CBS2's Steve Overmyer has the latest on the school referee shortage as parents continue to act out at their children's games.
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@AaronSAllison3 жыл бұрын
my dad was a head coach in high school for 4 years, said the only coaching job he would ever take after that would be for an orphanage.
@CoronadoBruin3 жыл бұрын
Classic. I'm going to use it, if I may
@gr8dvd3 жыл бұрын
Some of these kids probably wish they were in an orphanage given their parents’ horrid behavior.
@AaronSAllison3 жыл бұрын
@@CoronadoBruin ha! use away
@jvjustvibes91033 жыл бұрын
@@AaronSAllison corniest joke in the book. You can do better. I know you can
@ftc70013 жыл бұрын
@@jvjustvibes9103 way to believe in him and stand up to corny jokes #takeawaywomensrights
@TheRealfan13 жыл бұрын
This video should be shown to all parents.
@Downsouthroots3 жыл бұрын
The sad thing is this is a no win situation... There's always going to be a parent or parents that think their kids are already pro and are entitled to do or say whatever they want...
@stephenlewis29753 жыл бұрын
I agreed
@janisbentzen45033 жыл бұрын
@Chris Murphy Americans, the behavior is all over the world. Have you ever watched a world ranked soccer game?
@somethingrandom66063 жыл бұрын
I accidently stumbled across this video and as my short experience as an umpire for one season and I understand how awful the parents are to the refs. Yes I made bad calls but still, I've never felt so verbally abused and I'm in highschool
@Edward_Nebiolo3 жыл бұрын
@Chris Murphy more like stupid Karen’s
@bradstrouse98243 жыл бұрын
These are always the parents of mediocre talented kids, who they think are the super star of the team.
@95ffd3 жыл бұрын
Or they think they are good enough for pro
@alexacosta6063 жыл бұрын
Yup, parents who think their kid is the next generational talent and think every game is the SuperBowl or Game 7 of the World Series.
@neuro32483 жыл бұрын
Senior year football make or brake, really crazy when you see college scouts looking at one or two players and the others not even on the board. The coach would have to talk them privately and basically tell them there kid doesn’t meet college level standards to play ball. You wanna talk about “wow” and this guy (coach) is making peanuts
@therealbatman80853 жыл бұрын
@@alexacosta606 fr and the kids are there just having fun with their friends enjoying the sport
@FavreianVengeance3 жыл бұрын
No. I've coached many star players with overbearing parents. In fact, it may skew in that direction.
@pingerlock39733 жыл бұрын
I quit coaching kids over the emotional parents, I don't blame the referees for quitting too. Poor kids are the ones that get the short end of the stick
@jvjustvibes91033 жыл бұрын
What was your coaching record???
@slatsgrobneck75153 жыл бұрын
Same here, the few parents that pushed and trolled and pushed and trolled- really took out the fun. I was an unpaid volunteer for club basketball teams. Both boys and girls. We were in the championship game every year except the time we got 3rd.
@terencejay88453 жыл бұрын
My Brit brother living in the USA, volunteered to coach lacrosse at the local high-school, having been a high-level player. He soon suspended the 'star player' for lack of on-field and training discipline. The kid was a know-all 'Star' and had been treated as such. My brother was practically attacked in the car-park by many of the parents. 'He's our star player!' Rick just said, 'Tough. Until he learns, he's on the bench.' It was such an issue that the School Board became involved, the Community Leaders, all sorts. He was ostracised in some local stores. It went totally crazy until Rick just walked into the School office and quit, leaving them with ringing ears and no coach.. Many of the other players, though, were pleased he took the stance.
@MultiTurbospeed3 жыл бұрын
@@terencejay8845 if a good coach quits lots of the players that like him will follow suit
@terencejay88453 жыл бұрын
@@MultiTurbospeed Not easy at a local high school, maybe. It seemed the parents were overly involved. Myself, as a high-school, then club lacrosse player in the UK, we were lucky to have a couple of dozen spectators. Playing in the winter didn't help.
@arpeemac3 жыл бұрын
kid: mom shut up, I travelled. mom: i did not raise a child that travels!
@ant-rod28813 жыл бұрын
Legend has it they've never left their home town, family been there for over 8 generations.
@lagodifuoco3133 жыл бұрын
Mom's name Karen.
@kevinfakename79193 жыл бұрын
If this is there behavior in public imagine what they do at home behind closed doors. Poor kids
@RockSmithStudio3 жыл бұрын
*kid moves out at 18* Mom: "You weren't suppose to do that"
@lagartogrande19083 жыл бұрын
Mom...now what is traveling again, honey?
@cliffhigson75813 жыл бұрын
Start arresting the parents & give them big fines, works here in Australia.
@JonesFilms3 жыл бұрын
@@aidsisfun5214 lmao
@sadistic_veteran3 жыл бұрын
@@aidsisfun5214 🤣
@harperusyt4203 жыл бұрын
@@aidsisfun5214 fuck you
@Survivor_of_DMVdrivers3 жыл бұрын
@@aidsisfun5214 : Pretty sure the average Australian would make you their bitch, keyboard warrior. Now log off mom & pop's computer & run along now.
@ericcote47543 жыл бұрын
@@aidsisfun5214 lmao keyboard warrior, bet you or your fat mom has diabetes
@edlane18833 жыл бұрын
And this is very similar to why no one wants to teach school anymore as well.
