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johnnymk
10-18-2002, 05:58 AM
I was talking to my mother this morning. She saw some footage on TV about a brawl that broke out between a 12 year old and a bunch of drunken parents. Anyone know the details?
Cantacuzene
10-18-2002, 06:05 AM
Must be old news, because the Little League season ended 2 months ago.
Cantacuzene
10-18-2002, 06:15 AM
Found what she was talking about. Football not baseball.

Link (http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/West/10/17/football.fight.ap/index.html)

PICO RIVERA, California (AP) -- Two men were arrested Thursday for allegedly kicking a man in the head repeatedly in a videotaped brawl that erupted after a weekend youth football game.

Joe Saracho, 32, and his brother Gino, 25, were booked on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Al Grotefend. The deadly weapon was their feet, he said.

The fight involving about 25 children, teenagers and adults occurred Saturday immediately after a San Gabriel Valley Junior All-American Football Conference game in this suburb just east of Los Angeles. Authorities said no one was hospitalized.

More arrests are expected, Grotefend said. The brothers were being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.

A review of a videotape made by a bystander led to the brothers' arrests.

"They had us way outnumbered," team parent Desi Tubbs told KCBS-TV. "They separated anybody who wanted to get in there to stop the fight and beat them up. It was about five or six guys."

The president of one of the teams, Dick Engels, said he saw a 9-year-old girl hit. Engels himself was shown on the video being knocked down, and he appeared on TV Wednesday with a deep cut over the bridge of his nose.

Some parents complained there had been heavy drinking by adults during the game.

Linda Lane, conference president of the youth football league, confirmed Thursday that two teams from the San Gabriel Valley program were involved in the brawl but did not offer further comment.

The fight occurred immediately after a game between teams from Pico Rivera and nearby Downey.
topane
10-18-2002, 06:55 AM
Video here (http://www.local6.com/orlpn/news/stories/news-172560520021017-101016.html/). Those people and their children should be sterilized to avoid further pollution of the gene pool.
caribiner23
10-18-2002, 07:09 AM
You'd be surprised.

I've seen seemingly normal, well-balanced people turn absolutely psycho when it comes to Little League or high school football.

I guess you never know who's 'right on the edge.'
nickel
10-18-2002, 10:34 AM
sad scene. look at what they are teaching their poor kids. :angry:
caribiner23
10-18-2002, 10:37 AM
What's really sad is the fact that I know a couple of moms who are always ready to storm the field, while the dads are taking it in stride.

This is not a sexist comment, but I think the stereotype is that the males are the ones who go nuts.
nickel
10-18-2002, 10:46 AM
i never thought it was just the males. lots of female trash acting out in these situations, too.
sizemic1
10-18-2002, 10:50 AM
I bet everyone fighting was a Raiders fan too.
kimchicowboy
10-18-2002, 05:05 PM
Originally posted by sizemic1
I bet everyone fighting was a Raiders fan too.
wat you trying to say abouy raiders fans? they're hardcore fans. heh.

i watched htis on the news last night. the guy getting kicked also said that someone was trying to take his pants off. haha. you can see it in the video.