Glendora Junior All American

Where do I start with this Football Club? I don’t know if it is just the team that my stepson was on or what was the issue? This football club has some serious issues.
Issue #1– Racism
I am going to be blunt and say that Racism is yesterday’s issue and should not be carried on in front of young kids. It should not be obvious to parents that their child is not playing due to racism. It should also not be obvious that said child is picked on by the AD of the team due to her dislike of the color of the skin of the child. This became obvious as time went on while my son was on the Jr. PeeWee team.
Issue#2– Head AD on the Field and AD of the Team
The head AD over the program is not old enough nor educated enough to have a conversation with parents. Her attitude is beyond disgusting and she does not take the time to try to reason or understand a parents concern, especially if it seems that their child may be hurt or injured badly while playing for this club. Who starts a conversation with another adult by saying, «First of all» in a yelling voice with her finger in their face? This is the way that she approached my husband. When this happened, the situation started to get worse as she started to speak to him like he was a child and then retorting «I don’t care about your issues» kind of attitude. I don’t know how she ended up in that position, but she should definitely be replaced. The AD of the team seemed like she had an attitude everyday. My son was wearing his ankle braces around his shoe to keep his shoe on– That was a problem. The extra mouth piece that we bough him already had the plastic on it and needed his name– That was a problem as she didn’t take the time to see what she was requesting already was provided. His water jug– that was a problem… so on and so on. One game, my son accidentally bumped shoulders with a kid and she yelled at him so badly. These women definitely have power tripping issues and are going to piss off the wrong person one day.
Issue#3– «Rules»
My son was hit so hard one game that he got the wind knocked out of him. He was seriously hit so hard that the crowed in the stands cringed at hearing the sound of this kid being hit to the ground with a PI. My husband had on a security vest and was told by personnel that was there for the game that he could go around to the other side of the field where the team is to check on his son, because my son was crying hysterically. My husband only wanted to speak to my son to make sure that he was ok. That turned out to be a HUGE issue. I have played sports my entire life for various teams both regionally and internationally between the ages of 5 and up. I have never ever in my life heard a rule that says that if your kid is hurt or has been hit very hard during a game and is showing signs of distress, you as a parent, can’t speak to your kid to ensure that they are ok. Ridiculous rules.
Also, they have rules that state that if a kid is not at practice during the week, it is up to the discretion of the coach of whether or not they play. Basically, the coach can put in his son or another coaches son to play the same week if he misses practice, but if another kid is actually sick, that kid has to sit out a game. Ridiculous and promotes favoritism.
Also, they have rules that say that the kid has to be on the field for 10 hours in order to receive their uniform. After that, it’s another 10 hours before they can receive their helmet and actually play. So let’s get this straight… A kid must put in 20 hours before they can actually practice. If a kid is new to the team and a late starter, that kid can’t even practice with the team but has to spend a ton of time that could be spent learning the plays or getting comfortable with the team conditioning on their own, away from the team. Ridiculous.
The coaches don’t introduce players to each other or promote the awareness of being a TEAM. I found this to be the most ridiculous because you have players on a team that don’t speak to each other even after several games and practices. Also, some of the coaches kids are allowed to dictate what positions are played and what players should do on the team. There was one kid who told my son that he needed to switch positions on the field. The ball would have been thrown to my son. That was uncalled for as the coach’s son can’t catch anyways. Instead of the coach taking out his son for making a stupid switch, he takes out my son. Again… FAVORITISM. Most of the kids on the team don’t play. The same kids play every single game with exception of a few, like my son that get for 1.5 minutes but are taken out as soon as they touch the ball. The head coach obviously has some issues with skin color and it shows definitely.
Lastly, the Jr. Pee Wee team has lost and will lose about every game in this 2014 season. The coaches should promote teamwork not hatred for skin color and selfishness.