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Dad Sues Coach For Calling Player 2-Year-Old

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ARCADIA, Calif. -- Did your high school coach use some strong language?

Attorney Michael Oddenino sued the coach of his daughter's junior varsity softball team, charging that the man called his girl a 2-year-old and frequently called other players idiots. But the lawyer has struck out.

A California judge has dismissed the case against coach Don Riggio and the Arcadia Unified School District.

Riggio, varsity coach Ed Andersen and the Arcadia Unified School District were named as defendants in the suit seeking $3 million for intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, negligence, a civil rights violation and sex discrimination.


The suit alleged that Riggio "took advantage of his position of authority to engage in an abusive pattern of excessive intimidation and humiliation of the female players, frequently calling them 'idiots,' and belittling them for minor errors."

The judge ruled there's nothing wrong with a coach pushing an athlete to excel, even by using words that might seem rude, demeaning and or even intimidating. Riggio said he's glad it's over.
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that'll toughen your daughter up there Dad... let her know she can sue because someone called her a 2 yr old... sounds like the term belongs to the DAD...

jeez... what about MY lawsuit.. cuz when that damn coach kicked me in the ass.. it hurt.. big time.. bastard.. and then he called me names too.. bastard..

PS I did want my older brothers to kick his ass BTW :wink2:
 
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I'm only 24 with no kids so I may be missing something here but... I have a huge problem with parents these days spending so much time worrying about their kids self esteem. Hell, they play little league baseball some places without keeping score so no one has to lose. Whoever came up with that damn term needs to be shot. The message this Dad is sending his daughter is abhorring. If you don't learn to take heat (very mild heat) from an authority figure/coach when you are young you definitely won't be able to when you grow up. Also, by him stepping in and handling it for his daughter she doesn't learn to stand up for herself. If she really was bothered by her coach she should say something herself. Parents need to quit worrying about their kids' self esteem and start worrying about the kind of person their kids will grow up to be. I think thats about enough of my rant.
 
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Lemme tell you, this case is some bullshit.
 
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Zurp said:
It's the litigation lottery. All you need is to find some silly excuse, and maybe shed a couple of tears, and you got a shot at millions of dollars.
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This is why I think court costs should be large enough to keep this crap from clogging our courts. Charge the guy five or ten grand for court costs, and I'd guess it wouldn't have seen its day in court....
 
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gbearbuck said:
This is why I think court costs should be large enough to keep this crap from clogging our courts. Charge the guy five or ten grand for court costs, and I'd guess it wouldn't have seen its day in court....
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I used to agree with this. But I think that there are times when sueing someone is the right thing to do. I don't think someone should ever be in the situation where he has to make the decision of whether to risk $5K-$10K, or whatever, in order to get the doctor to remove the scalpel that was accidentally left inside his chest during heart surgery.

There are situations where sueing someone is right. And, there are times when people should realize that they are whining about something stupid, and should just get over it.
 
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I am entering my 9th year of coaching youth sports (baseball, football, and now basketball) and parents today are, as a generalization, whacked out of their heads! I coach boys and most fathers have an inflated opinion of their son's ability. In our football league, if you have 22 on your roster, 11 are on defense and 11 are on offense and everyone plays. (You can't just put your 11 best out there at all times). Well, in that situation, figuring out where to place the boys is like a jigsaw puzzle. We stress from day 1 that we will do what is best for the team and by and large, most of the boys get it. Not some fathers! Three years ago, we slotted a boy at linebacker, because that was where the team needed him to play and this boy's father yelled at me claiming, and this is the quote, "He is a running back. You have just ruined his chance for a scholarship to OSU and his chance to eventually play in the NFL!!" I remember the quote so precisely because I had never heard such lunacy from an adult when talking about a 10 year old boy! I guess I should be happy that I didn't get sued seeing as how I ruined his future plans.

I know fathers like this asshole in CA. They have an inflated opinion of their kid's true ability and, generally speaking, they live vicariously through their children. Many didn't have the athletic glory when they were in school. They are everywhere and they are slowly ruining youth sports.

I'm only 24 with no kids so I may be missing something here but... I have a huge problem with parents these days spending so much time worrying about their kids self esteem. Hell, they play little league baseball some places without keeping score so no one has to lose. Whoever came up with that damn term needs to be shot.
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Most places do not keep score until kids start pitching to kids. So one can go through 1-2 years of T-ball and 2-3 years of coach pitch or machine pitch baseball and every game played over that period of time ends in a "tie". Personally, I blame soccer for this shit (mainly because I hate soccer, no offense to any soccer fans here) and the soccer moms worrying about self esteem. The funny thing is that the kids know if they won or lost. They aren't fools. The other thing that irks me is the goddamn snack after every game. (Again, I blame soccer for this.) With my oldest boy, we ended that shit last year (11 year old baseball). We didn't go to the "if you win we go to Dairy Queen" route since he is in a travel league which implies many games. What we did do was if they won a tournament we would find the closest pizza place, have pizza delivered to the field and then, after devouring the pizza, take them to an ice cream place after that. We did this 3 times last year (they won 3 of the 6 tournaments entered) and they had an absolute blast; better than a snack after each and every game IMO.

Parents need to quit worrying about their kids' self esteem and start worrying about the kind of person their kids will grow up to be.
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Well said and remember that when you have kids.
 
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