A couple of years ago, I was refereeing a youth football game. During half time the guys I was working with and I were standing around and another coach came up to us to ask us about a rule change. Blah, blah, blah the conversation went on, but then I mentioned I wanted to see referees in the league call it tighter when a kid gets popped for no reason, when he isn't anywhere near the play. I remarked that something like that was in the rule book, it is a penalty, and it should be enforced more - because there is the possibility of a kid getting hurt.
The coach looked at me dumbfounded and remarked, "Well if we aren't going to let the kids hit, we might as well put shorts on them and they can run around like fairies kicking a soccer ball."
THAT is a meatball.
