Fair Play: The Parent Trap Part 3: KO and Slash
WHEN, you say, did Parts 1 and 2 come out?
Well, it was a long time ago and they came out in my blog. I wrote Part 1 half-wasted and it elicited so many comments I was seeing libel suits in my coffee. I deleted it the morning after and only the tamer Part 2 was left.
What’s a Parent Trap?
It refers to misbehaving football parents who compromise themselves by doing stupid things because they think 1.) who they are, 2.) what they do, 3.) what their statuses are, they can get away with anything.
Consider the first offense that resulted to Part 1. One parent got pissed because she was hit by a football that she threatened the child. Last I heard, they were hurling lawsuits at each other.
Oh, I’d love to hear what the judge had to say in that one.
Now here are Case Nos. 2 and 3, hence Part 3.
This time, it isn’t funny.
One referee got the surprise of his life last February, when, after picking up the ball after the final whistle, a big, fat fist said hello to his face.
The fist belonged to an irate father of the winning team who wasn’t too pleased that he didn’t call a foul when his son got roughed up.
“Bantay lang ka pag human sa duwa,” the father told the ref.
“Gitinuod gyud,” a witness told me.
When that father got confronted by other dads, he bragged, “PULIS KO!!!” Last I heard that KO Artist has been hounding the ref to not pursue a case against him.
Fast forward to last Monday for Case No. 3.
A mom confronted an opposing team after a game her son’s team won for roughing up her son.
One player, who tried to play peacemaker, got scratches for his efforts.
Both incidents were caused by what parents conceive as rough play that should have been punished.
Aaah, parents. They can be a boon or bane to a sport.
Most parents of athletes are actually a great help for any sport. I’ve met, and even become friends, with lots of them.
It’s the misguided few who, like a few rotten eggs, ruin their image.
Take the case of the KO Artist and Mom the Slasher.
They, their sons and their sons’ team, will be forever known to the community for their misguided actions.
A day after that Scratch Attack, the parents—minus the guilty one—were back on the field. They were so nice. One even commented to officials that the opposing team only needs a few tweaks to be competitive and pointed to a few good players.
Another official, who witnessed the conversation, said it simply, “Nag scout na pud na sila para kinsa kambrason.”
We all had a good laugh. That’s what the parents’ action did. It reduced their team from being known as a good technical squad to one with a Deadly Mom.
The last I heard of the case, the coach of the Scratched One has asked the principal of the opposing team to reprimand the guilty parent.
You see in cases like this, it’s not only the son, or the parent that gets embarrassed, it’s the school and all its football teams.
Maybe next time schools hold a football tryout, part of the requirement should be the players’ parents must know how to behave.
I mean, let’s all avoid a Parent Trap Part 4, shall we?
Well, it was a long time ago and they came out in my blog. I wrote Part 1 half-wasted and it elicited so many comments I was seeing libel suits in my coffee. I deleted it the morning after and only the tamer Part 2 was left.
What’s a Parent Trap?
It refers to misbehaving football parents who compromise themselves by doing stupid things because they think 1.) who they are, 2.) what they do, 3.) what their statuses are, they can get away with anything.
Consider the first offense that resulted to Part 1. One parent got pissed because she was hit by a football that she threatened the child. Last I heard, they were hurling lawsuits at each other.
Oh, I’d love to hear what the judge had to say in that one.
Now here are Case Nos. 2 and 3, hence Part 3.
This time, it isn’t funny.
One referee got the surprise of his life last February, when, after picking up the ball after the final whistle, a big, fat fist said hello to his face.
The fist belonged to an irate father of the winning team who wasn’t too pleased that he didn’t call a foul when his son got roughed up.
“Bantay lang ka pag human sa duwa,” the father told the ref.
“Gitinuod gyud,” a witness told me.
When that father got confronted by other dads, he bragged, “PULIS KO!!!” Last I heard that KO Artist has been hounding the ref to not pursue a case against him.
Fast forward to last Monday for Case No. 3.
A mom confronted an opposing team after a game her son’s team won for roughing up her son.
One player, who tried to play peacemaker, got scratches for his efforts.
Both incidents were caused by what parents conceive as rough play that should have been punished.
Aaah, parents. They can be a boon or bane to a sport.
Most parents of athletes are actually a great help for any sport. I’ve met, and even become friends, with lots of them.
It’s the misguided few who, like a few rotten eggs, ruin their image.
Take the case of the KO Artist and Mom the Slasher.
They, their sons and their sons’ team, will be forever known to the community for their misguided actions.
A day after that Scratch Attack, the parents—minus the guilty one—were back on the field. They were so nice. One even commented to officials that the opposing team only needs a few tweaks to be competitive and pointed to a few good players.
Another official, who witnessed the conversation, said it simply, “Nag scout na pud na sila para kinsa kambrason.”
We all had a good laugh. That’s what the parents’ action did. It reduced their team from being known as a good technical squad to one with a Deadly Mom.
The last I heard of the case, the coach of the Scratched One has asked the principal of the opposing team to reprimand the guilty parent.
You see in cases like this, it’s not only the son, or the parent that gets embarrassed, it’s the school and all its football teams.
Maybe next time schools hold a football tryout, part of the requirement should be the players’ parents must know how to behave.
I mean, let’s all avoid a Parent Trap Part 4, shall we?
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