Without providing evidence, Canton claimed<\/a> “our black and brown kids continued to be called an ‘N,’ and every quarter our kids were called the ‘N’ word, and we addressed it with the referees, but there was no response.”<\/p>\n Tell us what you’re seeing from the world of youth sports. Email: joe.kinsey@outkick.com<\/a><\/p>\n Dequay Canton (in the green polo; black shorts) claims he was just defending his team, the Carlynton Little Cougars, from racism, when he lost his mind and started fighting opposing coaches and parents during a game in western Pennsylvania. (Storyful)<\/p>\n He continued, “It’s a shame that in 2026, 8-9-year-old kids are calling young black and brown kids the ‘N.’ It’s even more shameful that their parents, coaches and referees let them do it without correcting them. They would rather fight me for addressing it than correct their kids. That should be the story. Period.”<\/p>\n The Carlynton youth football team followed up Canton’s statement by announcing that the man who recorded the incident, Ryan Crux, has been banned from team football events. Crux’s son plays for the Carlynton team. Crux admitted to Pittsburgh media Tuesday night<\/a> that there was bad blood brewing between him and the coaching staff. It turns out, this video probably helped facilitate a ban.<\/p>\n “My son has been getting screamed at things like ‘go get that f\u2013kin ball!’ since he was 6 years old. I don’t speak to my son like that and I don’t want anyone else speaking to him like that,” Crux wrote on Facebook this week. “Now hes 9 years old talking like hes 15 and I blame it all on youth football coaches. I don’t want to hear him speak like that but hes been hearing it from these wack ass coaches for 3 years straight so what f\u2013kin difference does it make now?”<\/p>\n YOUTH SOFTBALL COACH & UMPIRE GET INTO UGLY CONFRONTATION AS EMOTIONS BOIL OVER AT ARKANSAS TOURNAMENT<\/a><\/p>\n By now, none of this should be shocking. It’s business as usual in a world where mom and dad are blowing $260 a weekend<\/a> to attend travel basketball tournaments<\/a>. It’s a world where 11U pitchers are allegedly told to throw a fastball<\/a> at his opponent’s dugout \u2013\u2013 and then the boy obeyed the alleged orders.<\/p>\n It’s a world where a Mississippi sheriff lost his job this summer<\/a> for fighting an umpire<\/a> after a 14U travel baseball game. It’s also a world where a parent is willing to come out on the field to trip a kid<\/a> who’s running towards the end zone.<\/p>\n YOUTH PITCHER LAUNCHES FASTBALL AT OPPOSING DUGOUT AFTER ALLEGED ORDER FROM COACH: ‘ABSOLUTELY BUSH LEAGUE’<\/a><\/p>\n It’s also a world where, just this week in Ohio, 11 members of a top Cleveland high school football team were charged with theft<\/a> after ripping off $4,500 in merchandise from a Columbus Dick’s while in town for a football game. Two of those charged with the thefts are adults, including one who had committed to a scholarship from D-1 Kent State.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Pennsylvania-coach-fight-football-game.jpg\")
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