# Police called on Nevada

Sports · Heat 3.8 / 10 · 3 shows · 43m airtime

On October 24, 2026, parents on a youth soccer team in Winter Park, Florida, called police to escort three-year-old Nevada and his family off the field, claiming a disruption. Police responded to a disturbance, but the family received a refund and no charges, tickets or trespass notice were issued. A later account adds that Nevada was benched mid-game in a five-year-old league after parents complained he was too good, and his mother says the game had already ended when police were called. I-9 Sports offered a free season at a different location, which his mother, Martasia Griffin, refused; the family was refunded a $300 tournament fee. Eddie Johnson invited Nevada to train, a GoFundMe was set up, and Jay-Z and…

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## Segments

- [The Breakfast Club](https://boilpoints.com/u/thebreakfastclub), 2026-10-26, 0:30 to 2:00: **Previews the exclusive interview with Griffin**. Opens with Loren LoRosa previewing her exclusive interview with Martasia Griffin, mother of viral three-year-old soccer player Nevada, framing the police escort off the field as a child penalized for being too good. New angle: Parents called police to escort three-year-old Nevada and his family off the soccer field, claiming a disruption.
- [The Breakfast Club](https://boilpoints.com/u/thebreakfastclub), 2026-10-26, 1:54 to 6:53: **Interviews the mother for the first full account**. Nevada's mother gives the first full account of the incident game: the season-long targeting, the three minutes he played before scoring, the director's refund offer, and the police arriving for a disturbance call with no charges, no trespass notice and the money returned. New angle: Police called for a disturbance; the family got a refund but no charges, tickets or trespass notice.
- [The Breakfast Club](https://boilpoints.com/u/thebreakfastclub), 2026-10-26, 6:53 to 8:16: **Adds the civil court advice and refused free season**. Griffin adds the aftermath: police on body camera told her to take the refund dispute to civil court, and the I-9 Sports organization offered a free season at a different location, which she turned down. New angle: I-9 Sports offered a free season at a different location; Griffin refused it.
- [The Breakfast Club](https://boilpoints.com/u/thebreakfastclub), 2026-10-26, 8:16 to 11:33: **Adds why Nevada won't return to the league**. Griffin, in the same interview, adds what the fallout looks like at home: Nevada won't go back because the police are there, and he was upset about never getting the end-of-game medal. She frames twelve quiet weeks with I-9 Sports as the reason she is speaking now. New angle: Nevada says he won't return because the police are there; the end-of-game medal goes to another kid every week.
- [The Breakfast Club](https://boilpoints.com/u/thebreakfastclub), 2026-10-26, 11:29 to 13:15: **Argues race and playing time drove the call**. Griffin's own read on why it happened: race plays a part to a certain extent, but talent and parents' frustration over playing time are the main drivers. She says legal action is undecided and she is focused on awareness.
- [Start Here](https://boilpoints.com/u/starthere), 2026-10-27, 27:04 to 30:14: **Tells the benched three-year-old story**. Tells the story of three-year-old Nevada Pierre, benched mid-game in a Florida five-year-old league after scoring, with his mother filming a league official before police escorted the family out. No charges were filed. Frames it as a youth-sports debate over recreation versus competition. New angle: A three-year-old was benched mid-game in a five-year-old league after parents complained he was too good; police were called and no charges filed.
- [The Breakfast Club](https://boilpoints.com/u/thebreakfastclub), 2026-10-27, 3:33 to 4:53: **Relays the family's account of the removal**. Relays the family's account: a three-year-old playing up against five-year-olds was removed from his i9 Sports league after other parents complained, police were called over how long he held the ball, and the fees were refunded. Notes the league has not explained its side. New angle: A three-year-old was removed from his i9 Sports league in Winter Park, Florida, after parents complained and police were called.
- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-27, 33:51 to 43:53: **Debates toddlers in sports and the $300 refund**. Retells the viral Nevada story with the hosts' own framing - the shoving accusation, the video, the refund - and spends most of the segment on whether three-year-olds should play organized sports and whether he should play up. Adds one figure: the refunded fee was $300. New angle: The family was refunded a $300 tournament fee.
- [The Dan Le Batard Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/thedanlebatardshow), 2026-10-27, 4:03 to 13:01: **Defends demanding sports parenting**. Long segment on the Nevada story that stays inside the viral-video frame: the police call, the parenting debate, and a running hypothetical about monetizing the kid. Andrew Hawkins defends demanding sports parenting from his own family resume; Chris Cote argues Nevada is just the best kid in a typical league.
- [The Breakfast Club](https://boilpoints.com/u/thebreakfastclub), 2026-10-28, 0:31 to 3:57: **Recaps the viral video and adds the training invite**. Recaps the viral video of police removing three-year-old Nevada and his family from an I-9 league game, leans on Loren LoRosa's exclusive interview with his mother Martasia Griffin, and notes the game was already over. Adds Eddie Johnson's training invite and the GoFundMe. New angle: Griffin says the game had already ended when police were called; Eddie Johnson invited Nevada to train and a GoFundMe was set up.
- [The Breakfast Club](https://boilpoints.com/u/thebreakfastclub), 2026-10-28, 3:57 to 6:59: **Reports Roc Nation's Spain commitment for Nevada**. Reports that Roc Nation Sports posted a supportive Instagram message and that Jay-Z and Roc Nation, after speaking with Griffin, committed to sending Nevada to Spain in December, with the U.S. and overseas sports divisions planning opportunities around him. New angle: Jay-Z and Roc Nation committed to sending Nevada to Spain in December, with Roc Nation Sports' overseas division creating opportunities.