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My child has been a part of NYS basketball for two seasons now and slowly but surely it's gotten worse and worse. It's a 10-11-year-old league with several 13 and 14-year-olds playing in it, just for the sake of winning games.
Our coach complained to the league about one of the teams that has two kids who are each about 6'1" and the league refused to verify their age. We've since found out that the coach of the team is really buddy-buddy with the NYS folks. In our last game, the league coordinator for NYS came down and was obviously friends with the coach, and the referees are apparently freinds with the players (they said something about their brothers going to the same school). We found out late in the game that NYS had told the opposing coach that our coach had asked the league about his team, so the entire game, the coach's daughter was being tripped and pushed to the floor, even at one point having her boobs grabbed by the the dick coach's son. Everything just went bad when the dick coach's son actually PICKED UP OUR COACH'S DAUGHTER AND BODYSLAMMED HER TO THE FLOOR. When she was on the floor crying, the coach was laughing and pointing at her and even announced to his team that they were going to the championship. It didn't just end there, the other coach kept telling his players to kick at our players knees and ankles, and to elbow them in the face. This was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen.
Now, NYS is refusing to do anything about it, saying that unless we get EVERY PARENT FROM THE OTHER TEAM TO AGREE TO OUR STORY, they won't do anything, and even if that does happen, they'll just suspend the coach for the summer session. Whoop-de-doo.
National Youth Sports Reviews
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My child has been a part of NYS basketball for two seasons now and slowly but surely it's gotten worse and worse. It's a 10-11-year-old league with several 13 and 14-year-olds playing in it, just for the sake of winning games.
Our coach complained to the league about one of the teams that has two kids who are each about 6'1" and the league refused to verify their age. We've since found out that the coach of the team is really buddy-buddy with the NYS folks. In our last game, the league coordinator for NYS came down and was obviously friends with the coach, and the referees are apparently freinds with the players (they said something about their brothers going to the same school). We found out late in the game that NYS had told the opposing coach that our coach had asked the league about his team, so the entire game, the coach's daughter was being tripped and pushed to the floor, even at one point having her boobs grabbed by the the dick coach's son. Everything just went bad when the dick coach's son actually PICKED UP OUR COACH'S DAUGHTER AND BODYSLAMMED HER TO THE FLOOR. When she was on the floor crying, the coach was laughing and pointing at her and even announced to his team that they were going to the championship. It didn't just end there, the other coach kept telling his players to kick at our players knees and ankles, and to elbow them in the face. This was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen.
Now, NYS is refusing to do anything about it, saying that unless we get EVERY PARENT FROM THE OTHER TEAM TO AGREE TO OUR STORY, they won't do anything, and even if that does happen, they'll just suspend the coach for the summer session. Whoop-de-doo.
Stay away from NYS. They suck, they really do.