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The president of the Dublin and District School League (DDSL), Paddy Dempsey, said that they were targeting "all adults" involved in acts of violence that resulted in the abandonment of seven matches during last six weeks.
Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1, Dempsey revealed that he could impose suspensions and heavy fines after several "mbad fights" that allegedly took place during matches. It is believed that "replacements, managers / coaches and many spectators" have all been involved in the violence.
He said clashes between players in the field appeared to be the cause of the incidents, but added that children were influenced by the actions of the adults involved.
"We control about 800 games per weekend and 20,000 kids play," he told News At One.
"In some games, there were incidents where players – for whatever reason – felt aggrieved and hit each other, and the coaches and the spectators rushed into a fight for everyone.
"We target all adults.Children will play and watch what they see adults do and that is the problem.
"If adults get involved and start punching and abusing and insulting officials, young players do the same and end up in a serious incident or hurt a player or parent.
"Because they are players against players and adults against adults, and adults against children, which is even more scary: pushing and hitting young children the same day."
He continued, "It seems like the people on the sidelines are invaded by a red haze that decides to get involved for whatever reason, I do not think they realize the seriousness of what they do. it's a football match or a sporting occasion that's ok to do that.
"If it happened on the street, they would be arrested and charged with badault.The sooner they will realize that this is not acceptable in society, it's really not acceptable in the sport and more in children's football. "
He went on to explain that besides penalties and fines, Dempsey warned that the withdrawal of players or clubs would be the next step in the fight against violence in the league.
"The best we can do is suspend the players who incite the fight, it's the easiest part, we can then bring the managers and clubs and inflict heavy fines on them." and suspensions.
"But the ultimate sanction will be to remove them from the league and that's where we are heading now."
"We can [do that] but they have the right to appeal. Last year or the year before, we kicked out a manager for 10 years and we thought it would give the example, but it started to come back. "
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