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This topic has gotten way out of control. People that read this probably think that the Sheldon Clark players, coaches, and parents are at each other's throats. I can assure you that is not the case. The players are fine, the coaches are fine, and as for the parents it doesn't really matter because they have no say on what goes on with the Sheldon Clark team. A word of advice to all the parents out there, don't try to live your life through your kids. It is very unhealthy and not too mention stressful on the kids. Parents sit in the bleaches half time not even knowing what is going on in the game except for their kid isn't getting the ball. They sit and scream "they are holding us" when their team is on offense. Or how about "thats a face mask" when their team is tackling an opposing player. They sit up in the bleachers with their chest stuck out when their kid makes a good play as if to say "I made that!! That kid came from me and he has my genes!!!" Parents please stop living through your kids. These are high school kids, they are not player for money, they don't get commission for scoring td's or making tackles, they play for one reason...fun, the love of the game! When you argue and point fingers at other players and coaches you take that fun away from your kids, if this is the type of parent you are then you should be ashamed of yourself. With all of that being said I would like to commend my father for being a supportive parent of a three sport athlete. He was very humble after every win, after each loss he showed class, patted me on the back and said " You will get them next time" or "You can't win them all" or "You showed a lot of heart out there, things just didn't go your way tonight" I want to thank my father for being mature and acting like an adult. Because reading this thread and listening to the parents in the Sheldon Clark bleachers (where i have been all season) I now realize how my dad could have acted or things he could have said and done that would have made me turn against the sports that I still love to this day.

Excellent post. This should be pasted to the wall of every school in the nation.