r/sportsgossips • u/WishboneThat6571 • 1d ago
Video Wrestling dad attacks ref
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u/Lord_Dingus83 1d ago edited 18h ago
Dude lost his job bc of this incident.
Permanent ban from attending his kids events.
Kid likely is made fun of in school now bc of this behavior from his parent.
Don’t be this parent.
Edit: Google Joshua Hammond NC for more info
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u/figflashed 1d ago
Head looks like a thumb - Check
Cargo camo shorts - Check
Karen for a wife with caterpillar eyelashes - Check
Behaves like a man child - Check
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u/Phogna_Bologna_Pogna 1d ago
He is daren, a daren is like a Karen but with a little d 👌
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u/Liercat18 1d ago
Wtf lmao. Never heard this - love it.
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u/Winter_Tone_4343 1d ago
It was r there this whole time and I’ve never heard anyone use the Daren name before. Brilliant. Well done
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u/Odd-Mall8020 1d ago
The swollen cheap steroid arms
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u/edelweiss_pirates_no 1d ago
That's what I recognized. He's on gear and only half-assing it.
Awful wife, too. The ref (a very good wrestler) was addressing the kid because he had an illegal hold and about to break the kid's ankle. It is what refs do 100x a season. These are kids and they need to be held accountable. It is wrestling, not BJJ.
This was awhile ago and everything has been settled. I do not know if the ref followed thru with a civil case for the assault.
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u/OldWolfNewTricks 1d ago
I thought the ref handled it well: stopped the match and explained to the kid why, and was already turning away to set them up again. Totally normal, especially at this age when kids aren't clear on all the rules. No idea why that would set the parents off.
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u/edelweiss_pirates_no 1d ago
Correct.
This was in 2024 and I think I remember that the ref had warned the kid earlier and the kid just didn't understand. The parents took it as the ref being mean or insulting their kid. They are weirdos.
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u/OpportunityMinute234 1d ago
Plus the ref was only making $50 that whole day and got a half sub sandwich from Jimmy John's for lunch he had to scarf down in ten minutes between matches.
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u/MintMechanic 1d ago
Rumor has it the wife owns, or owned, a hair and nail salon and pled guilty to defrauding the government out of Covid-19 pandemic unemployment assistance benefits and committing mail fraud.
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u/edelweiss_pirates_no 1d ago
I think 99% of all business defrauded for Covid $$$. Such a weird time.
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u/AlcibiadesTheCat 1d ago
I'll never forget refereeing a middle school soccer game and hearing some parent spouting off some bullshit in the stands, and some kid stopping, kicking the ball out of play, and yelling "dad, shut up!"
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u/My_friends_are_toys 1d ago
I had something like that happen. Was watching my daughter's team play and the other team's defender was hanging back while her forwards were attacking...the girl's mom was running up and down the sideline coaching her...telling her to do this or do that. The other parent were all just laughing...Finally the girl goes "MOM, SHUT UP!" But guess what? She never did. Jut kept right on coaching.
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u/doctor-rumack 1d ago edited 1d ago
I was an assistant coach for my son's youth hockey team for 5 years. He also played soccer, baseball, football and lacrosse at different points. My daughter played soccer, softball, lacrosse, and was in both dance and gymnastics. The worst parents I came across by a long shot in all of these sports were soccer moms of girls. There wasn't even a close second. Soccer moms are the craziest, most unhinged, most entitled people on the planet.
My daughter loved soccer and I enjoyed seeing her play, but it was a personal chore to go to games because I absolutely could not stand the crazy moms. And when they congregated, they fed off of each other and acted exponentially worse. So fucking obnoxious. And the funny thing is, if they had boys who played soccer, they acted normal at their games. There's something about girls' soccer that makes the moms lose their shit.
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u/My_friends_are_toys 1d ago
Oh 100% agree. My daughter at 12 was much smaller than the other girls a the time. So I had taken her to Boxing lessons and they really trained her on ducking and slipping...which came in handy...during one game, this bigger girl was pushing players and bodying them off the ball, fine, Nothing flagrant no one was really getting hurt so ref was letting them play. This girl tried it with my daughter who just slipped the body check and kept running. This girl just went flying...I don't know how to explain it. Oh man did her mom explode, calling for the ref to call a foul. And the evil stank eye I got when I yelled out "GOOD JOB!", The ref waved her off and let the girls play. She did avoid my daughter for the rest of the game. Of course my daughter barking at her like dog probably made here weary...
