Any "coach", who hits a referee in kids' sports, should have his team penalized with an automatic forfeit. That would cut down on crap like this. That guy should also be charged.

Throw his @$$ in jail and then he'll see what assaulting someone is like.

Hopefully they give him 6 months to a year, a huge fine and tons of community service.

And you wonder where kids these days get some of their behavior issues...morons like this coach...they think they can resort to violence.

The league should ban him from coaching. Any coach that hits a referee should be automatically banned for life from coaching that sport. Also, I hope he gets charged for this. Though I bet he already has a rap sheet, so this is just another notch on his criminal belt.

Umping is volunteering and I worked baseball games. Sometimes the abuse coming from the peanut gallery made me almost want to wade in with a Louisville Slugger and shut 'em up. But I kept my cool and endured things for a few seasons because its for the kids and without ump's/ref's there would be no games. I felt sorry for younger folk who would officiate. In this clowns case a ban from coaching or even attending games, plus fine, community work and possibly some detention time. I expect a civil suit will follow.

Sad thing is the kids can't control who their coach is.. punishing them for him being a thug won't teach them anything other then the system is unfair. He needs to go to jail, and never be put in a position of responsibility/leadership with youth ever again. The youth sports league that governs these games also needs to do a better job of screening these individuals who are supposed to be teaching the kids.

It's ironic that they always talk about these youth sports programs as preventing drug use and violence with kids, but when you have guys like this in the program it looks like it's doing more harm than good.

One example why more people don't volunteer their services in areas that need it most!

Ignorance is tough to deal with ... and often dangerous ...............

Kevin, you don't punish the children, for a grown man's terrible behavior. That is just another example of injustice. By making the innocent "children" on one team pay for the guilty "Adult's" violent criminal behavior one more time. You remove the adult and make him pay for his own consequences. Aren't there enough cases where the innocent suffer for an adult's crimes? Punish the one who committed the wrong only.

Stupid bunch of animals...Unreal!! Throw his ass in jail!!!!

He was probably already serving community service in the first place. Coaching kids. What a disgrace to his kind.

The referee was wrong to end the game the way he did, but that does not excuse the actions of the coach. The coach deserves to be charged with assault and do some jail time for his actions. The coach should also be barred from participation in any youth sports programs in the future. The referee should have simply assessed a penalty for the coach coming out onto the field and ejected the coach from the game. The coach should have been required to leave the area immediately and before the game would be restarted. This would not only have served to get the coach out of there but also helped by getting the parents behind the referee in getting the coach to leave so the kids could play. Stopping the game entirely and penalizing the kids for the actions of this a-hole coach was the wrong thing for the referee to do in this situation.

This only happens when it is a group of blacks

Really??? Really ???? You haven't been to many youth sports events ...

This kind of crap is getting far too common. I remember when my kids were going through youth soccer and baseball...some parents actually believed little "Johnny" was the best out there and would grow up to play professional sports. Unreal...

Give the coach a "time-out" in the local jail for a couple of days...may just get sued by the referee as well...what a piece of work!

Should they really have used the phrase "ran towards him" as it was clear he "skipped towards him"? He skips over to the referee and slaps him, what a punk!

I've seen bad behavior in all races. We are slowly losing our morals by acting like animals in front of our children. I hear grown ups cussing in front of children at the grocery stores, etc. Kids learn by what they hear and see.

For example, look at the actions of the mayor of Chicago. The killings in Chicago are still happening but he is too worried about keeping a business (Chick-fil-A) out of Chicago for the simply reason that the owner privately chooses to follow scripture from the Bible.

We are going backwards in this country.

Dem, you're absolutely incorrect. I'm white and I was at a one of my son's baseball games where one of the other teams coaches started yelling obscenities at our players. The offending coach was (and guessing still is) white. One of my co-workers was officiating a soccer game and got punched by a parent, right in the back of his head. Again, white. Not a white and black thing so give it a rest.

I agree, this should be a hate crime...You don't like the call, then you go gangsta on the white dude. He was definitely the minority in the crowd.