@snelson09293 жыл бұрын
I respectfully disagree. I student taught for a year in a public high school in the late 70’s. Even then, you’d see parents only very, VERY rarely, probably about 10% at most would come to parent teacher nights. Today, if they even have parent teacher nights, I’m guessing it’s about 5%. And in both decades,I’m sure it’s the parents of good students that come. The parents of the bad students simply don’t care.
@jvjustvibes91033 жыл бұрын
I think being paid like dog shit is also a factor
@siege29283 жыл бұрын
@@jvjustvibes9103 Right but who keeps voting down on tax increases for school funding, which includes salaries? Same people
@jaycee60633 жыл бұрын
@@jvjustvibes9103 In CA teachers are paid up to over $80k
@jvjustvibes91033 жыл бұрын
@@jaycee6063 stop the 🧢
@bowlchamps373 жыл бұрын
These are the same parents that would blame the school, government or politicians for their failures.
@Brett333 жыл бұрын
Well, with all of the schools and governments run by Democrats, it's a good place to start
@randyfiglehorn91923 жыл бұрын
@@Brett33 That is probably one of the dumbest comments I’ll see all year.
@spinalpichi3 жыл бұрын
@@randyfiglehorn9192 he/she is one of them ☝🏻
@sebastianfalcon9483 жыл бұрын
@@Brett33 honestly the stupidest thing ive heard in a while
@MrRudy-vk7xx3 жыл бұрын
Republicans and democrats both work to remove freedoms and liberties.
@navvet45183 жыл бұрын
I coached soccer for years. We had a certain team whose parents would always hammer the refs until a new ref showed up. His daytime job was a Sergeant with the Florida Highway Patrol and retired military man. After an altercation with the parents and some dads being taken to jail, this team finally got the message. Good times.
@mageofthestorm13 жыл бұрын
Multiple parents? Damn. Those people clearly didn't learn after the first time.
@BC-ni3sk3 жыл бұрын
So many lousy parents. I can tell you all kinds of stories as I just retired as a teacher. What a group of toxic people in our society who haven't grown up!!
@LionsSB-20242 жыл бұрын
As believable as Biden winning the election
@johnjames2162 Жыл бұрын
@@BC-ni3sk and u Have no stored of toxic students or teacher? Makes me think you were one tbh
@scottrackley44578 ай бұрын
I reffed youth soccer while I was in high school (played in high school) and high school when I was in college. The parents at youth soccer were the absolute worst. I had one parent escorted away by the police. He was threatening the opposing players. At an 11-12 girl's game.
@1DuncanBell4 жыл бұрын
I threw out a coach when I was a 16 year old umpire. A grown man acting like a fool, who didn't know the rules of the game he was coaching.
@54CFC4 жыл бұрын
I lasted as a soccer referee for six years. My state is hurting for sports referees in general.
@itzskittlezx1164 жыл бұрын
Lol
@jeffreyramsdell47813 жыл бұрын
Funny part about it, they don’t know the rules at all but think they do! I had one guy calling ball and strikes from the first base side!! And had a parent yell at me about a backcourt call and I just turned to hun and said read a “rule book”! Didn’t hear from him all game!! Belittle their intelligence and they will most likely stop.
@alwillk3 жыл бұрын
I did that once too. As hockey ref, Coach was complaining the other team has too many men. Too many men. I just pointed to the other teams empty net.
@user-zy1fp9ye1v3 жыл бұрын
lol I ejected a parent at a High school varsity football game for swearing at one of my wing officials.
@umpireva54403 жыл бұрын
I've had kids tell me during covid fan restrictions. "Man we wish fans don't come back". How sad is that?????
@billrogers30803 жыл бұрын
I was doing a U13 soccer game, finally had enough of a parent, told the coach he could chose, either he left or the parent with the .... coat on left, his choice. The parent left after the coach told him it was time to go. Moving back up the field after the ball went off the end, kid jogs next to me, calmly thanks me for getting rid of his father and apologized for his dad being such an ass. I kind of felt sorry for the kid.
@MultiTurbospeed3 жыл бұрын
@N0sc0p3 default once a kid makes it to the pros they shouldn't even give their parents a single penny and move far away from them
@icarusamerica34363 жыл бұрын
We have all seen these parents, trying to relive their "glory days" through their kids. Sad
@Gizziiusa3 жыл бұрын
yep. living vicariously thru them. but also, some parents were "never was", and just want to be douchebags b/c they think they are so high and mighty. the terms "Karen and Darren" come to mind.
@josephconner37427 ай бұрын
@@Gizziiusa I disagree! I believe that the main problem is that these delusional parents are under the impression that little Johnny is the next Derek Jeter!
@Gizziiusa7 ай бұрын
Sure. Those too. "Has beens", "never was", heli-parnets, snowplow parents, and what you say...all clambered together into an insufferable mob vs the coaches, refs, umpires, etc.@@josephconner3742
@ultimatist6 ай бұрын
what "glory days"???
@bobe32503 жыл бұрын
What's sad is that the bad parents won't get why their actions are wrong.
@abyssfigure85193 жыл бұрын
The anger always get the better in people.
@codycoldbrewski5722 жыл бұрын
Men a thousand years ago fighting and killing each other with swords and spears. Men today “mean words hurt my feelings”
@bobe32502 жыл бұрын
@@codycoldbrewski572 Thank goodness we have evolved or our kids might not have the necessary limbs to compete. Some parents still don't get that.
@MonarchEAS2 жыл бұрын
Their actions aren’t wrong. It’s the officials that are in the wrong. Costing teams games with shitty officiating. You have one job. Get the call right. Can’t do that and you deserve all the righteous anger.
