MA Youth Soccer Extend U.S. Soccer Misconduct Rules To Include Spectators

Chaiel Schaffel

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
If you ask any child or any teenage player their
experiences and how they feel when them parents are overly aggressive,
they would tell you they'd prefer to play without them there.

Speaker 2 (00:09):
And aside from embarrassing, that kind of behavior from parents
and fans is now against the rules. Last month, US
Soccer handed down a strict new series of rules meant
to protect refs from the widespread abuse they were seeing
at the hands of coaches and players.

Speaker 1 (00:22):
It does, not, unfortunately, extend to the behavior or the
actions of spectators.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
So the state's youth soccer body voted to apply those
rules to spectators too. Rob Holliday, who you heard theirs
with mass youth soccer swearing at the ref, threats, questioning
their ability to do their job, and derogatory remarks. All
of that and anything worse can earn you a suspension
from games or even a lifetime ban. He says, this
has been a massive problem, not just for youth soccer,
but for all youth sports. Kyle Schaffel WBZ Boston's news

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