Never have I seen more "grown" "men" wearing wife-beaters. Either that is their cheerleader outfit or everybody forgot that they were wearing an UNDERSHIRT. This is not clothing people, and pull up your freaking pants! This is not a racial thing, although it does appear that way from this video... ...definite hate crime, if the ref was black he wouldn't have gotten slugged/suckerslapped by a p#ssy.

The ref's an idiot for going into that neighborhood for what - $50.00 to ref the game? $50.00 to wade in with that crowd, no way. He did the right thing and called the game, he did the wrong thing to even be there. Anytime you have those numbers against you, best to be somewhere else.

Sports are not important enough of an issue to invest one's emotions in.

I am on the side of the coach that threw the punch...I coached Little league Baseball for many years and saw MANY refs who were 'on the side' of the other team because their buddies kids were on the opposing team. If this was the case the ref deserved what he got....period.

another great 43 yr. old coach/mentor, I hope he does his part, and continues to mentor the kids by being arrested and serving his penalty.

Hmmm... I do not think this has anything to do with a race issue. This type of event happens at all sorts of sporting events - involving persons of various races and ethnicity.

Someone feels offended, then enraged, as their anger grows. Impaired reasoning sets in, and BAM, there is some sort of fight or inappropriate behavior.

The perpetrator in this event should be booked and charged with assault; and, because it happened at a youth sporting event, the charges should be the maximum. Upon conviction, there should be a maximum penalty, and that should involve jail time and a fine of mucho dineros $$$$.

That would put some teeth to the axiom: "Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time."

Like Forrest Gump said back in 1993, "Stupid is as stupid does."

Americans are so disgusting. This is why other countries loath us. I read the racist post on here, but then on other stories there are posts saying Affirmative Action laws need to be repealed?? GTFOH, thank God those laws are still in effect or I think blacks would be back in chains.

Just another reason why ALL COACHES need to go through some sort NAYS certification so that they can be taught that this type of action IS NEVER TOLERATED.. Same thing for any and all parents through the PAYS program. This way, in the end of the certifcation class they sign a piece of paper and they are then held fully responsible for their actions.. Too many times I have seen games forfeited or stopped and called off from this sort of thing.... Wrong move officials!! Let the kids play the game. They weren't the person or persons that hit the official. The old saying comes back into play once gagain, kids sports were meant for the kids, the adults just mess it all up!!. My apologies to all the adults that do preach and practice good sportsmanship and teaching the basics of what ever sport their sons and daughters are involved in, for that last statement.. I have been a youth sports coach now for well over 35 years and have seen the gamut of issues. Coaches that pull this stunt should be taken from the field by any security available or by the other coaches on the team, the league should have him stand before them, at some point and apologize to EVERYONE within the league structure especially to the team he was coaching on, then the league ban him for life from ever coaching again. The information collected on the incident should be turned in to the authorities so it is placed on his record after his arrest is made. The official involved will have plenty of witnesses available along with the video footage so when he presses charges, and HE SHOULD PRESS CHARGES, no ifs ands or buts. Then let the system do its business. The coaching staffs of all the teams in the league should be required to see this video so they can see for themselves WHAT NEVER TO DO to NEVER TOLERATE!!... To any and all coaches of youth sports... YOU ARE VOLUNTEERS!!! You should have enough knowledge of the game to do your job teaching to kids the basics. You also have a responsibility to yourself, your team and assistant coches to make sure that NO ONE, will ever step out of line. This is not life or death on the sports field or gym or court... It is all about the kids , teaching them solid basic skills and sportsmanship. It is not about any of us coaches, thinking we have the brilliance of any of the higher class fully paid coaches. (I include myself here. I surely didn't get paid to coach the kids. I jumped into it with no preconceptions that I was going to become the benchmark type). It is supposed to be fun, competitive and teaching kids to be good in sports and to have great sportsmanship as well. The simple summary here is, this coach was wrong... DEAD WRONG, in his actions and if the league has any worth it will step up, ban this person from ever coaching any type of sport, ever again.. Don't look at the official as having done your team wrong wiht a call.. Look around you and think of what the possibilities are if you take matters into your own hands and attemtp to take issue with any official coach, parent, or God forbid, any kids. It will have a very adverse effect on the sporting community as a whole.

Enough said on my part... Just stating my opinion and thoughts on this matter. It's always open to scrutiny. Good luck to all coaches around this great country and be sure to make it fun, not another job!!!

