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Strange Brew · 09-09-2019, 09:44 AM

I really like some of the comments on here. I 100% agree it has to start with the parents. And while I like the idea of showing the video on a national platform like HNIC, it also isn't enough. Because everyone can see this video and realize the behavior is unacceptable. And let's face it, this kind of incident is extremely rare.

But its parents that are WAY too emotionally invested in the win/loss record of their kids hockey team that is the start of the problem. So show some videos of parents yelling at officials. More people would see that video and say "yeah that's been me a couple of times".

I get quite surprised at the level of vitriol towards the officials in the gameday threads in the FOI forum. Yes it's the pros and things are quite different. But the level of hatred and lack of self control has to be related to this problem IMO.

09-09-2019, 09:44 AM	#17
Strange Brew Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2011 Exp:	I really like some of the comments on here. I 100% agree it has to start with the parents. And while I like the idea of showing the video on a national platform like HNIC, it also isn't enough. Because everyone can see this video and realize the behavior is unacceptable. And let's face it, this kind of incident is extremely rare. But its parents that are WAY too emotionally invested in the win/loss record of their kids hockey team that is the start of the problem. So show some videos of parents yelling at officials. More people would see that video and say "yeah that's been me a couple of times". I get quite surprised at the level of vitriol towards the officials in the gameday threads in the FOI forum. Yes it's the pros and things are quite different. But the level of hatred and lack of self control has to be related to this problem IMO.