Violence In Youth Sports

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Peter Sprague Killer Violence in Youth Sports “Kids will definitely take their cue from their heroes on TV. Four years ago, when Roberto Alomar spit on umpire John Hirschbeck, we had never had an incident like that before at youth level. But after that, we dad threes calls reporting spitting incidents,” (Still). This quote means that kids have bad role models and will most likely follow them in what they do in the future. It also means that kids when they grow up will also be a bad role model some people would say. This quote was said by Bob still, public relations manager for the National Association of Sports Officials also called NASO. This speaker is important enough to quote because he manages all the reports that come in from the officials. This topic is about the violence in youth sports and how it is increasing or decreasing or staying the same. There are many opinions and facts that some important people say to this topic and many good stories to hear about. For example one important person who says a good quote is Fred Engh, he is the president of the National Alliance for Youth Sports, he says “There has been a tremendous upsurge in violence in the last five years,” (Engh). This quote basically means that violence has increased dramatically in the last five years. Finally violence in youth sports is increasing due to the win-at-all-cost coaches, violent parents, and terrible role

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