Tangent: I was at the improv and the comedian said that whites don't fear blacks because they know blacks won't get violent with them. Blacks will have a protest or some peaceful shyt. However, whites fear Muslims because Muslims will kill if disrespected. Maybe peaceful protests won't cut it any longer. IJS...

I umpired many a little league baseball game and officiated football and soccer - trust me, idiotic parents come from all races and socie-economic classes; had several parents walked out of sports events in hadcuffs.

This joker should be arrested and prosecuted - as an object lesson for the young athletes.

The ref did the right thing by stoping the game they knew the rules before they started the game and if the rule was not to go out on the field than don't go out there. He did not need to be slapped for doing his job the world is made up of rules that we do not like but it does not give anyone the right to slap anyone.

What a coward. Hit someone as you are backing away and getting away in case the guy tries to hit back. I hope this worthless POS gets charged. Man it's shocking that these coaches had a flag called on them for disorderly comment, just shocking. Bunch of grown wannabe-thugs.

I don't know why so many people are upset at the racist comments. If someone is racist your not going to change their views. Racism is something that is usually taught in the home and people are bred to be racist not born that way. Remember most people who are racist don't feel good about themselves so they must try to find a reason to judge and put down others to feel better about their own shortcomings. Any person with even minimal education knows bad people as well as good, come in all colors, genders and sizes. When you encounter a racist don't get upset, you should really pity them, for they are usually just as bad as the person they are trying to put down. To harshly judge a whole race of people based upon the actions of some shows their lack of evolution.

This is clearly a black on white hate crime. I am shocked!!! Where is the Right Rev. Jackson? He will probably show up defending the coach..............saying that he was provoked or some other BS.

LisaLashe.....Is Lisa la Dumb!!!!!!!

I would like to smash that coach's nuts with a loaded iron boot 16 trillion times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Suddenly a derogatory comment, always the black folks claims - "that's so racist" - whatever, always black folks and their chip on their shoulder with the racism and derogatory claims. Blacks folks are very racist too not only with whites but with hispanics too... And watching this black folks go attack this man - how they went after the referee after he got slapped, the black men and women went after him pointing fingers at him like about to attack him again. SAD...

CRIMINAL and DESPICABLE BEHAVIOR!

EXTREMELY POOR example of Leadership, Sportmanship, and Respect to Authority!!!

There is no place whatever for this type of violence, especially in the presence of impressionable children!

This man needs to be held accountable, and have NO FURTHER INTERACTIONS WITH CHILDREN!!!

THE KIDS ARE THE REAL VICTIMS (besides the referee), because their programs and interactions could be jeopardized.... WHAT AN IDIOT!

NOW WE NEED SECURTIY AT LITTLE LEAGUE GAMES?

THIS IS NOT ABOUT RACE, because we've seen numerous ADULTS of many nationalities being out of control!

THESE ACTIVITIES ARE FOR THE KIDS, not your stupid grown asses!

Any "coach", who hits a referee in kids' sports, should have his team penalized with an automatic forfeit.

Uh.....Yeah... and should be arrested, charged with assault and do some jail time. I'd say about two years ought to trim that temper some.

Another sucker puncher, maybe he will go back to jail....

@lisalashae, I give ya whites have done some @!$%# over the centuries, but how's africa and the middle east been doing the last thousand years???? Hmm..... answer me that? Not only did black tribes sell slaves to the whites that they themselves conquered and sold off, but I can also be that more african's have died in the last 50 years in africa than the white have killed in the last 400 worldwide, and the middle east to that killing each other and we might be able to bring that up to 1000 years.

WE ARE HUMANS, we are all savages after money, natural resources, land, water you name it.

Tangent: I was at the improv and the comedian said that whites don't fear blacks because they know blacks won't get violent with them.

Well, there ya go!

If someone as vital to our culture and national discourse as a comedian at the improv said it - Wow.. I mean, how does one top That?? It should then clearly be the case for more violence and assault -

And of course we'd want to keep government mandated racial discrimination in place. "Affirmative Action" .... what a cancer.

Everyone knows that it's always ok to discriminate against the 'right' people - depending on one's own perspective.

Lovely, just lovely.

