I can hardly believe it. I just almost got n a fight with a 17 year old rugby player at my sons rugby match. Unreal. Kids have no sense and no respect. Ill explain more when I'm off my phone.
Hoo boy. Awaiting the details .....
So I'm watching my boy's team play in their first rugby game of the season. Brutal frikkin sport if you've never seen it. One of my boy's good friends, Nick, got his ankle buckled under him, got trampled and ended up at the bottom of the pile. It turned out to be a severe high ankle sprain, and it happened directly in front of my wife and I and our little girl, not more than 5-10 yards from where we were sitting in lawn chairs. As the injury occurred and for the few moments after, Nick was screaming in agony, yelling "my ankle, my ankle", and for several awful moments, the game play continued with him at the bottom of the pile, screaming. His mother was just to our left, mortified.
After they got the other kids peeled off and the trainer and coaches were looking after him, a group of about 5 of the opposing players from the older kids' squad who were sitting on the ground just to my right began mocking Nick, quietly crying out the words he had cried out, and laughing. They made fun of him yelling out, saying that his injury wasn't as bad as he was making it sound. Called him a pussy. I looked over at his mom, and she was oblivious, but it was pissing me off.
They kept it up, so finally I looked over and I said, "You kids should shut your mouths." They were silent for about 5 uncomfortable seconds, and then one smart ass says, "Yeah, we should shut our mouths", and they all laughed. I said, "You should be ashamed of yourselves. The kid's hurt, why would you mock him?" Again, silence for a moment, and then the same kid says, "Yeah, we should be ashamed of ourselves," and they all laughed again. I said, "Little smartasses, aren't you? Little tough guys. Real cool fellas." The same kid, "Oooh, we're f**king smartasses." Then I said, "What a bunch of assholes." The same kid, "Yup, that's me. I'm an asshole," more laughter. I said, "Who in the hell do you guys think you are?"
In an instant, one of the kids who had been facing away from me the whole time - strong, athletic young Black kid - jumps up and moved towards me in a threatening manner. I was with my wife and 6 year old daughter, so I was out of my seat just as quickly squaring off. A couple of his teammates grabbed him, but he was gesturing to me with his hands like "c'mon".
I said "Who in the hell do you think you are kid? You're actually thinking your going to fight a parent at your school rugby game? Seriously? Daddy beat you one too many times?" By that time some parents from the kid's team came over, some of them were trying to pull him away, and some of them were telling me to sit down. I was saying, "f**k you, I ain't sitting down. This prick threatened me. Get him outa my face. And teach your kids some sportsmanship and some respect for their elders."
I refused to move, so they all relocated further down the sidelines.
It was a bad scene.
