Forum: Flagrant Foul: The Growing Problem of Incivility in Youth Sports
Wed, Feb 12
|The Grove Hotel
City Club has assembled a great panel to discuss the issues that are being faced by coaches, officials and administrators and what can be done to improve civility.
Time & Location
Feb 12, 2020, 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM
The Grove Hotel, 245 S Capitol Blvd, Boise, ID 83702, USA
About the Event
We have seen the headlines:
“Parents brawl over a 13-year old umpire’s call at youth baseball game”
“Incivility in stands is taking toll on youth athletics”
“Incivility is driving high school coaches from the profession”
“Dealing with unruly fans. Its not just a problem anymore, it’s an epidemic”
Certainly, this is not a problem here in Idaho, right? Wrong! In 2018, a basketball parent from a Meridian high school was banned for a year after throwing a coat at a referee during the game. Local officiating associations are struggling to recruit new officials and keep them after the first year. Good coaches are choosing to hang up the whistle rather than deal with irate parents with unrealistic expectations.