Athlete's Behavior

No, I am not talking about Pro Athletes, but maybe that is part of the problem. What I am talking about is youth athletes.

This past weekend there was a Bantam B hockey tournament in Minot, ND. The championship game was between Rugby, ND and Carnduff, SK, Canada. With Carnduff leading 5-3 in the third period, there was a scrum in the crease and the Carnduff goalie thought he had the puck covered. But he does not and Rugby shoots it in to bring them within one point of tying the game. The Carnduff goalie then flips out, dropping multiple F-bombs. At this point the referee assesses him a Misconduct penalty. This requires that a substitute for the goalie go to the penalty box to serve his penalty. But the goalie continues to swear and is consequently ejected from the game. As it turns out, this was the team's only goalkeeper. So the team is forced to play with six skaters and no goalie for about three minutes of playing time, until they got another player dressed in the goalie gear. They did manage to not allow a goal while this was going on but eventually Rugby scored on the inexperienced fill-in goalie. This sent the game into overtime where Rugby ended up scoring to win the game and the tournament.

The point is that this irresponsible Bantam youth player likely cost his team the game and the championship. Swearing should not be put up with by coaches and parents. This should really never happen because parents should teach there kids to have better character. But if parents do not address it, then coaches need to take a stand and do something about it. Perhaps bench the athlete until he plays with character, or something else along these lines. Youth athletes should be molded to have higher standards of respect and morality. It is ridicules that youth athletes act in this way.