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School Sports days soon to be a thing of the past?

carly burn
carly burn Posts: 19,457
edited June 2018 in Other Football and Sports

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-44466618

Same thing happened at my boys school last week.

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  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    The picture was enough to stop me reading any further. Grown ups high fiving each other is cringe worthy.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    I don't understand why parents are there.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,759
    How sad do you have to be... deary me.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    edited June 2018
    It is good that parents are there as long as they are supportive of all the kids. As a youth football coach I have seen some very poor behaviour from parents. But actually the worst was in a Greek league where a rabid parent was urging 10 year olds to break a player's legs! Fortunately, our league is very hot, in terms of clamping down on this. We have actually avoided signing a good player because of his dad!

    The general rule for spectating parents should be, if you can't say something positive, don't say it at all.
  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    Fake news.
  • bellz2002
    bellz2002 Posts: 1,361
    Doesn't surprise me. We had a parents race last year and are having it again this year. The example they set to their kids was awful.

    Was never a fan of sports day!
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,588
    Can't believe in this day and age they haven't got VAR.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    wow

    I wanted to disqualify my 6 year old (nickname tricky) for not balancing the small hoop on his head during the obstacle race, he just let it fall off and run in that part

    I asked him how did you win that , to which he honestly replied " I had to cheat a bit or I would never have won it "

    He's really small for his age so needed to cut corners to keep up with the big kids .

    I told him don't do that again because it's not fair and cheating is not on and he just patted his gold medal sticker and smiled, cheeky little runt
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    bellz2002 said:

    Doesn't surprise me. We had a parents race last year and are having it again this year. The example they set to their kids was awful.

    Was never a fan of sports day!

    Only cos you didn't win! :wink:
  • 1se7
    1se7 Posts: 599
    They obviously didn't win by a large enough margin. Usually the Parents of wannabe Athletes reliving their childhood. Shame on them.
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  • bellz2002
    bellz2002 Posts: 1,361
    LenGlover said:

    bellz2002 said:

    Doesn't surprise me. We had a parents race last year and are having it again this year. The example they set to their kids was awful.

    Was never a fan of sports day!

    Only cos you didn't win! :wink:
    I play the part of the class teacher sitting at the sides with my head in my hands :lol:
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,409
    Had some experience reffing junior teams, and you know what I am going to say - nightmare parents.

    BUT..........
    I played in a dads v boys junior school cricket match, with the Headmaster as umpire.
    When I asked him who was keeping the score etc, he said "me, because the boys will win it in the last over"

    I was batting in the last over, and sure enough the Head announced that the dads needed 4 off the last ball.
    We ran 2 and I was run-out.
    The boys were thrilled.

    I knew we had beaten them in reality, but the defeat was more than worth it as the boys celebrated like they had won the World Cup.

    Happy times, now seemingly disappearing.

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