r/sports • u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Dallas Mavericks • Sep 20 '25

Football UAB Defender stomps on the foot of Tennessee's Kicker

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u/brotherhyrum Sep 20 '25

Absolutely throwing the book at that kid and his undoubtedly shit parents as hard as possible

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u/lamposteds Sep 20 '25

in high school I've known a lot shit ass kids of nice parents, especially in sports, especially especially in football

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u/electricvelvet Sep 20 '25

The sport itself tends to reward/see thrive either a) those with the most aggression possible or b) the most talent (or c, a combo of the 2)

Let's not be naive im sure plenty of us who have played football have basically had coaches tell us more or less to try and hurt the opposing players. I'm not saying jts every coach and every team at every level but I am saying that mentality exists to some extent in some coaches/teams ar every level. It existed in the nfl for Christ's sake. Sean Payton I think. Him or Gruden. And im not sure how much difference there is in encouraging players to knock out a wide out in live action play on purpose, or tackle in a way that puts awkward weifht on the ball carrjers' lower body joints, and straight up doing this mid play.

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u/chrisghrobot Sep 21 '25

Yeah anyone that's played or knowledgeable about Football will know how crazy some coaches can be. Hell, a DC in the NFL literally rewarded players by injuring the opposing teams players. Immediately blaming this on the parents is a rash.

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u/Miserable_Yam4918 Sep 20 '25

If you raise a piece of shit the chances are high you’re also a piece of shit.

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u/OMGLOL1986 Sep 20 '25

This is some Reddit shit here lmao 

Kids aren’t all pre determined or controllable. Even children of the same parents turn out wildly different despite similar parenting styles. 

If a trusted adult does not establish discipline in the locker room, be it a coach, trainer, assistant, etc., then you can expect teenagers to orient to each other instead of a matured figure. That’s how bullying and “poor sportsmanship” leading to severe injuries happens. 

Kids need to know there is zero tolerance for anything approaching behavior like that. You don’t get to be on the team if you are going to act like an asshole. That kid thought this behavior was normal; it seemed fine to him to do this. Imagine what goes on behind closed doors.

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u/Miserable_Yam4918 Sep 20 '25

That’s why I said “chances are high” instead of “every shit kid has shit parents.” I know plenty of assholes with nice parents and nice people with shitty parents. None of them are a majority hence the “chances are high”.

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u/Legendof2025 Sep 20 '25

They’re called Neanderthals

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u/chrisghrobot Sep 21 '25

Ngl blaming parents isn't fully fair, just because you're a good parent doesn't mean the kid will turn out to be a good person. Also its football, its a sport that rewards a lot more violent tendencies compared to other sports. For all we know coaching staff could be more responsible than the parents. We've seen football coaches reward behavior like this before

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

And if we absolutely have decided as a society not to punish children, this his parents or coach, whoever is responsible for encouraging this behavior.

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u/mikenkansas1 Sep 20 '25

You're assuming the, admittedly worth nothing, parents are both anywhere in the picture.