Sports parents are horrible and referees are finally doing something about it — quitting
They’ve been sucker-punched, stalked and threatened. On weekends, mobs of adults shriek and bellow at them, questioning their eyesight, intelligence and humanity. One veteran described “a cauldron of yelling and hysteria.” For all the abuse, referees working D.C.-area youth sports net about $50 a game, job listings show. No wonder they’re fleeing. Nearly half of […]