Ok so, sure, other parents seem to have escalated things in a dumb way, but... for the rest of his life, this kid can say "I was so good at soccer they called the police on me... when I was 3."

The episode has prompted online discussion about age-group rules, competitive balance in recreational youth leagues

Looks like some people are trying to defend this by arguing that kids are there to just have fun, not being outplayed. Which still completely ignores the fact, the the 3yo also was just having fun.

My neighbor called the police when my dog chased their cat...in my backyard. I got off with a warning.

"Ball so hard motherfuckers wanna fine me"

Are people really that stupid in the usa?

I'm the one who called the cops. You guys don't understand just how good this toddler is, someone had to do something

I played soccer at that age, my siblings did too, and my cousins do as well.

When you're 3/4/5 you're not playing soccer. There are no rules, positions, score, winner/loser or goalies. It's "go kick the ball around time". When the ball goes out of bounds the coaches, who are often just some dad, just give it to a player that has not had a ball in a while. No one is trying to win, there is no 'win', it's all make believe for the kids to have a chance to run around for a while in the sun. If one super-player wins every match, that sucks for every other player on the field including his team since they don't even get to "win", there are no winners. They just have to sit around bored with the other team because there is no point.

So the league refunded the parents fee and asked them to not come back (trespassed them). They are no longer legally allowed on the field and for that matter, have no claim to participate in the league seeing as they were refunded. They weren't kicked out on the basis of race, it was many parents complaining "Hey, I paid ~$600 for 'go kick the ball around time', and you are facilitating a situation where my kid doesn't get to kick the ball". This isn't a competitive format it's gym hour and they are not receiving the product they paid for.

A 3 yearold hogging the ball all game, isn't doing anything wrong. He's 3. He's should be instructed to share more but he isn't doing something that warrants the cops involvement. The parents however, that understand the situation and failed to correct it / their kids ability to share, do. The adults that received their money back, understand it. The adults that received a trespass notice, understand it. The adults, who the cops talked to not the kid, understand it. The parents of the superplayers here at being assholes and injecting their kid in a situation they already KNOW will cause problems. All the kids are just being kids and the other parents, as far as I can tell, just want their kid to receive the product they paid for.

Too many people in this thread letting their emotions control their opinion due to a scary headline about a subject they apparently know very little about.

White people intuitively understanding how cops are there to protect white supremacy even though when asked directly they'll deny it and call themselves allies of black people

There has to be more to the story

12-15 years from now we may start to hear of an up and comer in the soccer leagues, and someone will rediscover his early roots.

just kidding. we'll have destroyed ourselves long before this delightful and skillful little boys dreams come true.

Hello 911 what's your emergency?

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Yeah we're not going to attend that.

Cop could have just said "Are you for real? Did you really waste police resources on this?"

Officers told both sides police had no control over the situation and that any refund would be a civil matter. The director told officers a refund would be given at a later date. The department’s release says the league had asked the family to leave and offered to refund the league fee. After officers arrived, the league official asked them to speak with the family because he did not want to escalate the disturbance.

The family told officers the game was over and they were leaving. Police said the family was cooperative and asked for an event number for the incident, which officers provided. Contrary to other reports, the family was not respassed from the park, according to Winter Park Police.

GUARANfuckingTEED to be the same parents who won’t shut the fuck up about participation trophies, how kids these days are too soft, and how nobody deserves anything they haven’t earned through white-approved work. Always preaching meritocracy, personal responsibility, and how losing builds character. Fucking snowflakes.

Messi was like that when he was an adolescent. Theres video of him just tearing it up as the smallest kid in the game

The future looks bright for little Nevada

they realy just dint want a black kid make a white kid look bad, plus racist parents.

Wow, those other parents are total pieces of shit.

Well, I'm not really sure how I'd feel about it from a moral standpoint (and I have no idea if, or what, might be going on behind the scenes). But from my perspective, the incident (and the media coverage) is great publicity for a boy who might one day make a living playing soccer. I mean, a 3-year-old who gets taken off the field by the police because he’s outplaying 5-year-olds might just be a sign of some talent...