There are so many kids these days who have no idea what a good sport is. It's a very sad reflection of the times we live in.
I know football is a rough sport, but some of the injuries I see my kids come off the field with are definitely not from the general course of the game. Some kids are dirty dogs, and you know it because you hear their parents yelling out things like, "smash him", and "kill them", and all sorts of other awful stuff. Yeah, I encourage my boys to play hard and do their best, but I don't tell them to go out and punch someone else in the head, or scratch them in the face, or twist their balls or some of the other things I hear parents saying.
I think most of it comes down to parents being fuckheads, trying to live vicariously through their kids' sport. The parents should be sin binned too!
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