I'm not sure if this has been posted yet or not, but... wow. Yeah, it was a late/thug hit by the 13-year old and he should be penalized, but dang what went through that dude's mind to start throwing punches on this kid? Video and article : http://www.tampabays10.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=38917 ------------------------------------ WATCH: Football coach faces felony child abuse for attacking boy on other team Stockton, California - A Delta Youth Football coach faces felony child abuse charges after he allegedly attacked a boy on an opposing team on Saturday. The football game between a team from Riverbank and a team in Stockton was in the fourth quarter when an assistant coach with the Riverbank team rushed onto the field after his son took a late hit, according to Stockton police. On the tape of the incident, you can hear the whistle and then you see a player from the Stockton team, number 58, hitting a boy from the Riverbank team. Within seconds Assistant Coach Cory Petero charges the field and attacks the 13-year-old boy, police said. Witnesses say the boy who was hit by player number 58 is Petero's son and that the assistant coach simply lost control. The referee had to throw himself on the 13-year-old to protect him from Petero who was allegedly throwing punches, witnesses said. Other parents then rushed the field. Police say Petero, 36, fled the scene but turned himself in to Stockton police later Saturday night. He was booked on felony child abuse charges and released from the San Joaquin County Jail on Sunday morning. A copy of the video tape has been turned over to Delta Youth Football League officials.
This another case of the growing problem of parent becoming too involved in their children's athletic matters. It was a late hit and the team should've/would've been penalized for it and the kid probably would've been thrown out of the game as well. The coach/father/attacker should've let the refs do their job.
Come on, that's now how you handle that...he should have sent one of his players after that kid with a chop block...
The guy is a complete moron. However, I can't imagine what I'd do if that was my kid. That hit looked like a complete blindside way after the whistle. I know I wouldn't have gone out there and decked the kid, but man, I would've been terribly pissed.
And that's the thing...your child. Once while coaching a basketball game, my son blocked the shot of another, bigger stronger kid. The kid got frustrated and tried to head butt my son. He missed his head and rammed my son in the chest. My son fell backwards. In that instant, I was so pissed I took two or three steps onto the court. I don't think I would have attacked the kid, but I was extremely pissed.
Definitely should be PO'd, but to try to handle it himself was stupid...I suspect he'll be on Geraldo or some ghey show interviewing him...
come on, it was real bad but does the guy need to be a felon for that? the hit didn't look any harder than the late hit that preceded it. and i don't see how he threw punches. it looked like he made the hit and was already bracing for people to come after him before the video cut off. but maybe he somehow did. now obviously punish him. fine him a nice amount, waste his time and make him go to some anger management classes and give him some community service, but a moment of losing your head and doing something that, in the end, was basically inconsequential (the kid wasn't hurt) doesn't warrant a felony in my mind, but maybe i'm wrong. lets not seriously damage a guys life for one moment of overreacting to stand up for his son just to appear overly sensitive to kids who will probably have all forgotten about this in a day or two.
It's not about sensitivity. Put yourself in the shoes of the parent of the child who was hit. The kid got caught up in the heat of a game and got in a fight. That happens. It's not uncommon. However, an adult, who should have the sense to control himself when it comes to children (see Behad's post above for the way a normal person handles something like that) cannot be excused because if he doesn't have the ability to control himself against a 13-year-old, there are deeper issues here. Now, if he went after the father of the other kid, I wouldn't condone it, but it would make more sense than taking a shot at a middle schooler. It's normal to get pissed and feel protective. It is NOT normal to attack a child in these circumstances, but it likely is criminal. I seriously doubt a judge will send the guy to prison. He'll probably get exactly what you described - community service, probation, fines, anger management, etc. But, this was a criminal act without question.
I think the adult definitely deserves some jail time for the simple fact that he is an idiot. No ones temper should be that out of control. He's a menace to society.
Ah, youth sports. One of the things that darkened by spirits about the world. When I saw a father screaming and cuss out a community newspaper guy because it was printed that his Little League son got FIVE strikeouts NOT FOUR in front of other parents and kids...well, that kind of sticks with you.
I'm also a little skeptical of the report that he threw punches at the kid., He looked like he was about to haul ass after knocking the kid down. He might have thrown some punches at another parent during the ensuing brawl, but not at the kid.
The father obviously has issues. The play itself deserves more comment. It is hard to tell, but it was obviously WAY after the whistle and far away from the play. It also appears number 58 is considerably larger than the kid he hit, and hit him in the back. That ain't football - number 58 is a coward and a jerk. IMHO, Number 58 and the Dad should perform a little community service together.
If the guy had stopped after he knocked the kid down, he would have been an idiot banned from youth football. Since he decided to throw punches on 13 year old, incite a riot, and flee the scene like a vag, he should be convicted of a felony. The guy is abnormal but for a normal person being a convicted felon (whether serving time or not) would ruin our lives.
