Yes, it is very sad. Yes, it does happen very often. And yes, it happens in all the sports.

Worse yet, we constantly blame today's kids for acting more "privelaged" than we "adults" did when we were kids, while kids today's witness a growing contradiction of behaviors...I see more and more poor sportsmanship by "the adults"...at and away from tournaments, in all sports.

Coach-to-coach bitterness that leads to foul exchanges and even worse gossip.

Coach-to-ref throwing things in frustration.

Ref-to-coach power plays of insults and taunts.

Parent-to-parent intolerance and inconsideration.

And the coupe de grat...

Club-to-club or school-to-school senseless aggitation.

A kid finally starts to understand "sportsmanship" and "work ethic", and then a coach says something intentionally inflamitory about the wrestling academies the kid attends outside of the club.

Go figure..."How in the world could they be so spoiled?"