@JD-ml6ct2 жыл бұрын
@@MonarchEAS Cause it's that easy? I think you need to ref a season, id like to see it. A bonus on top of the 30 bucks a game you'll get a bunch of you in the stands sitting stationary thinking they see the game better than you
@kyrblades303 жыл бұрын
I’m 14 and a soccer referee, and I’ve had parents loose there mind against a call I’ve made. They’ve obviously haven’t read the laws of the game, but it’s even worse that I’m a kid and acting more responsible than them
@emeraldplays6121 Жыл бұрын
14 y/o current soccer ref here too. It really stinks when you get that backlash, especially really early on, when everyone expects you to be Mike Dean level officiating for the local youth game. I still don’t understand why people think it will change a refs call.
@itzdilpickle367911 ай бұрын
18 y/o ref here, I truely love the game and want it to grow with new players. However, I've refed a few games where the parents someone find it ok to scream and yell slurs because they disagree. Since when was this ok behaviour? Keep to your calls and don't let them push you around.
@ManchesterUtdFan8 ай бұрын
Hey man, I’m a soccer coach and last weekend we had kids about your age, maybe 15-17 yrs old, Ref our game. I just wanna say you kids are great and we really need more refs due to our shortage. Keep your head up and I just wanna let you know I’m proud of you and all the young refs taking on these roles. Rooting for you.
@xyz0612203 жыл бұрын
These parents are why "participation awards" were created. Not to spare the kids feelings.
@bwp7143 жыл бұрын
My dad was one of these idiots trying to fight refs. It's so embarrassing. Parents can get real pathetic over their children real quick .
@july95663 жыл бұрын
So Randy marsh is an accurate description?
@ZedBeiFeng6 ай бұрын
@@july9566 I thought this was America?
@fnafplayer64476 ай бұрын
Did he get arrested
@ultimatist6 ай бұрын
You can learn from the good and the bad!
@phtevlin3 жыл бұрын
My brother coached girl's soccer for several years. He loved it. He was loved and respected by the girls he coached. He quit after a few years. The reason? The parents.
@oldmanballer50883 жыл бұрын
PARENTS DID YOU HEAR THAT! You can yell all you want and they still won’t change a call! So why bother?
@YovaniBinuelo3 жыл бұрын
Feeds their ego and makes them feel like they’re contributing to the team and or on their child’s behalf
@davidcarreon17023 жыл бұрын
Those are all the parents that never started a game in their lives, hoping their children are not bench players like they were
@josephgello9553 жыл бұрын
I did little league for 3 years got tired of parents yelling at me and waiting in the parking lot for me. I have better things to do.
@burtonwilliams53553 жыл бұрын
Don't blame you Sir . . . life too short for that s***.
@Sphere7233 жыл бұрын
I'd just start telling parents you're mis-calling the game because you got money bet on it. See how they handle it.
@burtonwilliams53553 жыл бұрын
@@Sphere723 I am dying at this - would make a great t.v. movie.
@Sphere7233 жыл бұрын
@@burtonwilliams5355 The easiest way to end an argument is to simply catch people off guard. Just say something confusing.
@burtonwilliams53553 жыл бұрын
@@Sphere723 I do that 'bout all the time . .course I'm from the rural South.
@tercelfan3 жыл бұрын
Years ago, at a Atom (10-11) tournament hockey game a friend of mine was doing lines. It was a Friday afternoon and officials were very hard to come by as most were working or in school. My friend was in town and as a favour agreed to help out. We chatted by the blue line during pre game. When the game started, he went about his business and I cheered on my son's team, Midway through the second period he made a good call at the line and a parent, about 10 ft. away screamed "That was a terrible call, where did you learn to ref?" My eyes and my friend's met and the two of us laughed out loud. I walked over to the dad and asked him if he knew who he was yelling at. He said "no." I told him that it was an NHL trainee referee that was in town to do the Major Junior game that night. His sheepish response "well I guess it wasn't that bad after all". He was quiet for the rest of the game.
@toddstevens133 жыл бұрын
Had the same kind of situation, reffing Football eons ago in Canada. Was a horrid day rain coming down in droves. We were lucky to have the Referee who reffed the last two CFL Grey Cups, Canadian equivalent to the Super Bowl, as he was in town and we were short refs. Back then the CFL refs were allowed to do HS. Anyway, the Coach of one team was losing it over and over. Halftime he said enough, so as his Umpire we walked over, and I said let me take the lead, as the Coach had no clue who he was, he laughed and said have at it. He followed me over and was wiping down with his towel and the Coach is losing it again. So I introduced the Coach to the White Hat, and before the White Hat threw him, he said, I am sorry I do not know your rule book. The coach just turned and slithered off. Within 5 minutes the sun came out and the Ref said, damn should of thrown him earlier.
@jimwerther3 жыл бұрын
I'm still stuck on the part about your friend doing lines. Sounds like the 80s!
@genscolberg65573 жыл бұрын
@@jimwerther haha first thing I thought of! I was partying in the 80's also!
@jimwerther3 жыл бұрын
@@genscolberg6557 😂 Tbc, I've never used coke, but I certainly do remember the 80s.
@genscolberg65573 жыл бұрын
@@jimwerther I wasn't big into coke, I just liked the way it smelled.....(Rodney Dangerfield)
@kentstookey98193 жыл бұрын
I have officiated over 25 years in volleyball, basketball and softball. Basketball is by far the worst for bad behavior. People think that they can act anyway they want since they bought a ticket. I have had police show up to make sure no fights ensue. The losers in all this are the players. I got tired of being yelled at sometimes, but most of it was minor. My favorite moment was when I called a foul and the coach whose player was fouled yelled " come on, call the fouls". MY response was. "coach, your guy is shooting free throws. what more can I do?" he just looked at me. some coaches just yell to be yelling, has nothing to do with the play.
