. . . Mark R. Downs Jr., a Pennsylvania T-ball coach arrested last week for allegedly offering one of his players $25 to hit a teammate in the head with a ball so he couldn’t play. The 8-year-old victim, who is mentally disabled, was hit in the head and groin. Admittedly, this is an extreme case, but many of us have heard or seen bad adult behavior at youth games. Are youth sports getting too organized, too competitive? It’s pathetic — and sometimes downright scary — when parents invest so much of their egos in their kids that they lose sight of the purpose: fun.
Posted by Randy Scholfield
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What a shallow low life piece of Scum!!! I cant believe this guy is allowed to be around kids.
Thats the cruelest thing I have heard in awhile.
The guy has some serious issues.
Maybe we should hogtie the coach and have Randy Johnson throw baseballs at him… and have Sammy Sosa smack him with a bat!
Of course, the difference is, this idiot would deserve it, and would know why he was getting the crap kicked out of him. Whereas this 8 year old did nothing to deserve it, and no comprehension has to why it happened.