Lee: Sports Parents Make Me Laugh

One parent sent an email during the basketball season that still has me laughing. The parent was concerned that his daughter’s name had been misspelled. I understand that concern. I take it as a personal affront any time a name is misspelled. It’s what followed the parent’s request that had me chuckling. I won’t name names, but the parent wanted us to make sure his daughter’s name was spelled correctly so that when the college coaches check the box scores they’ll be able to follow how she’s doing. So I watched how this girl was faring. To this point she had been averaging 5 points per game. Then the next two games following the email she went scoreless in one game and had three in the other. Perhaps the fact we published those box scores cost her a scholarship offer or two/ Greg Lee , SR. More here .

Question: Have you encountered any over-bearing parents of high school athletes?