Police called to Florida soccer game after parents say three-year-old benched for being too good

Organizer says parents were causing disturbanceNo one arrested or made to leave game in FloridaPolice were called after a dispute involving the parents of a three-year-old player at a soccer game in Florida over the weekend.The boy’s parents can be heard on police body cameras saying their son, Nevada, had been kicked out because he was too good at soccer and was embarrassing the other children. However, an organizer at the game said Nevada had pushed other children and his parents had become argumentative when their son was taken out the game. Continue reading…
Police were called to remove the parents of a three-year-old player at a soccer game in Florida over the weekend No one arrested or made to leave game in Florida Police were called after a dispute involving the parents of a three-year-old player at a soccer game in Florida over the weekend. The boy’s parents can be heard on police body cameras saying their son, Nevada, had been kicked out because he was too good at soccer and was embarrassing the other children. However, an organizer at the game said Nevada had pushed other children and his parents had become argumentative when their son was taken out the game.
In police body camera footage the organizer of the event, who works for i9 Sports, a youth sports group, can be heard saying Nevada’s parents had caused a disturbance. “The kid is good. He’s great. Really good,” the organizer says in the footage. “He’s very advanced compared to the other ones, so he’s scoring a
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