That guy should be band from every Coaching and he should be band from stepping on the football field again. Just think of the horror that Coach put in those kids mind. I dont want to make it about being black but even "your own Black people are embarrased of you." Its tuff enough being black in this country and you wonder why.

These people are total nutjobs; and they vote. Where else would Zimmerman be considered sane?

When your pride depends on your kid's game, then it's official: You are a LOOSER!

You are right

What do you mean, "He hasn't been arrested yet but could face an assault charge, the BSO said."

Has Eric Holder intervened in this as he did in the Philadelphia voter intimidation case. i.e. it's not a crime if it's black on white.

More Liberal "tolerance" on display for the world to see.

Now, before all you limp-wristed Libbies start whining that, "You don’t' know he's a Liberal".

Yes I do!

Because you all keep telling everyone that if you're black you have to be a Liberal. If you're not, you're an "Uncle Tom" or a "Sellout" or some other despicable pejorative. This was your typical Liberal rage out of control.

A mob of Liberals surrounding the referee and then one of the "brave assistant coaches" sucker punches him over a football game. As his pants fall down, no less.

Yes, we see where the intolerant Liberal tolerance always leads.

So, where is the "Reverend" Al Sharpton? Where is his outrage? Where are the demonstrations and protests? Where are the accusations of this being a "hate crime"?

Where is the other "Reverend" Jesse Jackson?

Oh wait, he's probably trying to bribe someone so his son isn't indicted for misusing campaign funds to renovate his home. More Liberal corruption on display.

ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 FOR REAL AMERICANS©

A little jail time and lifetime ban from participating in youth organized sports.

Screaming, it always amazes me that you think you are the only armed idiot on the loose. My wife works with about 50 other females in an office. 50% of them are packing, of the 20 men there I only know 2 are for sure.

I shot expert in the service and my wife is a better shot than me. Id hate for you to mess with our kids, your chances for survival are slim and none. And slim just left town. If she didnt get you , the dogs would. Think ! It may save you a lot of grief.

All stupid with a gun gets you is sad music and slow walking.

Allen..., you are a racist... it is just that simple.

I want to know what the penalty, unsportsman like conduct was? Did the player slap somebody upside the head?

LisaLaShe,

I guess you just choose to ignore the genocide that African warlords carry out, and have been carrying out for decades, on fellow Africans. Doesn't happen I suppose. It's just whites who are crazy and violent animals. Just like the crazy violent white referee in the video. How dare that crazy white ref hit that black guy's hand with his face?

Why does it always have to be about race? Why can't it just be about a violent @!$%# assistant coach who attacked a referee and should go to jail for it?

jim s Im glad you are on the other side of the street. You go and vote for the draft dodging ,tax evading coward for what ever reason you have. I have more self-respect than to vote for a POS.

You knew it was only a matter of time before this turned
into some racist rant...

Regardless, what happened to coaches being role models? I
grew up playing football from ages 8-19, all of my pop warner coaches were
black. They were all strong, intelligent, positive role models who taught all
of their players more about life than football. These idiots in the video
should never be in a position of authority teaching our children anything. As
for all the racist a*sholes on here, judging an entire race by the actions of a
few individuals is the definition of ignorance. Step into the 21^st
century, the country is getting more diverse whether you like it or not, you
will be the minority soon.

@Kevin C-752389

Any "coach", who hits a referee in kids' sports, should have his team penalized with an automatic forfeit. That would cut down on crap like this. That guy should also be charged.

That's exactly what happened and the reaction from the red team's kids struck (pardon the punn) me even more than the punch.

What did those kids learn out there? The red team got excited that they won because of a forefit. They weren't bummed out because they lost the opportunity to play that game? They've been taught, it's all about the win.

The green team's kids (and apparently the parents as well) learned that when you don't like what's going on, you resort to violence.

The coach who threw the punch should have been immediately ejected and barred from participating for the rest of the season and without anger management classes. The green team should not have been penalized by a forefit. That teaches the kids that you have to take personal responsibility for yourself, because that coach certainly isn't going to.

No one won other there.

