VHSdevil 10 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Police: Dad pulls gun on coach to get son in ball game PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -- The father of a young football player pulled a gun on his son's coach because he didn't think the boy was getting enough playing time, Philadelphia police said on Monday. Wayne Derkotch, 40, was charged with aggravated assault after getting in a fight with the coach over the amount of time the boy was getting on the field at a game for 6- and 7-year-olds on Sunday morning, said police spokesman Officer Raul Malveiro. "There was a physical altercation about what child should play or not play and then he pulled the gun," Malveiro said. There were no injuries and Derkotch fled before being arrested after a complaint was made by the coach, whose name was not released, Malveiro said. Parental behavior at children's sports events has come under scrutiny from groups such as the Citizenship Through Sports Alliance. The group's study gave parents a D grade for their conduct and involvement at kids' games. An Internet straw poll of nearly 3,000 by the Center for Sports Parenting found that 85 percent of the participants had witnessed parents or coaches becoming verbally abusive during games. Forty percent had seen physical abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_TOWN_FALCONS 10 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Parents shut up and let the kids play..parents had their chance,damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olewave 44 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Did the coach yell at the players? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenecknation 17 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 spoken like a true abingdon falcon. the same should have been said about the abingdon coaching situation for the parents to shut up. heck you guys are 16, 17, 18 year olds not 6 or 7 year olds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFalcons 10 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 wow..i seen that one coming... just didnt think it would be someone from richlands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenecknation 17 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 no disrespect to you bluefalcons but had to on this one a-town has talked trash to everyone on this site since he joined. had to get at least 1 burn in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFalcons 10 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 yea, i dont even kno who he is, haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenecknation 17 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 yes i figured with the name blue in your title you had to be ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFalcons 10 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 well i am a former blue, so what can i say? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinkman 14 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 this is not a good think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zeus71 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Its a shame the way people think these days. Back in the day if you were not playing it is because either you were'nt applying yourself or someone was just plain better than u. Now the caoch is always the one at fault. I guess its the American way our kids are'nt team players why should we expect our parents to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD4VT 11 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 This kind of thing is going to destroy sports as we know them. Take a look at the article in the general discussion forum about "Coaching by Committee" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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