@andrewcamarato4723 жыл бұрын
The hockey coach that told me to "Call it both ways" 15 seconds into the game. Opening face off - puck goes into one corner - the visiting team forward takes a running leap elbows high into the back of the head of his opponent into the boards. Easiest penalty i've ever called. we are literally 15 seconds into the game. As I skate past the bench his coach screams, "COME ON REF - YOU GOTTA CALL IT BOTH WAYS!!!" I didn't even know how to respond or what he could have possibly meant.
@BuckshotPA13 жыл бұрын
Even simpler solution, when a parent or coach becomes abusive, forfeit the game immediately! Peer pressure will control the a-holes!
@luckygibbo13 жыл бұрын
I coached junior football here in Australia. Loved working with the kids, but the parents finally drove me away. Total madness. Greetings from Sydney.
@shanethompson78787 ай бұрын
With yah brother. I umpired one year Junior High Baseball and the kids were great but parents and coaches ended up making me pass on the next season. Clueless people. I am a former 19 year HC in American Football and I know I acted accordingly so it can be done. Sucks for all those kids that you couldn't coach.
@patersonplankrd3 жыл бұрын
I used to umpire. I had to stop a game because a few of the parents became so abusive ti my partner and I that I pulled the players off the field. I told both coaches it ws in their best interest to get the adults to cut the crap or my partner and I would deem the game a double forfeit. One of the fathers who was known as a hot head and thought he could settle any issue with his fists, threatened to "kick my ass"..Instead of backing down, I told him to leave the park or the police would be called. He was furious. He tried to get on the field, I told him he was now banned from all games and It was going into my report to the league. He then started ranting about his status as a taxpayer...blah blah blah.....I just walked away and stood on the pitcher's mound. Ignoring him seemed to further enrage this guy. Luckily, a police officer just pulled into the parking lot.....One of the coaches, home team, must have told the cop to get the jerk to leave but not make an arrest. THe guy left. I then allowed the game to continue. The guy was banned for the rest of the season.
@williammyers2693 жыл бұрын
When I reffed, I’d tell the coaches that if they’d rather call the game on their own, I’d be more than happy to hand over the whistle. I’d say the same thing to parents. This would usually shut them up a while. But I got to the point where the few bucks I got per game was not worth the effort... At some point in future, there won’t be anyone left to ref games
@KCBarr13 жыл бұрын
I refed hockey way back in the 1970's. I had coffee thrown on me, was punched by one mother, and was verbally abused on a regular basis. And it wasn't because I was a bad ref. It was because they were bad parents. I quit after 2 years. I went on to coach kids baseball, and never had a problem with parents doing that.
@FUYT8883 жыл бұрын
And that's sad!
@GIWY25 Жыл бұрын
And the cheating want be missed ! It’s obvious rigging is happening in all levels of sports
@BC-ni3sk3 жыл бұрын
Our society in too many cases is very toxic. I taught for 17 years and the classroom has become quite toxic as well. Lousy parents raise lousy kids and we wonder what's wrong with our country. Politics these days are also conducted by a group that's part of the toxic party as well. This needs to change, this country sucks!!!
@fredv99883 жыл бұрын
Solution is simple: Cause a problem, get banned for life.
@bauerj33983 жыл бұрын
Not really simple. Define 'problem'. Also, detail how you ban somebody for life. From what? that particular court/playing field? That organization? Never work across organizations.
@KevinSun2423 жыл бұрын
Cause a problem, go to jail.
@jimwerther3 жыл бұрын
"Mom, shut up, I traveled" I'm dead 😂
@j.dragon6513 жыл бұрын
That is the story the ref told, she might have said mom, will you please calm down, I travelled? Was the ref quoting verbatim? I guess we will never know?
@jimwerther3 жыл бұрын
@@j.dragon651 I believe him
@Mq6vL9Bu3 жыл бұрын
Do you really think a ref making 10 bucks an hour cares which middle school team wins? Do you think they stay up all night figuring out how to screw some kid over in the game? C'mon, man.
@ridnolan20293 жыл бұрын
It's all part of the Illuminati's plan... ;-)
@GIWY25 Жыл бұрын
Yes they cheat open your eyes and you can see it. It’s not the fact they are staying up all night. All sports are rigged ! Last 2 seasons have really proved it to be true. #RIGGED #Cheat2win
@johnchildress1033 жыл бұрын
I quit coaching for the same reason. I loved coaching. Every parent thinks their kids going pro.
@johnnypk19633 жыл бұрын
It’s ugly out there. Mid nineties. My son a rather large baby and toddler, loved soccer starting around 2yo. So by the time he started playing in a 4yo indoor tots league his skills were well advanced for his age plus he was a head taller than many of the other kids. So not 10mins into his very first game, parents around me and wife were commenting abt how he looks too old and he’s too good, he couldn’t possibly be a 4yo. To the point were those parents starting yelling that same thing during the game. Complete madness. Fortunately we had friends there that spoke up for us and assured them he was indeed a 4yo.
@steelcom59763 жыл бұрын
I abandoned any notion of being a ref when I found out the fee for doing it didn't cover the cost of bodyguards
@kolerandall68693 жыл бұрын
I was a referee for years and I stopped because of how parents were acting even though I loved it. Not enough support for refs. Parents are just allowed to go crazy and refs are just supposed to take it. I was 14 when I started and I had adult threaten me and scream at me which in any other situation would have been unacceptable but somehow it’s ok when I wore that stripped shirt?
