A brawl happened on the weekend between parents watching an under-12 kids’ football game in Maroubra.
The mother of a 12-year-old boy allegedly called a “black c—” by an opposition trainer says she and her husband only reacted violently because the referee should have stopped the game. The woman, Vanessa, told 2GB radio this morning that she believed “any parent would have reacted that way”.
Vanessa said a trainer from Mascot abused her son when he tackled his son.
“Mascot had the ball and my son did a really really big hit on this kid,” Vanessa said.
“The trainer ran on the field and said ‘You’re nothing but a something something black something.”
She said her son told his father about the abuse after the game.
Now here comes the bit that is just pure gold. Vanessa said:
“My husband confronted the trainer. He denied it so my husband hit him. He hit my husband back. Then the Mascot coach’s wife hit my husband so I hit her,”.
Yep, thats the way to resolve conflict between parents, and set a good example for the kids.
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My 10-year-old nephew plays sports and I am appalled by the lack of sportsmanship not so much among the kids, but the parents. Even my normally quiet sister gets all verbal during his games. It is really sad what sports has become.
Now that’s classy, I do love a good bogan story.
My son plays rugby league and I have never witnessed any parents behaving in that manner, the only times is on television where journalists promote it as news worthy. The words may have been said but must of been a more constructive way to deal with it. Monkey see, monkey do. Parents sometimes make the worst teachers.
Wow! This is a hitting game. I love that part you quoted. It’s just a..well, i dunno how explain it actually!
“My husband confronted the trainer. He denied it so my husband hit him. He hit my husband back. Then the Mascot coach’s wife hit my husband so I hit her,”.
I was smiling when I read it. What a world we have !
I thinks all those who literally fight are all losers anyway! Sports is suppose to be a practice of ‘sportsmanship’ and not narrow mindedness.