A long time ago

my oldest son played soccer.

Most of the parents  insisted outfitting the kids in high cost pro style uniforms,  they bought uniform bags, even special water bottles.

 All of this stuff was embossed with the team logo…and before the game they’d line this stuff up on the ground and then they’d raise a custom made team banner over it all.

The kids were six years old

Some people take this stuff way to seriously like these guys… 

By Associated Press

LACEY, Wash. (AP) – The Black Hills Junior Football League says the parents who brawled after a game in Lacey won’t be welcome back.

Police cited two people for assault after the weekend brawl involving at least 15 people at South Sound Stadium following game. The players are second- through fourth-graders.

The fight between Samoan and non-Samoan parents began with a dispute over loud cheering by parents. One man was treated at a hospital for a neck injury.

The football league president says the penalties against fighting parents won’t affect their child’s status on a team.