American Voices

Youth Sports, Adult Violence

December 6, 2000 | ISSUE 36•44

The past year has seen a surge in adult violence at youth sporting events, including the beating death of a hockey coach by a player's father. What do you think?

  • Why are these grown men hitting each other? They should be hitting the kid who blew the game.

    Marty Behr
    Systems Analyst

  • This parental aggression is spreading into other youth activities, as well. I took a knee to the kidney when my daughter forgot her Christmas-pageant lines.

    Joan Weitz
    Homemaker

  • Hey, if you'd seen that ref's call, we'd have been fighting over the shotgun.

    Damian Thomas
    Forklift Operator

  • Ask me that question again. Go ahead. I fuckin' dare you, you fucking piece of shit.

    Bob Bryson
    Sales Coordinator

  • I blame the cheerleaders. They're the ones stirring people to violence with that 'Be aggressive! B-E aggressive!' cheer.

    Dina Sargento
    Social Worker

  • What better way to impart to our children the important life lesson, 'Do as I say, not as I do'?

    Omar Husserl
    Glazier

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