Parents of Rugby League juniors can be pretty toxic.

yes -especially with driven parents

I haven't seen it myself but it's there for sure, especially when money is involved.

Some people are over competitive that's all. They are usually the same in the workplace too

Yes, there are always people who are overly competitive! It can even be outside of games and sport - for example work places. So tiring!

No they are in it to win it

We love to play cards or board games - sometimes one of the children get sad, losing...but that’s all. Rather fun playing. Some people sure taking it too far...but I’ve never witnessed this personally.

Maybe sport people can get carried away but I do not see a need for cardboard games etc to be involved

Yeah it's pretty awful so I rarely play games like that.

Yes sports are getting very competitive

My wife turned Snap in to a body contact sport, And the grandchildren love it

Yes way too many people get carried away with friendly games and loose control.

There is no second place. Just winners and losers.

Definitely never happened when I was much younger and played sports. Only watch Swimming and Tennis on TV occasionally so have not witnessed it in those two sports. But I am sure it would be happening in other sports.

YES DEFINATELY OF LATE

Of course they do and they have only themselves to blame! Today it is all about Winning and Money. The huge amounts of money paid to sportspeople, like that paid to company CEOs and other Senior Management is absurd. It is an insult to most people when some so-called "Sports Star" can be issued with a $20,000 and more Fine for some infringement of the rules during a single game. Salaries have all gone beyond the realm of rationality.

Sport doesn't always bring out the best in people.

Yes some people get too competitive when playing games for fun

sport can be fun or a problem if the sport becomes your job and ifs still fun thats great but if its not fun it can be hell

yes many people are too serious about playing games

sports mad people they are sad

Its meant to be fun. If your insulting people its not ok

All betting should be stopped on sports.

There will always be people who go overboard. As long as they are not harming others, let them be.

Yes. Way too competitive

Yes, it can be crazy!

I don't watch sports at all.

Of course

Yes, it happens all the time, but when it happens it is time to stop or change what you are doing. It is bad sportsmanship watch what we teaches our children.

Yes its only a game just have fun

Some people are too competitive. Have fun and relax.

Yes, of course, happens all the time. Everything in moderation is best.

Yes it's embarrassing watching parents at junior sports.

It is ridiculous

Lost to Mum plenty of times as we play scrabble together still do to this day. Used to play with hubby but not so much these days as he is busy with our extension. Now a days every one has to win so they all get a ribbon which I think defeats the purpose and isn't that saying the child is good at some thing when they aren't in reality. Talk about misleading and out right just stupid. No wonder the world is the way it is today and where does it end? First it is sports so what is next? Helping them cheat on their examines so they can become a doctor with no bed side manners, seen plenty of them in recent times. I shudder to think.

More conversation of the parents exciting.

I found that the parents of the players get more excited than thier offspring.

Yes, I was at a hockey watching an ex-boyfriend. It was just a bunch of guys getting together to play at night. I booed one of the players on the other team and he swung his stick at me. Fortunately, it missed me. I called my boyfriend over and told him what he did. After that, any time my boyfriend's team had a chance to hit him, they did.

To some it is just a game but to others it is competition to the death. I don't like to play with the latter group.

We used to play games such as Monopoly or Scrabble as a family on holidays. Fights were occasional but suddenly, one of my siblings would toss the whole game on the floor and walk off saying someone was cheating.

Yes, basic instinct to survive going back to stone age era seems to be alive and thriving even today in people wanting to be victorious though hunting and gathering food has now been replaced with going to the shops, and even that can be a minefield as we have witnessed when COVID was at it's worse stage ... created covert operations in who could be the first to deplete the shelves.

Daughter was married to someone who cold not stand to win. If he was losing he would get up and leave the game.