Re: On The Edge -Another E-Thug ( LMAO ). They talk all the @!$%# over the millions of miles of web space but when in reality, you would just run with your wife like the big pu$#y you probably have been all your life. Hahahaha. C'mon give us some more tough guy talk...Hahahaha

A lot of race talk here. The Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. predicts whites will become a minority by 2050 at 47% of the population. By 2097 Pew predicts: 50% Hispanic, 22% African American, 14% Asian, 4% white, 2% Native American, and other minorities making up the remaining 8%. I wonder if you put these comments in a time capsule and opened them in 2097 what people would think of them then ?

Interesting how the jerk went after the white ref. Too bad the ref can't pull the race card.

ON THE EDGE:

Whatever. I'll take my chances with her too. And the kids. Or even the dogs. And anybody else you want to throw at me who assaults or attacks me. You aren't the only one in the world who knows how to shoot either.

And tell me this too, since you are an expert on my capabilities.

Has your wife, kids or dogs ever been under fire while doing their shooting? ANYBODY can hit a paper target when shooting. It's something else all-together when the target is shooting back. You should know that as an ex Serviceman.

newscover,

Obama was not being overly polite during the first debate. He was being his normal, clueless, arrogant, incompetent self

Considering everything, anyone surprised by this coach?

On the edge

jim s Im glad you are on the other side of the street. You go and vote for the draft dodging ,tax evading coward for what ever reason you have. I have more self-respect than to vote for a POS.

Hmmmm, really? More self respect?

You mean that draft dodging vice-president Joe "Bite Me" Biden buffoon? You know, the one that had 5 deferments for Vietnam for his mythical ailment, asthma. You know, the same debilitating asthma that didn't prohibit him from playing football in high school and college or stop him from being a lifeguard. You know, the same severe asthma that he conveniently forgot to mention in his OWN MEMOIRS!

You mean all the tax evaders in the Barrack Hussein administration? You know, Treasury Secretary, Timmy "Turbo Tax" Geithner or HHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius. You know, the 36 office staff members of Barrack Husseins who owe $833,900 in back taxes as of January of this year.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!

Your "self respect" sounds more like typical Liberal talking-point nonsense.

Now tell me about that POS thingy.

Try to keep up Spanky.

ROMNEY/RYAN 2012 FOR REAL AMERICANS©

screamer,

To answer your question, YES, you would loose. And who said anything about "Ex"

Allen, it's people like you and this nimrod of a coach that makes it damn near impossible to get enough people to step up and volunteer for these youth programs!

Teams in the ghetto don't have quality teams play them because of stuff like that right there. Acting like animals in front of children. Teams of well behaved youths forfeit rather than go and face dirty playing and crimal parents that can't act like human beings. If that ref, who would have knocked the sucker punching little guy out, would have fought back to defend himself there would have been 100 ghetto, crimal, parollee parents attacking him and the other white refs.

Like I said, that is the reason the ghetto schools have great records(wins vs losses) because the quality schools won't go any near them to play. My HS, a public HS, had one team that they would forfeit against in basketball because of stuff like that. There would be riots, kids and their parents getting jumped in the bathrooms and hallways by the ghetto kids and their parents. We had cops spraying mace in hallways to try and break up a riot at a basketball game twice before my H.S finally said " we will never play that team again, we will forfeit every game against them''.

That sucker punching guy should face MANDATORY jail time. I guarantee he is a parolee/ex-felon. GUARANTEED!!

ON THE EDGE:

Whatever. Then have your wife, kids and dogs come assault me and we'll test the theory. I'm cool with it...

Christ Almighty! One person spouting racist BS and it opened the can of republicans. Don't forget your "White Is Right!" t-shirts on voting day!

One single butt-muncher of an assistant coach goes overboard and assaults a referee and we're back to the "Lynch the N/gger!" Days. Are you all stupid or just morons? How many soccer riots have you seen in Europe on TV? Embarrassments for civilized people. Same for Super Bowl "celebrations" that leave millions of $$$ in damage.

More and more we're seeing people acting in ways that are simply cowardly. COWARDLY! When someone assaults another unexpectedly and for no legitimate reason they need to go to jail. If we're going to have thought crime hate laws then they need to be enforced no matter what the race of the offender is. Whites, Blacks, Orientals etc... are all capable of racist thoughts and actions. To only apply prosecutions for hate crime laws against white people is as discriminatory as the offender's thoughts and acts. This cowardly punk coach sucker punched a game official and should answer for his act in a court of law. In the meantime his coaching career should end and he should be kept away from the kids and the games.

