Heh. Just, heh.

Guess who just lost his gun-owning rights, too?

Punk. Even if the other kid was a punk on the late hit (which he was) jumping in like that isn't going to help.

That said, he's going to have a great remainder of his life, with the "child abuser" tag forever embedded.

Yup.
I'm cool with convicting this nit-wit of felony child abuse and no time in jail(if that's what happens). His life is *screwed*. That'll show up each and every time he looks for a new job. Great lesson for kids. Act like an undisciplined fool and you can suffer for it the rest of your life. Something AFSis has been trying to teach to a drunk driving kid's friends in Cinci. Sports can teach life lessons you never knew would show up.

I used to coach(basketball and track). I taught my kids never to hold when playing basketball, never to get into fights unless absolutely necessary to protect themselves, and I would get in the grill of parents who made trouble at games/meets. Needless to say I wasn't popular with parents. Telling a parent to STFU and sit down does not win you friends.

But let's id the real problem. Vicarous living. Parents like that almost always think they should've been a Dallas Cowboy or Cowboy Cheerleader. They push the kids to realize the dream the adult never could. They've got dreams of millions and stardom in their eyes. Blinded by it.

I refuse to coach on a team that has a parent of one of the players on it for exactly that reason. You can't be fair if your kid is involved. YOu can't be detached enough to do the right thing. ANd if you've got an anger control problem you definitely shouldn't be on the patroling the sidelines---you belong in the bleachers so I can tackle you before you get on the field.

Sports can be a very positive character forming experience(or give someone a gigantic head(looks in the general direction of Mr. I Never Lost. ;)). Can also be a nightmare if done wrong and produce kids like Maurice Clarette and LeBron James who feel entitled to things because they're talented players(kinda like Hollywood stars), or college football at big schools where cheating is rampant to keep star players. It comes down to being professional. If you don't have people who cannot be professional running things, who compromise their integrity for some short term satisfaction, you've got serious problems.

Hence I don't coach anymore.

Well put, Ry!

Yes i've seen a lot people live their dreams through others like their kids. You do see that in sport and even in weddings.

There should be zero tolerance for this kind of behavior. This moron should get the book thrown at him for not only the obvious infractions but anything else the prosecutor can hang on it.