@douchopotamus37553 жыл бұрын
You can press charges against people for threatening you with violence, especially as a minor
@johnmagill30723 жыл бұрын
This is why I quit helping coach kids football and baseball, because of the parents. I will not do it again.
@lewisfrazier35063 жыл бұрын
In MS you cause a scene, put your hands on referee, your kid is kicked off the team rule was put in place because of parents bad behavior
@brianwalsh14013 жыл бұрын
Something needs to be done or it will continue to get worse and there won't be enough refs. I honestly couldn't stand being around these people being loud and obnoxious over a game.
@janisbentzen45033 жыл бұрын
Did it work?
@KevinSun2423 жыл бұрын
They shouldn't punish the kids. They should arrest the parents and criminally charge them.
@paulbaranofsky49953 жыл бұрын
We need a national law for this
@charlesneal40663 жыл бұрын
My kid thanked me one time for just watching the game. Didn’t see that coming!
@keeganyoung20063 жыл бұрын
This video is facts I am a 14 year old soccer ref and have been reffing for 2 years and even at church recreational games I have parents and coaches screaming at me like I committed a mass shooting
@IceWarrior1013 жыл бұрын
@ThatOne I reffed games for my junior high also... good way to get experience
@jeffc13473 жыл бұрын
@ThatOne Who cares its a church rec league, I would be more concerned if they had highly paid professional officials.
@JustMe-wm9zg3 жыл бұрын
You are so young. I started out as 16 year old and by age of 20 i reached 3 league on my country(semi-professional). I quited... Got enough of verbal abuses, death treaths... Fuck that shit
@joeblack38783 жыл бұрын
Went to my son’s flag football game this past Sunday... was perplexed when police, fire, and ambulance crews showed up. Two parents from the game before got into a fistfight in the stands. People are assholes.
@magnificentone46863 жыл бұрын
I had a parent complain and get in my face and I told him to leave the court or the team will forfeit and he wasn’t even a coach. He left and after game, waited in the hallway with his wife yelling at me telling me I will get U fired and I said “go ahead and get me fired cause this job doesn’t mean that much to me!” Turns out the dad and mom we’re members of the YMCA board and they were not released as board members nor suspended because of their actions. Problem is YMCA and other organizations don’t do enough to protect the refs so why bother being a ref.
@budjeansonne44823 жыл бұрын
I was a football referee for three years and quit because of the parents. However, in all the three years I never had a problem with a coach because they knew I had a reputation of calling a fair game.
@jvjustvibes91033 жыл бұрын
So you’re telling me you never made a bad call? I find that hard to believe. Everyone knows the dumbest people in sports are the refs. Those blind bastards always do something wrong
@YovaniBinuelo3 жыл бұрын
@@jvjustvibes9103 you’re part of problem mate lol
@jvjustvibes91033 жыл бұрын
@@YovaniBinuelo how? In what way? I play baseball and my stats have personally been messed with by bad calls. It’s easy to sit on the sidelines and judge but another thing to actually be there and see what really happens.
@Joekuh3 жыл бұрын
hey, Bud, I hope you come back to ref. dont let the people outside the lines get to you.
@budjeansonne44823 жыл бұрын
@@Joekuh Thanks Joe, but I'm 80 years old now so that part of my life is over for me.
@tmilesffl3 жыл бұрын
I stopped officiating high school baseball and soccer because of the parents. They think because you are getting paid they own you and their Johnny super star can do no wrong.
@SchillerDuval3 жыл бұрын
Baseball is by far the worst. The culture needs to change before umpires start to come back. Our association has lost umpires every year I’ve been there because of ridiculous behavior by fans AND coaches. The solution is the shut down ANY misbehavior by coaches immediately. I should only have to explain myself ONCE after I render a decision. Any arguing after that will be unacceptable. Officials are hurting. Bad. There needs to be a change.
@sambrown13813 жыл бұрын
@B S oh no it has begun
@maxfish47703 жыл бұрын
Make big mouth parents officiate some games, see how they go.
@1guysopinion7983 жыл бұрын
I coached for many years and I still remember the day I was approached by the ref on the field and was asked me to get my parents under control. When I went to speak to my parents it turned out two dads were singing "I'm blind, I'm deaf, I want to be a ref" over and over again. I put my foot down and it stopped... sometimes it makes a difference if they think their kid will lose playing time for their bad behavior.
@dougconley3 жыл бұрын
I've coached youth athletics for years and parents are the ones ruining it for the kids as well as coaches and referees.
@bowlnow8243 жыл бұрын
My dad use to be a high scholl football referee and a high school basketball official. There were multiple occasions where the parent tried to talk to him after the game and he would just walk away becauaw he knew what was going to happen
@bobf.55383 жыл бұрын
The kids start quitting and parents ask why. Tell them because the parents act more like children than the ones playing the.game .its embarrassing
@alwillk3 жыл бұрын
I remember about 10 years ago I was a hockey ref for high school and I reffed a blowout. I was like 11-0 and one of the parents of losing road team came up to me and complained about me and the other ref being homers and I proceeded to show him the score sheet it was like 12-3 penalties. You had 9 more power plays and couldn’t score once.
