Sportsmanship.
Or lack thereof.
I coach my daughter's soccer team (under 8's) and have done so for a couple of years now.
I've seen 7 yo. kids show some truly amazing compassion towards another human being and I've seen grown men & women behaving like spoilt little fucking brats.

We used to play 1 particular team who had 1 particular player who was known for his agro. Even his own coach couldn't abide him but the snot's dad was on the committee etc. This 7 yo. kid managed to clothes-line (run past an unsuspecting player with your arm outstretched and bang them on the noggin on the way past) one of my players and KO'd him. & I do mean he knocked my player out cold. 7. I wasn't reffing that game but stopped play when the volunteer parent referee approached me about how to handle the situation.
His old man didn't like me sending his kid off for bad conduct and some shouting ensued. (the refereeing for Small Sided Football (link provided for Rory as he can't seem to figure out google..yet) is conducted by volunteer parents/siblings & fairly adhoc and as the home ground coach I had the final call). Meanwhile my team, snot's team (sans snot) and the TKO's team had gathered around him and organised spare bibs as a pillow, a drink for the kid and were helping the parents explain what had happened to the ambos after they'd assessed him. TKO was shoulder carried off the ground to applause from both teams.

A couple of weeks later we were playing snot's team again. I gave him a verbal warning for shoving and then later (as per the rules) told him to sit out the game for rough conduct. Snot's dad was on me like a Viagra patch on the old fella during the Annual Hooker Visit at The Elderly Gentleman's Home. [Pun intended]
I tried as calmly as possible to tell him to take his child & leave the ground as his behavior was inappropriate. By this time my daughter was crying and all the kids looked scared. I'm a fairly big fella - 6', 90 odd kg.(not all of it fat) but this guy stood over me.
Eventually he left.
I now coach for his son's club (tho he's not on my team). I have to say that snot's behavior and attitude appear to have improved incredibly. Snot's dad still looks at me and mutters.
Kids, don't argue with the ref., they're the 1 person who can signal the end of your game.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 5:53, 14 replies)

Eight year olds, dude.

(Spleep Shit, or get off the internet., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 7:45, closed)

At least they weren't
this old.
Oh, wait.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 7:58, closed)

It's refreshing to see that our confused loner is attracted to a position of 'responsibility' and unsupervised contact with seven year old children.
That's nearly as bad as calling football 'soccer'
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8:29, closed)

www.checkwwc.wa.gov.au/checkwwc
I'd like to see you pass that (comparative) test?
Btw amazingly we do have our own version of footy. Hence the name clarification.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 8:33, closed)

Congratulations you've escaped conviction for molesting children so far, all those bags of haribo and threats to kill childrens mummy and daddy have really paid off

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 9:02, closed)

Hmm.
Needs to read the post above. Maybe open related links.
Otherwise looks really un-clever.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:11, closed)

So by preventing those with a criminal history which indicates that they may harm children from working with children you also prevent people who don't have a criminal history which indicates that they may harm children from harming children
You're not a very convincing liar for a child molester
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 10:40, closed)

Rory
Why not do the human race a favour and remove yourself from the gene pool? You will not be missed.
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 11:36, closed)

Face it rory, you are a penis. Your father was a penis. Your grandfather was a penis.
If by some miracle of forced impregnation of a female gorilla at london zoo by yourself meant you ever had children, they also would be penises.
( The Mock Turtle ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 12:10, closed)

C'mon
Like something would willingly breed with it?
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 12:33, closed)

Btw Rory,
calling strangers child molesters (even trolling on a website) is libelous and slanderous. I wouldn't do it too often as 1 day your'e going to do it to someone who has the time, effort and patience to make sure you regret doing so.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 12:46, closed)

I'm quaking at the thought of a passive aggressive illiterate Australian paedophile who doesn't know what slander is coming to find a made up person on the internet
I PROMISE NEVER TO LIBEL RINGOFYRE AS A PAEDOPHILE BECAUSE ALTHOUGH HE'S ATTRACTED TO BEING AROUND PRIMARY SCHOOL KIDS AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE HE HAS NEVER BEEN CAUGHT WITH HIS PENIS IN THEM, NOT YET ANYWAY. HE HAS ADMITTED TO BEING DULL AND A CONFUSED LONER THOUGH.
( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:06, closed)

Getting angry again rory?

( The Mock Turtle ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:19, closed)

Can't speak, my signals are being traced from Australia, by a paedophile !!

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:21, closed)

At least you can spell it correctly.
Betcha didn't learn that from the Mail.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:23, closed)

Ooooookaaaay
then.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Thu 26 Apr 2012, 13:21, closed)