Okay. . . Now you guys are going overboard.

So, today I decided to go watch my brothers hockey game. I'm glad I went, because it taught me something very worth while.

We all know that the key components when playing a sport are Sportsmanship, always have fun,be aware of your actions, have dignity in yourself and your team, respect for your team and the opposing team, etc. These are all really important for the players of the sport, but I think that the parents, family, friends, and anyone in the crowd should learn to abide by these rules as well.

As far as I could say, the parents of the other team were very disrespectful, and very un-sportsman like.

At the beginning of the game the score was pretty close, and of course when your team scores a goal, you're going to cheer loudly to let them know that your happy for this accomplishment. But, in my opinion, if your team is winning by more than 2, you should tone it down a little bit. No need to make the other team feel worse than they all ready do.

The parents of the other team were definitely going a bit overboard. Close to the third period, their kid's team were winning by so much that we knew we weren't going to be able to catch up. With this in mind, they were still overly yelling and screaming when they scored (more than when they were only winning by 1 or 2) but on top of that, they were yelling really disrespectful things at their coaches, players, and the referees. I really don't believe that telling the kids on your own team that "they suck" and yelling at the referees things that I do not even want to say on this blog was reflecting very bad things on their team. It got so bad near the end that some of the parents on our team, and their team were leaving because it was getting a little bit ridiculous.

All in all, I'll have to say that the kids on the team that my brother was playing against were very good hockey players. They definitely play a good, clean game. But, it was hard to recognize that because of the way that some of the parents were acting.

I think that we all need to think about our actions, and who they reflect upon. This was a very good life lesson for me, and I will always think about it before I do, or say something. This is just my opinion on the subject, if anyone has anything to add, feel free to comment :-)