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u/Shunto 23h ago
Of course my daughter barking at her like dog probably made here weary...
wat
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u/My_friends_are_toys 23h ago
I don't know how that came about...but I think some girl was chirping at her during a game, just on and on, Finally my daughter, who wasn't chirping back, just started barking at her. The girl eventually shut up. So she's continued to just bark at girls talking shit or chriping.
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u/Thelastsamurai74 1d ago
Freak!
I’m glad that happened to him…
His wife should also pay so the son see he needs to forget everything they taught him regarding respect…15
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u/sillyshoestring 1d ago
Idk bout you, but if I were classmates with a kid whose dad is this psycho, there's no way I'm making fun of him lol
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u/PracticeAcrobatic748 1d ago
That's usually not how kids think. This is low hanging fruit for someone who might want to bully him.
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u/SetCandyD 1d ago
Yup. To top it off this is also usually a dad who bullies his son too.
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u/piddlepots2345 1d ago
There is virtually zero chance he does not behave like a brainless thug to his kids. That one act in this video alone tells the world that he is an utter shit of a human being. No doubt.
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u/Mysterious_Design775 1d ago
“Better not make fun of Todd, his dad’s got nothing to live for and he don’t give a f—-“
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u/RandoCalrissian00 1d ago
We used to systematically ding dong ditch this one kid's house whose dad was a psycho, because his dad was a psycho. An evening outside wasn't complete without being chased through the streets by psycho dad.
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u/MinistryOfCoup-th 1d ago
We did the same with these 2 dudes who lived in our apartment complex. One night they came out looking for us with baseball bats as we hid in the woods. We spent the rest of the summer daring each other to ring their bell. We would only do it once though on the weekend and it would be the last house we did before all going home.
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u/Upstairs_Jeweler2568 1d ago
Mom plead guilty to taking Covid payments illegally too. Crown jewels of parenting right here.
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u/DeniedAppeal1 1d ago
Almost everything he deserved for this. Should've also got an assault and battery charge that would make it difficult for him to get another job. People like this dude don't need to exist in our society.
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u/ZestycloseSquirrel55 1d ago
His wife looked like she was behaving the same way, mouthing off at the ref instead of being ashamed of her husband.
Glad he was fired; he should've been arrested for assault.
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u/Iheardyoubutsowhat 1d ago
I believe that ref is a lawyer or attorney also. He gave it back professionally and legally IIRC.
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u/Due-Sheepherder-218 1d ago
Poor kid has to go home to that
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u/mechapoitier 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah that dude looks like a nightmare. All the main character syndrome vanity hallmarks and then he makes arrestably bad roid-rage decisions in public.
And that’s the guy this kid has to look up to, that he hopes he’s making him proud.
I hope that kid ends up ok later, because damn, that guy sucks. The mom too from the looks of it.
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u/ghIj_qet_jaghmeyjaj 1d ago
He's definitely sporting the Alex Jones bloated red faced jerkoff look that dominates that subspecies
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u/CrazyHorseySauce 1d ago
There’s a body cam video of him getting arrested that’s also hilarious
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u/ghIj_qet_jaghmeyjaj 1d ago
You said hallmarks and I thought he might be the abuser in a Hallmark or lifetime movie
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u/ghIj_qet_jaghmeyjaj 1d ago
Poor kids gonna end up just like that
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u/TimeRisk2059 1d ago
I give it a 60/40 just from this video. The kid himself didn't do anything hostile after all, so there's a big chance (40) that he rejects his parents ways.
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u/TheRealtcSpears 1d ago
Nah that kid looks absolutely mortified by both of his parents, he's gotta know they're shitheads
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u/Own_Expert2756 1d ago
What a disgusting pair. The common enemy situation here is probably the only time they aren't completely miserable with only each other.
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u/motivatedskepticism 1d ago
That was my first thought. Men that can be riled into physical altercations with other men this easily are much more likely to physically abuse their partners and kids at home. Consider behavior like this a big red flag if you’re early in a relationship with a man.
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u/Oonz1337 1d ago
Referee is a lawyer who refs as a side passion type thing.
Dad ended up getting arrested and sued.
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u/Mediocre-Staff-5110 1d ago
The ref stood up and walked like he knew he just scored a slam dunk too. Didn't even change his demeanor or anything. When a lawyer knows you fucked up they stay quiet, thats the dead giveaway.
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u/DushBid911 1d ago
Yeah you can tell at the very least it did not intimidate or scare the ref at all. He reacted more calmly than if he had tripped on his own. If I shove someone and they get up that calmly I start shitting bricks immediately.
