Overview
- Surveillance video shows a courtside argument between two mothers turning into punches and hair-pulling during a Dec. 20 sixth-grade game at St. Teresa against Saint Clare.
- CYO County Director Michael Neely identified the women as parents and said some of their family members joined the melee.
- The two women and the relatives who became involved have been suspended indefinitely from attending CYO games, according to officials.
- Borough President Vito Fossella announced that any spectator removed by a referee now faces a one-year suspension, with a lifetime ban after two removals.
- Reactions from parents ranged from support for stricter enforcement to concern that the penalties go too far.