@andrewcamarato4723 жыл бұрын
Love this. I had a similar encounter - a horrible game between two Midget AA teams that were only on the ice to try and hack/whack/hook/slash their way through the game. It was a sh*tshow from the first whistle. After the game the parent told me "You lost control of that game!" I showed him the score sheet. 28 penalties or something. I replied, "Sir... i had COMPLETE control over that game... it was the coaches and players that had no control. I called it they way they played it - and i'm sorry neither team came to play hockey."
@thomthom62683 жыл бұрын
@@andrewcamarato472 those Midget Alcoholics Anonymous games... They're always rough.
@kameroncoleman70923 жыл бұрын
As someone who is learning hockey rules. How do you get beat that bad with 9 powerplays???
@nrkgalt3 жыл бұрын
One does have to wonder how much of this is a consequence of the multimillion dollar contracts that professional athletes get. A father might think that every time his kid strikes out, that another $1000 off the signing bonus.
@djfearross41443 жыл бұрын
Exactly.
@baseballruski60473 жыл бұрын
uh uh. everyone is responsible for their own actions. no excuses for lousy parents. NONE.
@djfearross41443 жыл бұрын
@@baseballruski6047 no an excuse but an explanation of the parents actions.
@vogelaccount59023 жыл бұрын
I ref Tae Kwon Do sparring, and have been doing it for about 10 years now. Ejection is the only cure for the bad parents. No warning specifically, just a notice to all viewers that there are no objections to calls, no foul or abuse language, and "...this is your only notice." If it's a parent of a participant, penalty point awarded to the opponent. Oh, and I'm a 3rd degree Black Belt, so no one usually gets in my face....
@valsaadatmandi4783 жыл бұрын
I became a soccer ref when my kids were playing just because of this bad behavior . I watched parent yelling at a sixteen year old kid to the point he was in tears by the end of the game. Unfortunately it still isn’t getting any better.
@SB-gd7mh3 жыл бұрын
What is it about being a parent that turns you into such a child?
@shecandance95003 жыл бұрын
Imagine how these parents treat their own children if this is how they treat a stranger!!
@985bully4 жыл бұрын
Parents don’t want to see their kids fail or lose. So they act out thinking this is going to help or protect them. They need to just stand by and let the kids learn how to pick themselves up and learn from a failure. Most kids just want to have fun at sports with their friends. The parents are the ones who make it ultra competitive. It’s like they’re putting their own little gladiator into the Colosseum to fight to the death.
@MultiTurbospeed4 жыл бұрын
Parents should be fined and sentence to prison
@omaririgoyen12343 жыл бұрын
Parents really think that a $ 20.00 per hour paid part time position want their kids to lose? Or either the opponent to win? They also really think that the refs cannot make mistakes? It embarrassing how those parents are living their lives thru their children lives.
@papabearandjfamily46943 жыл бұрын
20+ year official here. I would ask people, if you had a waitress and she brought you the wrong drink. Honest mistake and she is trying to do her job the best she can. Would you call her a moron or threaten her. But a lot of people think that is fine behavior toward an official who is trying to do his/her job the best he/she can.
@louiseparisotto36303 жыл бұрын
Setting such wonderful examples of how not to act :)
@tedbryer25123 жыл бұрын
The rinks around where I live had to kick out the hockey moms for the same reason. They are just brutal!! What is the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull ??? LIPSTICK!!!
@andrewd4333 жыл бұрын
Don't forget alcohol...
@andrewcamarato4723 жыл бұрын
There was one hockey mom at a tourney who had no idea what a delayed offside was. She would be SCREAMING AND SCREAMING about a kid being offside when his team didn't even have control of the puck. When there was finally a legit offsides - she started whooping and cheering "FINALLY>>>> FINALLY!!!!!" I looked up to see which genius parent this was for reference. Shook my head and went about the game.
@returntonature87733 жыл бұрын
Pitbulls are smarter, too.
@joellongworth30973 жыл бұрын
I was a soccer ref when I was a high school kid. Had a parent call me a horrible name. I quit on the spot. In my 30s now. Thought about starting again to make some extra cash. Don't think I could after watching this
@bstewart90563 жыл бұрын
I was a football ref for about 5 years. I used to tell everyone the worst part were the parents. A good amount of them didn't even know the rules. They would watch the NFL and think those rules were the same for high school. It is true, the kids end up with less games because finding refs are tough.
@lewisfrazier35063 жыл бұрын
Before this rule was put in place I had a friend coaching little league ball and a mad parent cussed him out after a game, so he quit
@jonny-rg1hv3 жыл бұрын
I refereed soccer starting when I was 12. I once was a line ref for an under 10 girls game and AS A 12 YEAR OLD, I had one of the parents swat the flag out of my hand and yell at me for making what he thought was a bad call.
@lancatemujhin1872 жыл бұрын
I am a ref. We get $25 a game and loads of crap. It's ridiculous when the most mature people are the 9 year olds.
@shellchenonceau69873 жыл бұрын
The last 30 years of no-morals TV and nasty-ness has resulted in grownups with no moral compass or control...gets worse every year.
@alhamilton18263 жыл бұрын
I ran a high school hockey club for seven years as the volunteer administrator. I did this because I wanted to play hockey as a kid but my parents couldn't afford it. It was considered a "rich kid" game and I wanted to change that by running a team that was affordable. Our fees were the lowest of the leagues 85 teams. The parents often treated me like an employee barking orders at me. Some would show up drunk to the games and on more than a few occasions I had to go babysit them in the stands to keep them from yelling obscenities. I literally got screamed at by a parent for 93.6 minutes (I timed the conversation on my phone) who was upset that her kid wasn't getting playing time. The fact that he never showed up for practice and was under concussion protocol didn't matter to her. When my mother passed away suddenly, only one parent (a step-grandparent actually) sent condolences. When I left I resolved that I will never give up the little time I have on this blue marble for someone else's kid. Ever. These parents act like breeding gives them special permission to be complete c$nts to everyone around them and I am having none of it. They can do it themselves from now on.
