Print Column: Maybe Parents Shouldn’t Be Allowed at Sporting Events
MINOT, N.D. — What is it about sports which bring out the absolute worst in some parents?
We’ve all seen the headlines, and sometimes the videos too.
Parents brawling at a fourth-grade basketball game in Oklahoma. A half-dozen grown men punching each other at a game played by 7-year-olds in Ohio. A man firing a gun and chasing a referee at a game in Arkansas.
These may be extreme examples, but you can show up at any random sporting event in our region and witness parents taking things too far.
I got a taste of this recently.
