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On strike in support of US Colomiers after the fire in its coaches’ cars, AS Hersoise, a club from eastern Toulouse, in turn testifies to the difficulties of managing the parents of young footballers at the weekend. Explanations.
The press release surprised more than one parent, but the decision was not difficult to make within the management office of AS Hersoise, a football club in eastern Toulouse. Last Saturday, November 2, the Green and Black announced “a strike until November 11″, modeled on that of the US Colomiers. “The speeches of support on social networks, we found that it was not enough in the face of this extremely serious situation, explains Benoît Maury, the president of the club. We had to mark the occasion, and I also regret that we were the only ones to do it in the area.”
This strike draws its source from the news item that occurred a few days earlier in Colomiers, where two educators from US Colomiers saw their vehicles set on fire at their home in the middle of the night, obviously by parents unhappy with their children’s play time. among the club’s under-11s. A police investigation is underway.
More and more frequent attacks
Lucas Laborde is the sports director of AS Hersoise and an educator for five years at the under-7 level. For a year, in addition to his role as coach, he has been busy managing the relationship between his twenty young club educators and the parents. “It’s something I didn’t need to do before, but today it’s essential. Our educators are young, sometimes they’re barely 16 years old, and you have to see how some parents talk to them. I I regularly have to set things straight.”
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On the sidelines every weekend, but also during the week during training, the 36-year-old man has clearly seen the climate deteriorate between parents and educators. “When we rotate to allow everyone to play, some insult us, tell us that we are punishing their children, that if they miss a match or a tournament, they will never be pros. This is the reality of our lives volunteers.”
“The children were shocked”
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The latest example, during a tournament at the start of the season, a parent had so insulted a young educator who was refereeing a match involving 9-year-old children that he had to be forcibly evacuated from the sports complex. “The children were stunned, shocked, remembers Lucas. We endure these insults every Sunday and it was time to say stop, especially since with what happened in Colomiers, we entered into another dimension.”
So, would the ideal solution be to simply prohibit the presence of parents around the stadiums? Not for Lucas Laborde. “The children are proud to share their goals and their joy with their parents. Sometimes, they share nothing other than sport with them. However, the atmosphere has become harmful around the fields and the absence of matches this weekend throughout the Haute-Garonne district should be used for a general reconsideration.”