@Reppo800853 жыл бұрын
Welcome to USA ❤️ Land of Karens and Kyles
@bartenderzzz3 жыл бұрын
Big time
@perfectsplit55153 жыл бұрын
As a former Camden high school teacher, I am not surprised to hear this. A black student defied me repeatedly, showed me disrespect repeatedly, cussed me off, interfered in other people's business, did not want to learn, and talked back to me while claiming authority in my own discipline. I had to call Security to remove him multiple times. His mother actually told me she was okay with his act of talking back and demanded to the principal that I not alter his grade for talking back. Then later she got mad at me for receiving notification that her son was failing and tried to blame it on my classroom management skills.
@koolkizklub68273 жыл бұрын
I once yelled at my parents to shut the f up and let us play for screaming at the ref. I walked home that day
@ricka14913 жыл бұрын
Oh, the stories I could tell. While I was in college, I officiated several sports at all levels. Baseball, football, basketball. I was fun at first and I made a little money to keep me going. After 2-3 years, I gave up pop warner football because of the parents. Shortly after, I gave up little league because of the parents. I had parents yell at me constantly and some even threatened to kill me. This was in Arizona 35 years ago. The poor kids would be so embarrased by their parents behaviour. The problems were still there in high school but less frequent. We had a father jump the fence at a high school football game and bite the linesman. We all left and we call the game a forfeit. I had two coaches in a baseball game get in a fight at home plate. I have dozens of other stories that would take a hour to write. I can believe no one wants to ref these days. We had to go to class before each season and each sport to review the rules and procedures and take a test. It was a lot of work but I enjoyed it. Those kids made me run in basketball which kept me in good shape.
@manthony7773 жыл бұрын
Those are the parents who give their kids a trophy for coming in 4th place. 🏆🏆🏆
@natesportyboy49392 жыл бұрын
Speaking of which, 20-ish years ago, I got a 4th place trophy in a taekwondo tournament. That's probably not great, I guess.
@43sunray3 жыл бұрын
Parents with bad attitude should be in handcuffs.
@ArcherVideo3 жыл бұрын
I refereed kids basketball at the YMCA as a senior in HS. The parents were beyond awful.
@JP-oe4ry3 жыл бұрын
no wonder they get angry when they have invested their life savings so little jimmy has a 0.5% chance of making the big leagues
@travisolson94133 жыл бұрын
I was a ref and a coach for many years. I do not know why anyone would want to get into either profession. What could be a fun and worthwhile way to stay connected to the games we love has quickly become a hostile place to be. I admire EVERY coach and EVERY official no matter what their skill level because they are out there doing it. It is a lot easier to sit on the sidelines and yell.
@CoreaKixx4203 жыл бұрын
I played travel hockey, and baseball from the age of 5-18, during the 60's and 70's, and my parents never, ever became unruly. They loved the games, just knowing we were happy. As a parent of 2 boys myself, who played a lot of hockey, and soccer, I witnessed enough parents that were out there embarrassing their kids, while harassing the officials. A few times I would find myself telling another parent to shut the fuck up, and let the kids have fun.
@imapaine-diaz44513 жыл бұрын
My kid wanted to play little league. I wanted that for him also and volunteered to be an umpire for the league. I lasted exactly two games. I couldn't believe how the parents and coaches acted towards me and the opposing teams and the parents were by far the worst. and this was just T-Ball! in the middle of the third game. I called the league president over, striped off my gear and dropped it font of him, and said, "this isn't how I want my kid to enjoy sports" That was the end of little league for my kid. Sad, but he lettered in three sports in high school. wrestling, track and water polo. This kind of shit isn't tolerated in those competitions!
@caeserromero30133 жыл бұрын
It's been the same for years in England. I played soccer as a kid in the late 80's to early 90's and saw appalling behaviour by parents. Full on fist fights and encouragement to cheat openly. The parents forget that they are supposed to ensure the kids have a good time but also learn honour, respect and fair play. But with some parents you'd think it was a World Cup final rather than a kids game. I quit playing at 14 because of aggravation caused by adults.
@goooch8883 жыл бұрын
I go to local ballparks and watch a few fights, sometimes a ball game breaks out.
@fortunatejeremy3 жыл бұрын
This is the current parenting strategy of clearing the road for their kid, instead of teaching their kid to navigate the road. These kids won't know how to handle adulthood.
@jeffpol63783 жыл бұрын
Maybe a simple solution. Make the child bring the misbehaving parent home. Suspend or eliminate parents as required from all games. If it negatively impacts a few/some players....handle the parents.
@OldschoolRed3 жыл бұрын
I umpired at a little leage field back in 2000. The T ball parents were the worst. I had to clear them bleachers a few times just so the kids could play. The coaches usually thanked me. Lol
@alanoweddell90193 жыл бұрын
I used to ref for kids soccer and the amount of times parents yell at you because they're misinformed about the rules of the game, or just yell at you because they feel ad though they're better than you boggle my mind. Refs are underrated for having to constantly take crap from everybody.
@kstephens8162 жыл бұрын
"MOM SHUTUP, I TRAVELED" Hilarious!