Jim

A lot of presumtions in that post. tim geitner, GOP. Me IND.

bidens deferment for health reasons, legal. Im not enamoured with biden . Are you a doctor , privy to bidens health records? I think not, but i dont know.

Have you read romneys reasons in response to the deferment? They are leagal but laughable

Laughable, much like your use of childish repartee.

Is your daddy responsible for your behavior. What has Kathleen Sibelius and 36 staff members got to do with this discussion? Do try to stay on subject.

Texas passed a law some 15 or so years ago making it a class 1 misdemeanor or a class 3 felony to assault a game official. It put a stop to a lot of this type crap.

Those officials are paid officials from some local sports officials association. Most of these guys & gals are new to officiating and use the games to earn points to advance to higher levels, plus it give the opportunity to practice their mechanics. There are many officials that refuse to work youth sports because of things like this and having to put up with the a---ole parents.

Coaches and parent need to get a grip and realize that the kids learn from their lead. It is bad enough that they try to be like those super heroes (Thugs) they see on Sunday TV.

There is no call for the racial BS, ANYTIME!

I have been a Coach now for close to 20 years, I started in a pee-wee league in Boca Raton FL. Now reside in NC. Coaching is a priviledge and and honor, anyone who abuses that honor should never and I mean never regain that priviledge again.

Our young men and women need role models that will uphold the highest standards of society, not the lowest. Our society needs this also. As a coach there are sometimes that I myself are not very happy with a call by a ref, but it has never even remotely come to mind to strike an official for a call. That to me is childish, like this grown man was throwing a tanturm or something.

Referees are doing their best and it is a very difficult and thankless job. I would like to see this guy call a game to see if he could do better.

to Jim Spence..."Real Americans" means "White Americans"...

Salvia... LOLOLOL! U.S. will be 4% white in 85 years? Not very damn likely. Wouldn't bother me if it were, but that is just a ridiculous number.

Arthur, hate crime? Against what? The umpire being visably obese, and looking a tad like Michael Moore? I think that's a rather large stretch there.

Yes, there was a crime, as assault is a crime, and the ump would be well within his rights to press charges. This said, trying to make a hate crime out of it, is stretching things a bit...

On the edge, did you find the wrong thread, or read 2 threads and reply to the wrong one per chance?

What does a coach belting an ump in a little league sporting event, have anything to do with Obama, Romney, Biden, Tim Geitner, politics, or the political parties? I think you must have found your way into the wrong thread, if what you want to discuss is the presidential candidates, and who should vote however... These little leaguers aren't even going to be able to vote for about a decade or so :D

Edit: oh man, and other posts have turned this into a political spat as well. I wonder if after Novemember, every topic is going to come down to the presidential candidates, no matter how unrelated the story at hand is to them or not :o

JimSpence, politics is an illusion and you're falling for it. Don't be a sheep.

karl-917535

I don't know why so many people are upset at the racist comments. If someone is racist your not going to change their views. Racism is something that is usually taught in the home and people are bred to be racist not born that way. Remember most people who are racist don't feel good about themselves so they must try to find a reason to judge and put down others to feel better about their own shortcomings. Any person with even minimal education knows bad people as well as good, come in all colors, genders and sizes. When you encounter a racist don't get upset, you should really pity them, for they are usually just as bad as the person they are trying to put down. To harshly judge a whole race of people based upon the actions of some shows their lack of evolution.

lol. How about you look around the globe and find a single "black" culture or predominantly black country that is even remotely close to leaving it's 3rd world status...?

My views of black folks stem from a lifetime of being around them; I don't "hate myself" nor was I "raised to be a racist"....I'm just entirely more objective about the "evolution" of black culture than you.

Where were "black folks" during the Age of Enlightenment? Where are the "black countries" that lead the world in Democracy or Progressivism? Where are the "black countries" that give more than they take? Where are the "black countries" that lead the world in science, architecture, engineering, medical science, physics, space flight, technology, or any of the other driving forces of the evolution of mankind...?

