competing

I'm all for competitiveness, I love it, I get it, I hate to lose, and I believe that the rest of the country is pretty much the same. Its how we were built, it drives us, it gives us a sense of passion. But wheres the line?
I was reminded of this a week or so ago watching my oldest niece play in a soccer game. These are 13 year old girls and boys, playing at a fairly high level. Anyway, during the match, there was a play in which the ball was booted high into the air, and two very large young men, from opposing teams went up for it at the same time. There was a collision, just like every other sport, these things happen, one kid got a little better end of the deal. Well, they both got up, dusted themselves off, and everything was fine, except for the parents. The parents of the team who's kid got the worse end of this collision were all about making a big deal out of nothing. But this was taken to a whole other level.
Their player was awarded an indirect kick, and right before the kid was about to take his kick, one of the parents yelled out, "Kick him right in the head with it!" This was loud enough that people across the field heard it, everybody heard it, the referee admonished this person. It was embarrassing, but still even some of the parents were laughing right along with this fool. It didn't escalate, but you had the feeling it could have, especially with parents from the other team yelling back.
If this is competition, I don't want to be a part of it. I mean these are kids just trying they're best. Sometimes the parents need to do the growing up!

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