@narnian193 жыл бұрын
The perfect reason for why I hate sports. Every single person who has never played, or is no longer playing a sport, has to put in their two cents. Just shut up and let the kids play. The school districts will sort it out if they feel that something is wrong. Referees are impartial and non-biased. They cannot call anything on one team, if they can't do it to the other. Let the kids play and keep your mouths shut.
@lucythedachshund67933 жыл бұрын
Impartial and unbiased? That’s a joke right? There are many good refs, and the parents in this video were acting like ignorant fools, but every person here knows that many refs do their version of “hometown cooking” to control who wins games.
@patersonplankrd3 жыл бұрын
@@lucythedachshund6793 With a username like yours, guess what? Your comments get ignored.....You have no idea that which you spew.
@lucythedachshund67933 жыл бұрын
@@patersonplankrd seems to me that you are making assumptions. It is funny though, didn’t realize my daughter was signed in. I guess my experience would be assistant coaching two state championship baseball teams and a fourth and a fifth place state finals finish. You can go ahead and ignore my comments though. The other assumption you made is that I cared what some confused moron like you thinks. Of course that other bit of coaching was aau basketball with a team that was ranked 7th in the nation. So yes. I would think that I am familiar with how the system works. Thank you for commenting. Btw, one of those young men I coached is now in the NBA. Of course if your username somehow infers that you are the almighty god of referees then I will defer, but then again, I wouldn’t make that assumption.
@alfredomembreno3 жыл бұрын
I quit the first day. I was an umpire for a girls softball game and the parents were horrible. The things they said were disgusting. By the way, I was 18 at the time and I would never do that again.
@KevinSun2423 жыл бұрын
Start having police onsite. Hand out criminal charges for disorderly conduct, harassment, aggravated assault and battery. We as a society have become afraid to hold people accountable for their actions.
@krane153 жыл бұрын
My mom retired from teaching early. She said the biggest issue with teaching nowadays is the parents. The don't believe their little Timmy or Susie could ever do anything wrong or disruptive.
@jackpotjoey88283 жыл бұрын
Millennials have become parents...
@JamesSmith-ij8nj3 жыл бұрын
Began long before millennials aged out... 25 years ago, while coaching a FUN league softball team turned to an abusive parent and handed him my clipboard and walked. Funny thing, the other parents told the wipe to stfu... Finished the season and never went back... Town now has to beg for coaches, for a for fun league...
@ge26233 жыл бұрын
Having a kid and being a parent are 2 completely different things.
@garygemmell34883 жыл бұрын
I hung up the mask and penalty flag over 10 years ago after managing to work over 3,000 contests. My knees just could not take the punishment any longer. I always made it a point to introduce myself to the catcher prior to the first pitch and also asked their name. During a 14u baseball game I was getting grief from the head coach on the 3B side. Apparently, his catcher had a lower bullshit threshold than I did and actually told his coach to "shut the hell up. He's calling a good game." Didn't hear a peep for the rest of the game. It's always been the adults that have ruined youth sports. The kids just want to play.
@bootysnatcher80693 жыл бұрын
My sister in law volunteered to coach a group a soccer kids aged 4-5. She said she will never do it again. My sister in law was on the varsity women’s soccer team all high school, and was given a sports scholarship opportunity. These parents would get mad at her for telling their child to not give up when they felt like it 🤦🏼♂️ this led to kids just walking away during drills and their parents allowing it. Parents certainly ruined the experience for her, and that’s just as a coach. It’s probably even worse for refs! Unbelievable!
@edduubb60223 жыл бұрын
I stopped coaching because of parents like this.
@patsmith85233 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing a report years ago that stated that many kids don't want to play sports because of their parents. Sad. I saw one video where a ref made a valid call and a parent and a number of kids mobbed him for it.
@tubehound693 жыл бұрын
One time at a high school football game, the refs called penalties on both teams. One was a 5 yard penalty on one team and the other was a 15 yard penalty on the other team. The ref of course says, "Offsetting penalties. Replay the down." One dad jumps up and screams, "How do those penalties offset?" He demonstrated he didn't know as much about football as he thought he did.
@bullet-catcherhohoho2503 жыл бұрын
Screaming parents will be the same at home - nothing will change them.
@mikehorn70993 жыл бұрын
My dad was a hockey ref in the 70s. People always told him theyll "be waiting for him outside" and he always parked in a secret location. Some things just never change. Once the flag is thrown or the whistle is blown just stfu.
@nathandebartolo83303 жыл бұрын
This is why I never volunteer or give money to charities. Humanity is so unworthy.
@rainman32693 жыл бұрын
Parent .... But little Johnny is a superstar in the making .... 🥱🥱🥱 ... See it every Saturday morning ... Pathetic Parents
@DerGlaetze2 жыл бұрын
Way back in the 1970s, I refereed our church league softball games. I was so disgusted with the parents that I totally quit that endeavor. Plus, I was a volunteer without pay. I lasted 2 weeks.
@Str8Lthl3 жыл бұрын
Helped coached a baseball HS game. Called a runner out on a pick off. And he was out. Got harassed by opposing team parent. I quietly took my umpire shirt off, hat and scorecard eith hit count clicker. Walked to the parent and gave him everything. Game was called on account of that parent. SAD thing is that even the son sad he was picked off.
@nb91213 жыл бұрын
Umpire high school and travel baseball in Ohio, can confirm parents are insane. I was doing an 8U game when I was 17 years old and a 40 something year old dad reached over the fence and grabbed my arm over a call. Am 22 now and coming up on my 7th season, it is extremely rare to umpire with a partner under the age of 50 these days.