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[QUOTE="swish7, post: 1181591, member: 486"]
You know, you read and hear about all the craziness that can happen in youth sports: overzealous parents, coaches playing favorites; teams being more about winning than learning; coaches attempting to poach players to build up their teams. But man, actually witnessing it is quite another thing.

Very local to me there was a club team started by a former CNY guy. I've waited and waited for my kid to be old enough to play. He finally gets old enough to play, and the CNY guy has since passed on, and the team moves about 8 miles (suburban stoplight traffic) further away. So, I say what the heck, let's play anyway. So, I leave work an hour early twice a week to do a question mark dodge from work to his school, and all the way to his practice to make it work. Pain in the butt, but my kid has been having fun, and learning  fundamentals.

During the season, I hear rumor that someone (didn't know who it was) was going to try to re-establish a program in closer proximity to its original location.

However, today, that person, from what I can gather, sent an email out to the parents of my kids program, apparently without the program directors prior knowledge, attempting to gauge their interest in this new team. One of the parents notified the program director, and he justifiably raised a huge fit (via email). Then the other dude responded. What a shame. What a mess.

It always saddens me to learn about these types of things in sports, especially youth sports. But to experience it is like a punch to the gut. At its core, sport is pure. Its a shame we adults find so many ways to screw it up.
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