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[–] IanSomnia@lemmy.world 87 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Some little leagues have a similar rule. If a parent verbally abuses an umpire enough that parent must umpire a certain number of games to see just how hard it is. Punishment fits the crime perfectly.

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[–] schmidtster@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago (3 children)

My kids little league tried that, lasted a game before they realized that having a biased ref that doesn’t know the rules doesn’t make for a fun experience for the kids.

One of those sounds great in theory things, which is why it’s probably such a popular fallacy to spread.

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[–] IanSomnia@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ah that sucks. I guess I should have seen that coming. Some people just won't learn =/ I wish there was a better way to prevent these parents from ruining the game for everyone.

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[–] schmidtster@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Kick them out, and if it becomes an issue unfortunately the kid may need to go to so everyone else’s experience isn’t diminished.

Hopefully the parent learns after spending money on a few.

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[–] electrogamerman@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I think they should do it with a less decision maker position, like water bringer or towel handler.

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