Google the "Dark Continent" and get a view of Africa from space....it's literally a "dark" continent.

It's not "racist" to be observant...

Why do some people think everything has to be about race? People do get angry for other reasons when sports are involved. When my daughter was in high school, one of their rival teams used to try to injure one of our best players on purpose and send him to the hospital just to get him out of the game-and it worked. Most of the players on both teams were the same race with some mixing on both sides. It was about WINNING, not about race! I went to private schools as a kid with mostly white or Asian kids, and there were a few cases of terrible sportsmanship. (It wasn't that I would have minded going to school with black kids or that I personally felt I should be separated from them-the fact was that some always registered at my school every year but never showed up for classes.) Anyway, once when I was in the marching band and our team won an away game against a team of other white kids that almost always beat us, as the band marched away behind the home team stands we had to dodge drinks and all sorts of objects that were being thrown down on us from the stands-I didn't feel safe until we got on the bus! Again, it was about winning, not about race!

Obviously, I don't know this particular man's motive; I just wanted to point out that not every case of anger and violence is about race, especially when sports are involved. Surely all of you have seen parents and coaches go off on kids and other adults for sports-related reasons. Having said that, no one should be able to get away with assault like this. This man should certainly face a penalty for his actions, especialy since he was supposed to set an example for kids.

Where are the "black countries" that lead the world in science, architecture, engineering, medical science, physics, space flight, technology, or any of the other driving forces of the evolution of mankind...?

I'm not sure how highly evolved or objective it is to stereotype an entire race of people when the countries to which you refer have not had the same opportunities you have had-i.e., the white people of the U.S. were never enslaved for years or dominated by other countries and benefitted from centuries of enlightened government and culture. (The U.S. didn't just spring up out of nowhere, either-it built on the Magna Carta, which built on democratic principles from ancient Greece as well as JudaoChristian principles, etc.) Where are the black INDIVIDUALS who lead the world in science, architecture, engineering, medical science, physics, etc? If you weren't so blinded by bias, you might see them.

UPDATE: This guy was arrested for battery on a sports official, a felony. He also has a 33-page rap sheet with 20 arrests, including "a variety of felony convictions, including robbery and cocaine distribution. He has also been collared for cocaine possession; aggravated battery; resisting arrest; battery on a law enforcement officer; indecent exposure; and aggravated assault with a firearm."

What was he even doing around kids in the first place? My guess is that someone on the team knew, but didn't care. I saw a new report saying that each team, rather than the league, was responsible for running the background checks...clearly a BIG mistake.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/football-coach-attacks-referee-687341

Very good call Sally, :)

Don't go away, Sally, there's bound to be more remarks of a similar ilk coming along by & by.

TNB

You really want 4 more yrs. of this......... Public union trolls...............WWW.endthetroll.com/endpayingpensions4publicservents

Romney/Ryan 2012

Obama/2012

Romney/1040

Love it jjgats.

Hey Lee-wake up Mitts and Ryan could not run an ant farm let alone a country. Mitts goes to the Lonndon Olympics on a softball trip and blows --60,000 UK citizens yelling at him. You really belive this moron can handle a crisis ?

No matter how it's handled...........The American People should not be lied too. Your moran failed yet again..I'm surprized..Ha Ha nooooooooooooooooo

Hey Lee, Romneys not my moron, I thought he was your moron. But he only lies 1/2 of the time and he really loves us.

Yes, unfortunately we cannot control whats coming from both up North and the Carribbean, they both seem to forget its a vacation destination, not a place for you to move to.

He needs to become BUBBERS BITCH in prison!!

Y'all are absolutely right, he shouldn't have slapped him... he should have hung him :-)) and stuck that whistle so far up his anus that when he clinched his butt muscles it would have been whistling the national anthem.

On a real note I can't believe they're showing something like this compared to all the important news of the world. The media are puppets dolls and y'all are mindless children.

Romney sure knows how to play the race card- i mean damn how many companies has he bought off for this type of news to be front and center???

Please let someone follow up on this and arrest this guy for assault. Hopefully the kids will never have to see this guy or be around him again. The sad thing is, there were alot of people out there who acted like animals also and given half a chance would have done the same thing to this referee. These are people that are supposed to set an example for these kids, but instead they are the reason that many of these kids will not have a fair shot at living a "normal" life. Shame on all of those that acted in a senseless manner and they should be called out for it.

