Sportsmanship is the root of all sports, whether it is good or bad. Parents who are bad sports are taking the fun out of the games with their out-of-control actions, and are destroying the meaning of sports. Parents who display poor sportsmanship are becoming increasingly aggressive; therefore legal prosecution of such abusive parents should be pursued.

Sportsmanship was once the most important part of athletics, in fact, if the players did not practice it, their parents would punish them. Now, the adults are the ones who need the punishment for their scowlful actions. As a result of the increase in violent cases of poor sportsmanship, alternative punishments are being implied. Sportsmanship is being taken out of the player's hands, and another opponent arrives on the field----the parents. Thus, not only are the young athletes fighting a battle against the other team, but they are also fighting against their...