Even pee-wee football can be rough - but a Texas-sized brawl among coaches and parents at a game involving 11- and 12-year-olds is raising eyebrows - over the fight itself - and the punishment the local league has doled out.
The melee in Pearland, some 20 miles south of Houston, was caught on tape by a parent making a home video of the game from the stands.
The ugliness began, reports CBS News Correspondent Jeff Glor, after a player for the Pearland Patriots ran for a touchdown. Two players who collided as the play unfolded began to scuffle.
One parent stepped in, followed by many, many more. Before long, a wave of angry dads streamed toward the field, pushing, shoving, punching - and coaches from both sides got into it.
"I still can't believe the coaches actually did that in front of us, because that's a bad example for us," one player, Justin Robinson, told CBS News.
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