Friday, November 02, 2007

I bet I could take a 12 year old. Probably

It almost feels as though we are getting to the point where parents running amok at children's sporting events is passe.

But the trend has finally reaching the backward backwater of Wisconsin. From the AP:

MILWAUKEE — A youth football coach was charged Thursday with misdemeanor counts of battery and disorderly conduct on accusations he beat and cursed at a 12-year-old who injured his son during practice.

The coach says he "lost his cool." Unfortunately for him, his own program director seemed to see something a little beyond temporary loss of coolness: "Our coach went nuts, he picked up the kid and threw him to the ground and then stood over him''. Apparently the standing over the kid was accompanied by a lot of swearing.

Nice work, dick! Dick in question, Michael John Crawley Jr., 39, is now looking at possibly a fine or some jail time, or maybe a bit of both. I'm putting the over/under on jailtime at 60.5 days (out of a possible year) and a fine of $7,500 (out of a possible $11,000).

Betting starts now!

3 comments:

Muumuuman said...

I thought getting tossed to the ground and cussed out by your Pee-Wee football coach was a right of passage. In one game, my coach suggested giving titty twisters to whoever was on the bottom of the pile. The tactic worked as the team tried to retaliate on the following plays by attacking me with 3 or 4 dudes, leaving the rest of the defense to obtain the desired three and out. I'm guessing no jail fine and only some community service - like coaching the local football team.

Lucy Rhode said...

The stories I could share about our dance and drill team coach when we stepped out of line!

Andrew Wice said...

If the betting starts now, I would like to wager $50 on the twelve year old versus Big BM.

Kids are so grown-up nowadays.