Just wanted to let everyone know what really happened at the rec center concerning rec. basketball. The league is made up of 3rd, 4th and 5th graders. They were supposed to have a league for the 6th and 7th grade but they didn't get enough children to play. The solution was to put two older boys on each team and that is what was done. This was done by the rec not by the children. Recreation basketball should be about developing the childrens potential and not about winning at all costs. During the season, one team played their two older children for almost the entire game because this would give them the best chance to win!!!
Nothing was said about the age of certain children until the playoffs started. Only one child was singled out because of his age and that he was in the sixth grade. One of our councilman went so far as to go to the mayor to try an stop this child from playing in the playoffs. Could this be because his grandson was on the opposing team. Why does the councilman start showing up for games at the end of the season and not from the beginning? Why does the councilman and the rec. allow coaches and parents to taunt a child during a game bringing the child to tears. To yell and scream 6th grader at a child is just disgraceful and the councilman and rec. did nothing. How does a coach after shaking hands with the opposing team run up to an child and poke him and tell him GOOD GAME 6th GRADER, again bringing the child to tears. You being a parent, what would you do if someone taunted and put their hands on your child? Nobody went after a woman.
The parent only went to warn the woman to not lay a hand on their child.
Why does a councilman run up to a parent in a threatening manner and accuse the parent of calling his grandson a midget when he should be worried about his daughter taunting and threatening a child.
Rec sports should be about developing kids skills and not about winning at all costs.
We all like to see our kids win but win or lose, we should always be proud of them.
As parents, we need to control ourselves at kid's sporting events. Sometimes we need to take a time-out. Our recreation dep't needs to take a good look at the way some other successful youth programs are run and take some notes.