‘Respect in sport’ program now mandatory for hockey parents
As of today, parents in Ontario will be taking a $12 “respect in sport” program in order to sign their kids up for hockey this season.
As of today, parents in Ontario will be taking a $12 “respect in sport” program in order to sign their kids up for hockey this season.
Syd Oliveira is a father and minor hockey league coach. These days, neither is an easy job. Oliveira recalls one incident in which a parent didn’t like the fact that he (Oliveira) had benched his son for playing to aggressively. “In one game, he yelled at me (using a) racial slur; it was very disturbing,” Oliveira said. “He was removed from the association and minor hockey for two years.”