was there no but the way shit is going that's now up for debate. When republicans are effected shit gets changed.

[@KatieSpielman]

When my daughter was 13-14, she was a ref for girl’s soccer. I usually came with her. At a game where it started to rain,she let them play on. But when the lightning came followed by thunder, she called the game. Two fsthers came to her to argue her out of it. (This field was surrounded by huge trees). They even called her stupid and that she was a terrible ref. I walked over and just asked what was going on. The men immediately backed down from their high horse. In the car on the way home, she cried and at home, quit reffing right then.

[@dearyvettetn4489]

Pro games are delayed for lighting. How are these a$$wipes questioning an official for following the rules and looking after the players, their kids, safety. 😑

[@landon1626]

He fled the state over a simple assault charge 😂😂...

[@Eaglefan4ever]

No. He knew that was a Felony.