Coaches and players violently attack youth football referee (w/video)

[Renew Deal]

In one of the most disturbing youth sports incidents in recent years, coaches of a Sarasota, Florida youth football team instigated a brawl with a referee which eventually led to both the coaching staff and a player violently attacking the referee in question during a massive brawl which embroiled both teams.

As reported by Sarasota Patch, quickly followed by a variety of Tampa Bay news outlets, details of the incident were first gleaned from an amateur video of a game involving the Sarasota Gators and North Port Huskies on Saturday. The video in question was eventually turned over to the Sarasota Sheriff's office, which has since opened up a full criminal investigation into the proceedings from the game. While it's unknown whether charges will be filed against the coaches and player who attacked the referee, battery against a game official is classified as a felony in the state of Florida.
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http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/Coaches-and-players-violently-attack-youth-footb?urn=highschool-wp5326

The comments are horrible, but this is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avcWCxPU_I8

[nickgutierrez]

1. Damn...

Those comments are bad, even by YouTube standards.

[backwoodsbob]

2. ban that team

from ALL athletics for AT LEAST 3 years.Football..baseball..basketball..volleyball..they have obviously lost control
Charge the kid who hit the ref with felony battery.

Charge EVERY adult from both sides who took a swing with felony assault