Welcome to CHILL Manager

We love our sports, right? We love cheering for our team or our kids' teams. We love the camaraderie. Team colors, autographed jerseys...we love it all.

Until someone makes it not worth loving. Sportsmanship issues are not limited to loud-mouthed parents on the sidelines. Professional athletes, high-caliber amateur ones, and even our youngest, newest participants do things they shouldn't, just for the sake of winning.

CHILL Manager looks at all types of sportsmanship issues, whether it's the soccer referee killed by an angry, 17-year-old goalie or a pro baseball player refusing to admit to using performance-enhancing drugs, despite evidence to the contrary. 

Sportsmanship has a bigger place in our society than we give it. As fans and parents, we sometimes think the ends justify the means. Why not hire a potential sociopath to play football if he's going to get your team to the Super Bowl? Why not "overlook" a high school team raping a passed-out girl if losing the team to suspensions is too big a price to pay?

However, sportsmanship also relates to the parent on the sideline of a 4th grade basketball game who can't stop riding the official for blowing a traveling call  with 30 seconds left to play. 

We've got a lot of information about preventing sportsmanship issues that we'll share, too. Learn how simple acts can dramatically reduce issues in local youth sports.

We look forward to interesting discussion and debate and welcome any local sports stories.