In Greg's Team, Ludovic Obraniak, consultant and former player for the Girondins de Bordeaux, spoke out following incidents that occurred in the amateur world and towards youth team educators. Last week in Colomiers, two club educators had their car set on fire in front of their homes, 45 minutes apart, in two communities 30 kilometers apart. It could be that this was the work of parents of young people under the age of 11, whose children had been excluded before a football tournament. The club has suspended its activities until November 11.
« What if we already had aggressive parents in our time when we were young? There was one who put all the others to shame. The parents came to grab him at the end, saying 'let your son off the hook!' The kid came back, he cried… So there was one. Today, they have multiplied. What if I was bothered by that? No, no because at that time we were more in a football where it was experience that took precedence. That is to say, we highlighted experienced players. Today we highlight young players, who have become the clubs' primary assets. They're going to look for them… It's also the system that pushes us to do that. Today there are clubs which put options on 12 year old kids, professional clubs! European clubs who are going to look for 12 year olds. I'm around a bit because my son plays in U12 in the suburbs of Lille and I stay away from all that. I generally put myself on the opposite side, alone, so as not to hear what is being said, what is being done. I am traumatized by what I hear sometimes. »
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