For The Kids

Our JV girl's soccer team walked off the field with their coach because the coach felt it was not a safe or appropriate atmosphere for soccer. And we did forfeit the game. Some parents are blaming the referees however I really don't think it is the refs job to control parents. No one in the crowd around this horrible man stepped up to stop his behavior. The other school district is denying anything happened other than our girls were playing a"physical" game. Our local athletic association is looking into the case. The parents on our side of the fence or not shrinking violets so I imagine what can be done will be done.

At lunch yesterday I asked two highly involved soccer moms at the table what they thought about the incident. They said we always have a problem with Vestal and Vestal parents. Never before have the comments been racial but they are constantly harassing our kids from the sidelines. Unfortunately they also said last Fall two of our parents went over to the Vestal side to apologize for the behavior on our sidelines. My friend Jackie told me her son on the JV soccer team was constantly being being screamed at by parents when he took over a new position. They felt obligated to tell him how to play his position. Sounds like parents and family members need to be banned from the games until people are able to be civil. Erik's History teacher told the kids yesterday if that had been his kid he would gone over to the guy and socked him. Great. Now we have the potential for a parent brawl.

As for racism people seem to think the South is somehow more racist than the North but the confederate flag seems to flying pretty high in my corner of the North. North/South we just haven't come as far as we need to go. Or maybe there will always be some stupid drunk fat guy on sidelines who just needs to be removed. For the kids sake.