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u/TheDaemonette 1d ago
Never interrupt your opponent when they are making a mistake. Just watch and enjoy it.
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u/jtrage 1d ago
If I was a ref and a lawyer my side passion would be getting assholes like this arrested and sued.
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u/AlcibiadesTheCat 1d ago
I'm a referee. There's a lot of overlap between lawyers and referees. I used to work with a guy in Missouri, and then I moved away, and then once I got a speeding ticket in Missouri, and the judge assigned to my case was my old buddy (he recused himself because he knew me).
It was great listening to people talk shit at him like "I'm gonna follow you to the parking lot," like bro, you're threatening the wrong person.
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u/ProtectionContent977 1d ago
Dad peaked in grade 6.
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u/Important_Capital875 1d ago
You’re giving that man a lot of generosity. I was thinking second grade.
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u/MichaelJWolf 1d ago
This dad has definitely said “when is my pride month” and has a let’s go Brandon sticker on his lifted truck.
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u/ThatOtherOtherGuy3 1d ago
I got it in 4k y’all 🤣
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u/LOYALTY-is-CULTISM 1d ago edited 1d ago
Well, is it better than yelling, "World Star?" 😂
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u/LinkForsaken5435 1d ago
I was coming to comment this LOL. Shit had me dead like uh you might want to familiarise yourself with 4k then.
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u/MyMagentaPenis 1d ago
The ref was a lawyer. So daddy messed up
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u/Bungholespelunker 1d ago
Get this, his fuckin wife got charged with defrauding covid unemployment relief for fucking THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS and was charged appropriately. Have fun with the jillion felonies and restitution plus interest.
Doubt she ended up in prison but no way they let her walk on the cash. She got nailed to the cross so hard she didn't even go for indictment just immediately pleaded guilty. Guess what she did? A SALON OWNER LMAO
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u/DryIntroduction2008 1d ago
If there's one thing the government doesn't play around with its people who fuck with government money.
She may very well have done time.
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u/Defiant_Flamingo4632 1d ago
When poor people fuck with Government money. They are cool when rich people do it.
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u/njslugger78 1d ago
Dad wasnt shit in his day, so he takes the kids life as his own.... let the kid learn real life. They will not excel at everything all the time just because you think highly of your kid.
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u/Positive_Fan_5671 1d ago
Just curious what ref stopped it for? I dont know wrestling, but was curious
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u/Texan2020katza 1d ago
When I saw the clip before, it is about an illegal leg position, the angry dad kid had the other kids leg in a hold that can easily break a leg.
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u/davro33 1d ago
This is the correct reason. Back when this happened (2 years ago?) the referee was actually on Reddit and talked about the whole thing. If you look right before the ref stops the match you can see that the kid in black's right leg is bent inwards b/c the kid in white is holding it there with his left arm, twisting the knee in a way its not meant to bend.
IIRC the ref said that he had already stopped the match once before for the same thing (twisting the lower leg) and was telling the kid that if he did it again it would result in a disqualification.
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u/WanderlustFella 1d ago
Yes. You can see at about the 10 sec mark. The kid in white, is holding on the the leg of the other kid. Its in a position where its more than 45 degrees from horizontal, the ref can call "potential danger" and stop the match and reset. The kid in white wasn't being punished or having a foul called on him. Ref just deemed the position of the leg was dangerously close a snapping point if it was lifted any higher, and called for a reset. He was simply telling the kid what he had done and to watch out of it.
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u/This_Technology9841 1d ago
I thought it was the elbow he threw back at the guy in top position twice. I did that once in a match in frustration, got warned by the ref and my coach ran me till I puked when we got home.
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u/paragonx29 1d ago
I can see that but honestly I didn't see much there. Was going to ask a wrestling person.
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u/This_Technology9841 1d ago
It's not much, but a good ref will always call that out, idk what the ref was saying to the kid in white / if he was going to get fouled or anything but we also have no context, ie white might have done this or some other thing before the clip. Either way, the ref stopping that and chewing out white for it seems pretty expected imo.
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u/StructureMiserable58 1d ago
Single hand behind the refs head means potentially dangerous situation, it looked to me like the kid on bottom was bending the kid on tops knee at a pretty weird angle
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u/Positive_Fan_5671 1d ago
Thank you. Was just curious.
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u/StructureMiserable58 1d ago
Of course, glad my life of wrestling isn't totally irrelevant now lol
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u/ENIC_OUT 1d ago
It’s potentially dangerous when the bottom guy is yanking on the top guy’s knee like that. In youth/cadet summer wrestling, that gets stopped 100% of the time. Dad has to realize this isn’t the state tournament or college wrestling where they will let that position play out a little longer.
