If you are wondering why that park in Winter Park, Florida is the topic of this post, read here.
The story is this 3 year old kid was playing soccer. The parents think he is the best thing to step on to a soccer field since Messi, and began questioning why the kid was pulled from the game. The coach responds that in that particular league, everyone plays. The parents get irate and make a scene while claiming how the kid is the best player on the team and should be left out there.
They are told to leave, they refuse. The father says you can’t make him leave, he paid hundreds of dollars for his kid to be out there. The cops are called. The parents set up a go fund me:
“It traumatized him, like he’s scared,” she said. “Like he’s scared to play soccer hard that we’re going to get kicked off of the next place.”
In the days since, a GoFundMe connected to the family has gained widespread support. Griffin says the “fundraiser has raised more than $40,000…eventually we’re going to get him overseas to play with people that appreciate his talent and take it as far as we go,”
Keep in mind: he is three. Three.
I used to coach little league football in a league for 6 to 11 year olds. One of the reasons I stopped was the parents. Some of the parents think their kids are too good for the rest of the team, and they will argue with coaches and staff about coaching style and how the team is playing the game, and it’s always that the team needs to revolve around their kid. It’s even worse when you see teams where those sorts of parents are the coaches.
At three years old, it’s impossible to tell if a child is going to be any good once they grow into adulthood, or even if they will WANT to play as an adult. They just want to have fun. The parents that are like this make it not fun for anyone.
Now combine that attitude with “I paid for my kid to play,” along with an attitude of “the cops are the evil enemy,” and “no one can tell me what to do,” then add in a bit of MLJ, Jr Park, and you have a recipe for GoFundMe drama.
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