This isn’t fair.
A San Diego youth football league has banned two of its Southern California teams after the players’ parents began to brawl while watching a game, according to NBC 7.
Cellphone video shows that a heckling fan actually started the melee.
The Otay Ranch Broncos were playing the Inland Empire Ducks in the San Diego Youth Football & Cheer’s (SDYFC) 14-and-under league.
On Wednesday morning, SDYFC Commissoner Cathy Luna sent an email to Broncos and Ducks leaders, informing them that their U14 teams were expelled for the rest of the season, according to Ducks Coach Keefe Pierson.
“It has nothing to do with the kids,” said Pierson. “The kids should still be able to play football. That’s what it comes down to. We can’t control parents. They’re adults.”“We have launched a lawsuit, a civil lawsuit, into this commission and Cathy Luna,” said Rev. Shane Harris, the president of the National Action Network.
Broncos players and supporters held a rally Wednesday in Chula Vista to protest the SDYFC’s decision. Many of the teens were disappointed — unsure if they’ll play high school football.