A video clip from a youth basketball game in the United States has gone viral for all the wrong reasons
Footage which allegedly shows a coach attacking a referee during a youth basketball game in the United States has gone viral, attracting more than 1.2 million views in the hours after it was uploaded in the latest instance of violence to mar youth sports in America.
Specific details as to the incident remain scant but the viral clip shows a heated confrontation on the basketball court between a match official and another man described online as being a coach of one of the two youth teams playing in the game.
The eight-second clip then captures the supposed coach violently throttling the referee as several bystanders unsuccessfully attempt to pry his grip from the referee’s neck.
The attacker is then punched on the right side of his head by a person coming to the aid of the official.
Shocked onlookers can be heard exclaiming their shock at the incident – a reaction matched by many of the people who viewed the clip as it went viral on social media.
“Totally unacceptable,” wrote one person in response to the video. “I witnessed a grown man just the other day going at it with kids in the stands.
Lawd Jesus this is what we doing now days? Bruhhhhh did y’all find ol boys glasses tho pic.twitter.com/Tv8eMNnrDe