Geez. And other grown "men" on the said "coaches" team were high five-ing each other because of that fools actions. More than disgusting. Shame on him is right. Shame on all of those on that teams so called "adult" advisers who were involved, and thought it was okay to attack that volunteer Ref. Throw him in jail or at least charge him with assault. Someone needs to do something to let the kids know that it is wrong to act in this manner.

I've seen all types of adults act like a fool @ kids sporting events . It doesn't have a thing to do with race.

Sad thing is the kids can't control who their coach is.. punishing them for him being a thug won't teach them anything other then the system is unfair.

What's unfair about punishing the team for the coach's behavior? It's completely fair. Here's how you explain it - Kids, everyone on the team is responsible for the team. If one teammate loses their temper, you've all lost your temper and you're all responsible for how your team acts. Its not fair to let your coach get away with behavior that you and your teammates are punished for. That's why he's getting arrested and why your team has to forfeit the game. What, it's not fair? That's life kids, you can and will be judged and punished by the company you keep.

What did the other team do wrong that *they* couldn't play? Nothing right? So how is it fair for one team to come ready to play in a sportsmanlike fashion to not get to play because the coach of the other team can't control himself?

JE,

I don't know what planet your from but I have never seen that type of behavior ever here in Northern California. This is inner city Gansta Thug mentality and it just grows, it doesn't diminish.

What does that have to do with anything?

hopefully.

As a youth soccer coach, I had each parent sign an agreement concerning their and their child's behavior during both practices and games. The metro-league had already provided the rules, but I had a signed statement of understanding from each parent and athlete.

I still caught hell from parents when I would put their kids out of practice, and some parents couldn't believe they were ejected from the park during games. But they had little argument with the signed docs in their face.

That's okay. There's no such thing as little league football, anyway...

Loryncello;

It's LACK of culture, class, understanding, intelligence...shall I go on?

No, its a matter of race. Grow up.

wrong loryncello. 99% of these type of acts of violence are committed by one race of people. need i go on?

No rex it is about America. Trust, persons outside of the country don't see a "black animal attacking a poor white ref". They see Americans attacking each other. If we don't stop being stupid and band together, trust we will fall. Oh, and have a stadium full of seats, you're an idiot.

Dem for Romney 34 says this only happens to blacks. They need to lose the ghetto mentality.....not to excuse anything, i think the knucklehead should go to jail for a year,community service and be banned from coaching, but mr demforromney34,two words to rebuff that:Soccer Hooligans!!

Over 70% of violent crimes are committed by blacks need we say more?

Funny how this has nothing to do with race, but if the roles were reversed, it would BE ALL ABOUT RACE for you @!$%#ing people. And I use the term "people" loosely here. Now it's just "American Culture". God you @!$%#ing two faced hyprocrites make me sick. I cant say what I really want to say because it would be a Coh violation. @!$%#ing hyprocrites.....

I hope he mans up about the issue.

Yeah, good luck on that one. First of all, you really have to be a man to do that. You would also have to have your pants pulled up. @!$%#ing animal.....

@ mythos-216151.. after all the hatred, racism comments I read on this vine it is refreshing to read your post. Thanks

I sure hope that Justice does prevail for those Kids and the Refs. It is more than likely he will be banned from the sport and it wont be just him the entire coaching staff since they stormed the field and made matters worse thus leading up to the incident of the punching. There is no way I would allow my child to remain in a team if anything of that nature happened. They are a true embarrassment to the sport of Football. The Parents on that opposing team I sure hope and pray for their kids that do what is right for their kids. Being a Youth football/high school football parent myself there are a lot of parents that take the sport for granted and live vicariously through their kids sports because of their own missed opportunities growing up themselves. Football is a excellent sport and great for boys to learn teamwork with their peers and accomplish great things in School. John Madden started his career here back in the 60's and his love and inspiration for the sport i would hope be embraced by everyone who loves the sport, that is what should be given to the kids.

There black freaking animals and all should be sent back to Africa were they belong..

Maybe they're mad because they didn't get a free Obamaphone.