Daily Archives: August 17, 2009

Ugly parents at the kids sport

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There’s definitely no shortage of stories about ugly parents carrying on like dickheads at their kids’ weekend sports, be it football, cricket, netball or whatever.  However, I’ve got to say that this one just about takes out the ugly championship for parenting.

This father:

  • ASSAULTED one parent and threatened others;
  • HAD to be paid thousands of dollars to quit one club;
  • DEFIED a league order he not attend matches;
  • LAUNCHED almost 100 legal actions against a junior coach; and
  • FALSIFIED his son’s details so he could play in defiance of age regulations.

A source at one club said the foul-mouthed father took one junior coach to VCAT 97 times.  He first came to the attention of junior football authorities in 2005 when he presented false information about the age of one of his sons.  The next year, he went to another club where he allegedly threatened parents and officials before launching legal action.  The club’s insurers paid him money, on condition he leave. The man took his sons to a third club where he is alleged to have punched a parent at a junior football camp, resulting in serious charges which remain before a court.  In 2008, a fourth club allowed the boys to play on condition their father stay away. He was caught at a game soon after and forced to move his children to another league this season.

The man insists his boys win club awards and that they be played in prominent on-field positions.  According to one of those on the wrong end of this guy’s dickheadery, who gives him a great character assessment:

"He’s a nut,"

In other footy related fun:

Isn’t kids sport fun?  Some parents should not be allowed to (a) breed, (b) failing that, be out in public.

 

If you’re going to cheat, at least try to be subtle about it

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For example, no-one will believe it if you win an election with 100% of the votes, even if you’re in North Korea and your name is Kim Jong-il.

But in Papua New Guinea, the election of Transport Minister, Don Polye, to his seat in the national parliament, with 100% of the votes, was successfully challenged by his opponent.   In PNG, where elections are often rigged and fixed, it’s common for the losing candidate to challenge the elected member through the courts. Alfred Manase took his opponent Polye to court on 35 ground of impropriety.

Judge Greg Lay on Friday ruled Polye was not duly elected due to errors and omissions by electoral officers and supporters during polling. One issue with the election win was that Polye received 100 per cent of the vote, he said.

"Applying common sense, logic and in my almost 65 years of life experience, I have concluded that this just does not happen,"

Judge Lay said.

100%. C’mon, thats just greedy and stupid.  Had Mr Polye gone for a more modest win, like 75% of the vote, and rigged his way to that, at least it would have been within the realms of credibility, much more difficult to challenge.  He should have remembered that you only need 50% + 1 of the votes to win an election.