Refs Quitting As Parents Keep Behaving Badly

CBS2's Steve Overmyer has the latest on the school referee shortage as parents continue to act out at their children's games.

[AaronSAllison]

my dad was a head coach in high school for 4 years, said the only coaching job he would ever take after that would be for an orphanage.

[pingerlock]

I quit coaching kids over the emotional parents, I don't blame the referees for quitting too.
Poor kids are the ones that get the short end of the stick

[edlane]

And this is very similar to why no one wants to teach school anymore as well.

[cliffhigson]

Start arresting the parents & give them big fines, works here in Australia.

[TheRealfan]

This video should be shown to all parents.

[bowlchamps]

These are the same parents that would blame the school, government or politicians for their failures.

[arpeemac]

kid: mom shut up, I travelled.
mom: i did not raise a child that travels!

[bradstrouse]

These are always the parents of mediocre talented kids, who they think are the super star of the team.

[navvet]

I coached soccer for years. We had a certain team whose parents would always hammer the refs until a new ref showed up. His daytime job was a Sergeant with the Florida Highway Patrol and retired military man. After an altercation with the parents and some dads being taken to jail, this team finally got the message. Good times.

[icarusamerica]

We have all seen these parents, trying to relive their "glory days" through their kids. Sad

[DuncanBell]

I threw out a coach when I was a 16 year old umpire. A grown man acting like a fool, who didn't know the rules of the game he was coaching.

[umpireva]

I've had kids tell me during covid fan restrictions. "Man we wish fans don't come back". How sad is

[phtevlin]

My brother coached girl's soccer for several years. He loved it. He was loved and respected by the girls he coached. He quit after a few years. The reason? The parents.

[bobe]

What's sad is that the bad parents won't get why their actions are wrong.

[kyrieblades]

I’m 14 and a soccer referee, and I’ve had parents loose there mind against a call I’ve made. They’ve obviously haven’t read the laws of the game, but it’s even worse that I’m a kid and acting more responsible than them

[kentstookey]

I have officiated over 25 years in volleyball, basketball and softball. Basketball is by far the worst for bad behavior. People think that they can act anyway they want since they bought a ticket. I have had police show up to make sure no fights ensue. The losers in all this are the players. I got tired of being yelled at sometimes, but most of it was minor. My favorite moment was when I called a foul and the coach whose player was fouled yelled " come on, call the fouls". MY response was. "coach, your guy is shooting free throws. what more can I do?" he just looked at me. some coaches just yell to be yelling, has nothing to do with the play.

[luckygibbo]

I coached junior football here in Australia. Loved working with the kids, but the parents finally drove me away. Total madness. Greetings from Sydney.

[tercelfan]

Years ago, at a Atom (10-11) tournament hockey game a friend of mine was doing lines. It was a Friday afternoon and officials were very hard to come by as most were working or in school. My friend was in town and as a favour agreed to help out. We chatted by the blue line during pre game. When the game started, he went about his business and I cheered on my son's team, Midway through the second period he made a good call at the line and a parent, about 10 ft. away screamed "That was a terrible call, where did you learn to ref?" My eyes and my friend's met and the two of us laughed out loud. I walked over to the dad and asked him if he knew who he was yelling at. He said "no." I told him that it was an NHL trainee referee that was in town to do the Major Junior game that night. His sheepish response "well I guess it wasn't that bad after all". He was quiet for the rest of the game.

[xyz]

These parents are why "participation awards" were created. Not to spare the kids feelings.

[BC-nisk]

Our society in too many cases is very toxic. I taught for 17 years and the classroom has become quite toxic as well. Lousy parents raise lousy kids and we wonder what's wrong with our country. Politics these days are also conducted by a group that's part of the toxic party as well. This needs to change, this country sucks!!!