Parents often focus on refs and the injustices they do to their little Tiffany or Chip. Refs are almost universally adjudged to blow the whistle (or sit on it) to the other team's advantage.
There's a special type of CSP that makes this claim at the same time they commit the very same sin.
The One-Way Soccer Parent (also known as the See No Evil Soccer Parent) only sees the fouls committed against their kid and their kid's team. Their kid, however, could pull a knife and shank an opposing player and the OWSP would cheer their progeny on, yelling things like, "That's a tackle!" and "Yeah, way to stick in!" If the ref calls a foul, the OWSP will ignore the knife sticking out of the opponent's back and begin working the ref.
"Let 'em play, ref."
"Call it both ways!"
The problem (or that is, one of the problems) with the OWSP is that their partisanship is blind to the sport of football, which is, at its core, a contact sport. People use their body to gain and keep control of the ball. Fouls occur as part of the game, and its really only the cheap shot or dangerous play that merits mention from the sideline. You only embarrass your kid when you complain about the run of the mill physical contact, like the mommy who won't let her son play in the snowball fight because he might get his eye put out. It's football. If you don't want them to have contact with the opponents, sign her up for volleyball where they keep both sides separated.
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