For sure, I have seen it in my mother many, many times. She was the worst loser that I ever have seen. We used to play cards a lot. My dad, for whatever reason, had the best luck at playing cards. Lord knows, the poor guy needed some luck in his life for he worked hard and had nothing handed to him. My mother would become verbally abusive toward him to the point of wanting to physically harm him. Then we had to be sure the two of them were on the same team. Finally, she said that playing cards was not something she should do and said that God didn't want her to play cards. Who knows why? She was fine with other games, and when we played Boggle, I could always win so there were time I let her win. I did that because she was getting older and slower, and I wanted to boost her self-esteem. I knew I could have won so that was OK with me. I felt sorry for her because in earlier years, she could have won, but she was getting slower and older. Now I know how she felt. What goes around... On the other side of the coin, our neighbor was a good loser, but a horrible winner. He would laugh and laugh like a kid to the point of being obnoxious. It was kind of funny, but it got old. So the pendulum swings two ways. It's for fun, and if isn't fun, you need to change it up somehow or quit completely.

i dont even watch football anymore. The amount of fighting in the game and rough violet force is so bad

As a parent I naturally let the children win whatever game we played to help build their confidence. Now that they're older its kill or be killed!.......just joking....Edited 22-Jun-23 09:01am

True

Yes I agreeEdited 22-Jun-23 08:37am

Yes... I think it can be taken too far.

No. If they enjoy themselves and are not harming anyone good for them. It is better than seeing people going out robbing or hurting others.

Yes definitely some people are sore losers and at the end of the day it's just a game more pressing issues in the world

Yes. Games are that exactly a game. professional sport has killed a lot of "playing for enjoyment" Personally I am not competitive hence my reaction to those who get upset when they don't win

sometimes, personally I am not that competitive, prefer reading and knitting in my spare time.

yes

I do think people can let their emotions take over and go too far! I've witnessed this in both adults and children

Some people just can't lose.

I love Scrabble and will use the OFFICIAL dictionary if I think your word doesn't exist. I have played Monopoly and the other players united forces against me, so after hours of playing I flipped the board.🤣 Competitive? No I just have issues lol.

Sometimes people overly emphasize the score above and beyond the fun needed to enjoy the game.

In most games there is someone, usually with a huge ego, who tries to dominate.

Do I think people have taken 'competitiveness' too 'far' - in all honesty - YES! However, this 'mentality' (aka competitiveness which is deeply ingrain in 'every' member (including me) of society and is prevalent in all aspects of our life on this planet (PERIOD) - not just SPORTS. Furthermore, one of the 'basic' tenets of CAPITALISTISM is competitiveness (aka screwing people 'over' in tangible situations and intangible situations). If you reform (or take) competitiveness out of society (including sports - SPORTS are BIG BUSINESS), then you 'severely damage' capitalism (which nobody wants - including me (HAHA)). FYI: Sportsmanship on this planet is a sick JOKE, nobody (including me) actually practices sportsmanship in 'any' aspects of our (your) LIFE (aka the opposite of a Good Samaritan Society Syndrome)!Edited 22-Jun-23 10:43am

Are we talking Cut-Throat Monopoly here?

yes

I NEVER DEALTH WITH THAT WITH MY BOY'S PLAYING IN SPORTS BUT I AM SURE PARENTS PLAY A BIG ROLE AND IMPORTANT TO JUST LET THE KIDS PLAY AND HAVE FUN, THAT'S WHAT SPORTS IS ALL ABOUT HOW I SEE IT....

Nope

As the saying goes, let the children play. The parents have to stop interfering/ coaching their kids and just be quiet and enjoy the kids games.

Yes. Taking it too far is having bad feelings and fighting. Not needed.

Definitely some folks can take things too far. It’s usually the parents who cause problems a f get into fights at T-ball games! Let kids have fun and teach them good sportsmanship by modeling it!

Yes, I don't have kids, so maybe it stands out more when I see parents so involved in their children's sports and focused on winning, it takes the fun out of it. I'm thinking leave him/her alone and let them play how they want and have fun.

Yes definitely

Yes some take way to serious

Yes some people do and can’t handle if they are losing

Yes some are playing for sheep stations as the saying goes. I think sports should be competitive but children should be taught about the winning and the losing and how to be a good sport about either. Too many feel entitled these days and it boils over into violence. The basics of sports needs to be re taught to the children and I guess also the parents and coaches.