When it came to sports, basketball was pretty big where I grew up.<\/p>\n
You see, we had a lot of cold weather throughout the year and we ended up spending most of the time inside.<\/p>\n
Which, one of the beautiful things about basketball is that it is one of the few sports that can be played competitively inside. All you need is a ball and enough people to play the game.<\/p>\n
Basketball has always been a good way for kids to learn teamwork and good sportsmanship.<\/p>\n
The problem though is that there are some kids that for whatever reason end up taking the game a little too seriously.<\/p>\n
These days, it seems that young people are forgetting that basketball is a game and that games are supposed to be fun.<\/p>\n
Sure, sports can be taken seriously, but not too seriously. When things get to the point of becoming violent that’s when it crosses over into people taking things too seriously.<\/p>\n
For example, police in California have opened up an investigation following an extremely violent incident at a youth basketball game.<\/p>\n
In a game between two groups of thirteen year old boys, a player violently started stomping the head of a member of the opposing team.<\/p>\n
The whole thing started when the two played collided with each other on the court and a scramble for the ball ensued.<\/p>\n
One of the boys went down to the court, with another player from the opposing team running up to the downed boy and stomping him repeatedly in the head.<\/p>\n
An official immediately intervened and got the young boy’s attacker off the court.<\/p>\n
The poor child that was attacked has been dealing with issues that one would have following a concussion.<\/p>\n
It’s still sort of unclear if there were words exchanged between the two teams before the game, or at least before the attack.
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