dawgs, unless you really are trying to say something else (as loc is suggesting) look at the coaches for (youth) baseball, basketball and football. Typically, they are "just" parents.
Think about it; if you were born, let's say, prior to 1980 (just throwing a date out there) there is a very good chance that you played two or three of those sports growing up (either organized or pick-up); and after you stopped playing one or more of them, you kept watching it on tv. So, most of the parents of youth baseball, basketball and football players have been around those sports, in some way, most of their lives.
Now look at your typical soccer parent. The vast majority of these parents only started learning about soccer after their child(ren) started playing. Learning the game, without having played it for some amount of time, has its disadvantages. Not saying those parents can't learn the game, because they can, and do; but there a things about it that are much easier to understand if you've actually been out there on the pitch, or have been involved in it for many years.
Here's a question for you: do those sports have the same types of coaching licensure that soccer does? (or any at all?) None of the parents who coached my children in baseball, basketball or softball had any kind of license. I knew several people who coached football, and they definitely did not.
