Great response to terrible Little League parents

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1 year 6 months ago #356 by queenszep
A pretty creative way to go after parents yelling at volunteer umpires at Little League games, and a very Philly/NJ approach to the problem:

"Little League season is underway and one New Jersey town is introducing an ingenious new rule to crack down on misbehavior after parents were caught on camera berating and yelling at referees and umpires at youth games.
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So now, the Little League officials in Deptford Township have created an innovative new solution to combat the trend. If a parent or another spectator fights with an umpire, they have to volunteer to officiate themselves for at least three upcoming games.
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'People are very comfortable making officials uncomfortable, so it's about time that we've reversed the trend and started making people uncomfortable who are harassing officials,' said Brian Barlow, who founded Offside, a Facebook page that calls out bad behavior among youth sports parents."

You definitely won't see this in white trash America because they thrive in hate and conflict, but more places should implement rules like this.

​​​​​​Full story: www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/...eague-games-98810329

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