WOSP Well-intentioned Overinvolved Sports Parents

[Sir Lawrence]

Saw this article in the alumni magazine for the University of St. Thomas (my oldest attended UST) and found it to be very thought provoking, especially the inability of youngsters to play a game without refs:

http://www.stthomas.edu/news/failure-youth-sports/

It's an easy read, one page article. 

[keefe]

The refs thing explains why lawyers have become the pernicious, virulent necessity of contemporary life.

[Benny B]

The lawyer would be the WOSP, the judge would be the referee.