Oregon Da,h Emerald Sports
Kidsports giving the game back to Eugene kids
□ Group is cracking down, disciplining some
coaches, spectators, and even officials
By Carrie Vincent
foe fhtf Oregon Dfcty (nwtaki
As a referee of soccer and bas
ketball for Kidaports. I have
rec eivcd "aupportivo" remarks
such as
"Why dontcha gel a joh at
McDonald's instead?" "Art* you
blind?" "Do you know ANY
THING about about this game?"
Granted, more often than not,
I ret nived a pat on the bar k. a
handshake or a "Good game,
ref." in passing But it only takes
a few moody, angry, unhappy,
sour well, you get the picture
- coaches or parents to put
everyone on the defensive
Many times at a Kid* port ft
game it became a • lash of wills
between the offii ini and the
coach or spectator In the
pro* ess of the battle of egos. the
kids, whom we nre all there for.
get lost in the shuffle
KidsportS. under new Presi
dent itoh fosuphson. is making
every attempt to give the name
hiii k to tile kids
Josephson. 47. believes educa
tion is the key
"There are several areas that
we are improving upon We are
educating coat hes and parents,
teai hing them what is accept
ahle and mini i eptahle conduct;
we are demanding training for
the i oat'.hes and for the officials;
and. because education only
goes so far. we are following Up
with punitive responses." lie
saul
Despite the fact lhat the num
ber of participant* in Kid sports
has gone from about 16.000 in
1986 to 23.000 in 1093, Joseph
son said that ihi* overall number
of complaints against coaches,
parents, players or official* has
gone down.
"There has been a tremendous
response to clamp down." said
Joseph sou. who has also been a
hidsports i oat h of soci er and
basketful 11 for seven years
Many of the problems arise
from the enormous expectation*
of parents and coaches, he said
"There are a growing number
of parents who place way too
high of an emphasis on the per
formance of their i Hi Id at too
young of an age Therefore, they
are instantly frustrated." Jnsepli
son said. "There is also a gener
al disregard for self-control (on
the part of the i oai lies and par
ents) If you throw in an inexpo
rient ed official, il < mates ail the
ingredients for an explosion
Although Joseph son has only
been president since November
(previously, he was executive
vice president for two years and
on the board of the directors for
three years), his system has
already been implemented.
In the current oasehall/softhall
season, four ( oarhes were sus
pended for at least one game
(one for the entire season) after
physically abusing an umpire.
Two umpires were suspended
for the season for inciting a
problem, (osephson said
Josephson said that if he has
any "beef" with the umpires it is
that they an* often "over-author
itative."
During the basketball season,
a woman was brought up on
criminal harassment charges for
punching a referee and was con
sequently fined $300, put on 1H
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growing number of
parents who place
way too high of an
emphasis on the
performance of
their child at too
young of an age.’
Bob Josephson,
Kidsports president
months probation ami ordered
to undergo anger management
counseling.
Any coach, whether soccer,
basketboll or baseball, was auto
matically suspended for one
game if thrown out of the game.
"We're righting an uphill bat
tle to change the psychology of
some of these people. But we
will follow through." Josephson
said.
Recause Kidsports now pro
vides training meetings for
coaches and officials. Josephson
said the next step is to be< ome
more pro-active with the par
ents. which Kidsports is now in
the process of collaborating on
with the -41 School Distru t.
Teresa (.rube is an active and
supportive parent who has had
three children involved in Kid
sports, two of which are still
active in soccer, basketball,
baseball and football.
"We've been involved with
Kidsports for nine yeurs. and I
really think they need to com
municate with the parents
more," she said
"It s gotten a lot bigger since
we started, but now it s almost
too big because there is not
enough fields or gyms," Grube
said. "Another problem is the
area directors flinks to Kid
sports) who often try to be
everything to everyone We
haven’t had am consistency or
longevity with them."
Grube is also frustrated by the
apparent lack of appreciation for
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