Youth sporting events with no fans? Experts warn its coming if bad behavior continues

Picture this, four or five years from now: High school gyms and fields are mostly empty on game nights because parents and spectators, prone to violence and screaming obscenities, have been banned. Only one referee is working because thousands have left the job after countless verbal and physical attacks. Even the teams have scant substitutes, as fewer kids are playing amidst the increasingly volatile atmosphere of youth and high school athletics.

For several years, sports officials and experts have warned of the exploding epidemic of bad behavior and abusive conduct permeating the sidelines at youth and high school games across the country. As parents have become more financially and emotionally invested in their childs sports careers and are enrolling kids in sports at younger ages than ever before obnoxious behavior and physical violence has surged.