Dad Banned From Youth Hockey Games - Grabbed 8 Y.O. Around Neck

[matcom]

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Nearly 4 years after the rink-rage death of one hockey dad at the hands of another, a Swampscott father has been banned indefinitely from attending local youth hockey games after witnesses said he grabbed an 8-year-old around the neck and cursed at him following the boy's on-ice shoving match with the man's son.

A Peabody magistrate is scheduled to decide next week whether Jordan Waldman, 51, will face assault charges in what state youth hockey officials say is the most egregious incident since they adopted stricter rules for parental conduct in 2003 after Thomas F. Junta beat Michael Costin to death during a 2000 youth hockey practice in Reading.

Kevin Holt of Salem, whose son plays for the Salem-Swampscott team, said last night that he saw Waldman grab Cameron Byrne by the shirt at his neckline and yank him forward after a game Dec. 26, saying something like, "Keep your hands off my kid."

"He sounded real mad, and he grabbed him pretty hard," Holt said. "I was just amazed."

"I'm just glad it wasn't my kid that he grabbed," Holt added. "There'd be two of us going to court."

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/01/07/father_banned_in_youth_hockey_incident/

[underpants]

1. I am really not looking forward to that part of child raising

(knock on wood)

It used to be there was that ONE jerk father whose son was shamed and constantly apologized to everyone. Now apparently (at least from what I have heard personally) they are every stinking where. It seems to be a combination of wanting to cash in on their child (only slightly removed from prostitution in some cultures) and being dorks when they were young-or at least never living up to their expectations.

Oh I am going to be REAL popular in the stands let me tell you.