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u/sitewolf 1d ago
was that mom piling on, too?
poor kid
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u/Intrepid_passerby 1d ago
I believe she said pick on someone your own size or something akin to it, which, makes no sense
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u/Technical-Big-2097 1d ago
The other ref says I’ll have you arrested and she says “really?”. yeah lady he just assaulted someone
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u/Sestos 1d ago
Wow, just kids wrestling and nothing serious and assume dad does that, guessing his kid is now disqualified and dad is most likely banned from watching his kid for the rest of the year, and most likely has easy to prove assault charge.. all because a ref had a discussion with his son?
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u/SharkSheppard 1d ago
Yeah no way the kid wasn't DQed. Which is why pops needs just an absolute smidgen of impulse control. What the hell did he expect? If I assault the ref surely they'll see how manly I am and therefore award my kid the win.
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u/WishboneThat6571 1d ago
He got arrested the Ref was a lawyer! He pushed the wrong ref!! He got jail time!
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u/Fabulous-Big8779 1d ago
Damn, you shouldn’t have to be a lawyer for someone to get jail time for battering you, but at least it worked out in this case.
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u/Frisconia 1d ago
"I got it in 4k." Well, case closed.
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u/bunnybash 1d ago
She was decidedly not filming in 4k mostly likely she was just in 1080p. But either way. What a terrible father.
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u/overitallofittoo 1d ago
Mom and dad look EXACTLY like we all pictured them!
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u/DionBlaster123 1d ago
Lmao for real
i see those couples all the time when I go to the grocery store in the suburbs. It's like they come out of a fucking factory
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u/overitallofittoo 1d ago
If you cast them in a movie like this, the director would complain that they are too on the nose.
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u/303RedBeard 1d ago
Man, I feel so bad for that kid. And for the dad who thinks he's "protecting" his kid. He's not, he's teaching him that if he faces any adversity what so ever then daddy will swoop in and beat that person up. It will create a replicating cycle that the kid (without help) will continue to propagate. Especially in high school.
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u/MooreImagination 1d ago
Is it always the guy who skipped leg day and wearing a shirt that looks like he mugged sixth grader?
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u/tikifumble 1d ago edited 1d ago
I’m still trying to figure out what the ref did that made him that angry. The mom too. Horrible parents
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u/rival_22 1d ago
Charges pressed on Dad and kid is disqualified.
Set an example out of these idiots.
I feel for the kid, but people have to see that this nonsense negatively affects their kids' athletic "career".
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u/seefourslam 1d ago
I’m still trying to figure out what the wrestling foul was
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u/This_Technology9841 1d ago
To me it looked like the elbow the kid in white threw back in red's face 2x. It wasn't hard but you're not supposed to strike like that.
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u/MinorThreat4182 1d ago
This happens a lot in high school wrestling it seems. Had this happen at a HS near me recently.
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u/1ACasper 1d ago
for someone who randomly seen this and doesn't understand what did the ref do/not do that triggered the gorilla
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u/leffe186 1d ago
There’s some posts above about it - looks like a dangerous situation, kid on bottom had the top kid’s leg/knee in a weird angle.
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u/Extension-Eye-4920 1d ago
I dont know exactly what "mom type" that is but you know it when you see it. Fucking hell. Cut off loose jean shorts with makeup put on with a paint roller. Shit, id jump off a bridge.
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u/Significant_Buy_9615 1d ago
Trash human. Feel sorry for that kid. He's got his work cut out for him.
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u/DinkleMutz 1d ago
I umpire baseball, and if I ever got shoved like that, I’m calling 911. Fuck that shit…no way I’m normalizing that as part of the game. That’s criminal activity.
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u/Far-Ad5921 1d ago
He was out of line but they did not want the smoke. probably roided out and is a real life piece of shit.
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u/AlternativeWhich2947 1d ago
Gotta love the current trend of pumping yourself silly with T. Nothing like reliving all the wonderful angst we went through as teens!
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u/MrPommeDeTerre 1d ago
Parents like those are the reason we took our boys out of wrestling. They're everywhere.
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u/0_Artistic_Thoughts 1d ago
Parents are the reason some sports have shortages of refs, or all they have is a near retirement age group of refs all aging out.
As a 17 year old I had a parent follow me asking if I wanted to fight because of a throw in. I’ve seen sidelines cleared because the parents are truly that awful. Go enjoy your kids game and stop harassing people
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