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An unhinged youth basketball dad is in legal trouble after he came out of the stands and shoved a ref during a Washington 8th-grade basketball game that had gotten chippy. The 72-year-old ref who was pushed to the ground suffered a broken nose and cheekbone and left Mark McLaughlin, 31, facing an assault charge, the Seattle Times reports.
McLaughlin, who averaged 22.4 ppg at Central Washington University during the 2012-13 season, reportedly had his University of Washington basketball career end after throwing punches with a fellow UW teammate during a 2013 summer pickup game.
As for the December incident with the ref that led to an assault charge, police note that “The defendant is clearly unable to keep his temper under control, even in a room full of children and parents at a school basketball game.”
The video evidence is rather clear:
The police, who noted that the ref’s nose bled for 1 1/2 hours, say, based on witness statements, that the incident started after McLaughlin’s son intentionally fouled an opposing player which resulted in the teams getting chippy.
One thing led to another and McLaughlin’s son was knocked down. Witnesses described McLaughlin coming out of the stands and saying, “No one touches my son!”
The ref was knocked down, McLaughlin grabbed his son and took off.
Dad was eventually booked into jail on December 18. He was released after posting a $20,000 bail.
20,000 dollar bail for broken ref nose. Seems ridiculous but then again he gets hire bail for this than are we criminals.
Just a 13%er doing what they do
70% cant fight and always get their asses kicked…punk ass WB
Is it that tough a burden to bear? You sure carry a big chip. Don’t bother to answer, you’ve expose yourself enough on this site. And like most leftist, you are exactly what you accuse others of being. Hey, Joy Reid needs a new writer, you’d be a natural.
I appreciate Very FINE PEOPLE but if sports has shown us anything. You not the man you claim to be. As a matter of fact, it has proven you and others to be soft AF. It’s really hard to believe you use to be intimidating. Especially given what we know NOW. IJMFS
Lol, you’ve never been shit or done shit. Now go groom your mom’s cat.
Sad nigg
13% are only tough when with a group or can sucker punch you. Basically, that is what this lunatic did to the ref, running at him from behind.
Bingo
Born cowards
The guy didn’t even go at the right ref, even if he was mad a ref for putting his hands on his son. The ref who ran in and pushed the players down was the black guy, not the white ref he hurt. The ref he blindsided was calmly standing there breaking up the scuffle. The parent needs to be in a straight jacket. To get that irrationally enraged that quickly and attack random people who had nothing to do with anything shows someone isn’t all there upstairs. It won’t be the last person he attacks or hurts I can promise you.