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Teen who sued soccer club for trauma after he was dropped loses case

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    #2
    uch
    Registered Users Posts: 7,008 ✭✭✭uch


    I'd be due about 3.5 million after all the teams I was dropped from down the years

    21/25



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    McDermotX
    Registered Users Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭McDermotX


    This country.


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    #4
    RobertKK
    Registered Users Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    Life is going to be very hard for some people.


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    #5
    GoneHome
    Registered Users Posts: 1,783 ✭✭✭GoneHome


    This is actually worse than the "knocked knee off table" case, jesus wept


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    hytrogen
    Registered Users Posts: 952 ✭✭✭hytrogen


    uch wrote:
    I'd be due about 3.5 million after all the teams I was dropped from down the years
    Drinks on you back in the clubhouse so!


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    jackwigan
    Registered Users Posts: 172 ✭✭jackwigan


    Can we as a society agree to ban the term "snowflake"?

    Makes me twitch a little every time I read it.


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    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    It's a bit of a harsh thread title.
    Plain to see the kid's Dad has a lot to answer for and needs to take a step back, as suggested by the judge also.


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    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    Sounds as much the Father as the kid. Anybody that has children playing football will know the type of nuts that you can encounter.


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    hytrogen
    Registered Users Posts: 952 ✭✭✭hytrogen


    jackwigan wrote:
    Makes me twitch a little every time I read it.

    Do you want to build a snowman?


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Seems the dad is a "my way or the highway" kinda guy.


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    jester77
    Registered Users Posts: 11,262 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    What a role model that dad is. Poor young lad, can only imagine the slagging he has been getting because of this.


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    Red Eyes
    Registered Users Posts: 18 ✭Red Eyes


    You would feel sorry for the kid, all he wanted to do was play football with his friends and his dad ruined it for him.


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    dinorebel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,275 ✭✭✭dinorebel


    jackwigan wrote: »
    Can we as a society agree to ban the term "snowflake"?

    Makes me twitch a little every time I read it.

    You poor little snow.......................oh sorry


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    gramar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,045 ✭✭✭✭gramar


    jester77 wrote: »
    What a role model that dad is. Poor young lad, can only imagine the slagging he has been getting because of this.

    That'll toughen him up for when he's playing in front of packed stadiums in the premier league.


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    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Bunch of cúnts!


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    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Probably more the Dad than the boy. Psycho sports dads are the absolute worst.

    I remember being accosted by a psycho dad when I was 14 for shouldering his boy out of the way in a hurling match. Fcuker came onto the field and had intentions to harm me before he was hauled off by other adults.


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    cml387
    Registered Users Posts: 8,393 ✭✭✭cml387


    I was always picked last for kickabouts at school.
    I never recovered from the stigma.
    However now I see some hope. $$$$$$$$!!!!!!


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    The Highwayman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,227 ✭✭✭The Highwayman


    jackwigan wrote: »
    Can we as a society agree to ban the term "snowflake"?

    Makes me twitch a little every time I read it.


    Nope. It perfectly describes these weak minded, self-centred, narcissistic idiots.


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    Tayschren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 186 ✭✭Tayschren


    Post traumatic stress for not being picked for the team,

    ah heeer


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    pilly
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,005 ✭✭✭pilly


    Father totally at fault here. This type lives their own miserable failed soccer career through their children.

    Poor child for having a father like that, he'll now be forever known for this especially in Ireland.


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Poor kid. His parents sound like a fncking nightmare. They sound like incredibly entitled gob****es who thought that they were the kings of the club and threw tantrums when their son wasn't getting special treatment.

    I expect when he was managing the team, his son got to play every match, a full 90 minutes, no matter how good or bad he was playing, or whether he was in good form, or dying of a cold.

    Then he was replaced and lost the head because the new manager refused to give his son special treatment.

    I'm glad they got a dose of reality, though my experience of narcissism like this is that they'll just blame the court for being wrong or biased against them. It's never their fault.


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    Parchment
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭Parchment


    Poor son and wife. The dads behaviour smacks of a controlling person - im sure this is only the tip if the iceberg with this man.


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    Skyfarm
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭Skyfarm


    there is a fifteen-year-old boy at the center of this story, no doubt he will have to take a lot of stick that isn't his, let's remind ourselves this is where minding mental health comes to the fore


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    Lu Tze
    Registered Users Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Lu Tze


    jackwigan wrote: »
    Can we as a society agree to ban the term "snowflake"?

    Makes me twitch a little every time I read it.

    Snowfleck?


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    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users Posts: 28,957 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    That poor kid :mad:


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    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    My kid didn't make a basketball team and telling her when I'd gotten the email was one absolutely horrible experience.

    We were actually in a little bit of shock as she's an unbelievable player for her age but it was one hour of trials for this particular team and she badly injured her finger in that hour.

    Did I sue? Did I fcuk. Did I try to convince them to give her another chance because she'd been injured? Of course not. And I certainly didn't tell her it was the fault of the people judging the trials either.

    What I did do was email the coach, thank him for his time, and ask him for feedback on her performance that day to improve her chances at her next trials. I also brought her to the game she missed out on so that she could cheer her friends on.

    I was very positive with her but also told her if she really wanted this, she would need to work extra hard and train extra smart. She upped her game big time and ended up with an invite to play in the states during the summer.

    You teach your kids to work for what they want, not to stamp their feet and whinge about whose fault it was that they missed out. You're doing them absolutely no favours in the long run by wrapping them up and molly coddling them like that.

    This is completely down to the father, and I wouldn't judge the child on it at all.


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    TheDoc
    Registered Users Posts: 23,137 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    Would imagine lots of this stems to the father feeling he has missed out on €€€€ from his son going across the water.

    Seen it happen a plenty, albeit never going to court over.


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    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Skyfarm wrote: »
    there is a fifteen-year-old boy at the center of this story, no doubt he will have to take a lot of stick that isn't his, let's remind ourselves this is where minding mental health comes to the fore

    He's 18.


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    storker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,646 ✭✭✭storker


    jackwigan wrote: »
    Can we as a society agree to ban the term "snowflake"?

    Makes me twitch a little every time I read it.

    It makes me twitch every time I hear what they come out with. When describing this kind of nonsense, the word is a good one. It's the father who it applies to, of course, for all we know the kid has been "persuaded" to go along with it.


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    alchemist33
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    Costs yet to be awarded. Hopefully the father has to pay them all because I doubt a local underage soccer team is rolling in it. If not, all the kids will suffer when the club goes under.


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