Ugly parents at the kids sport

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:

A 19-YEAR-OLD has been charged after a junior footy brawl that saw one youth hit with a mallet in Melbourne’s north yesterday. This happened at an under-16s match between Tullamarine and Northern Saints. A 16 year old is also expected to be charged over the fight by police. Hands up, who thinks that its normal and reasonable to take a mallet to the footy?
death threats made to 2 under-10 football players in Tasmania
a huge brawl involving about 100 youths after a rugby game in New Zealand between 2 of Auckland’s top rugby schools.
a brawl at an under-12’s football match near Melbourne a few weeks ago involving players and parents, which led to teams being banned for a week and a plan devised to require parents to attend lessons on how to behave at junior sporting events before their children can be registered for the next season. What the fuck? Lessons in how to behave like a normal person? Maybe these fuckwits need to pass lessons in behaving like civilised human beings before being allowed to reproduce?