<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="_blank" title="Queensland "><span>Queensland</span></a><span> dad has been left disgruntled after he was told he isn't allowed to throw a footy around with his son on school grounds.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dean's son asked him to throw the football around for a few minutes after he dropped him off at school yesterday morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dean and his son found a spot to throw the ball around, until a teacher approached them and said the unthinkable.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/continuous-glucose-monitor-subsidy-type-2-diabetes-exclusive/6ef11a04-9a0f-4e1a-bf88-fefb90101259"><strong><span>'I don't want to die': Dyan's forced to choose between her health and paying rent</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A teacher came over and started telling me about how it was unsafe to be over here, and we had to go over with all the other children and sit down and read quietly before school," Dean told </span><em><span>Today</span></em><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I asked why, and she said it's not safe to be over here because you're unsupervised... I said, 'Well, I'm supervising my son, so consider him supervised.'</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She said, 'No, it's not safe to be here, and it's unfair on the other children who don't have their parents here at the moment to play with them.'"</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/father-furious-after-school-says-he-isnt-allowed-to-throw-footy-around-with-his-son/1c735aae-82aa-4c45-abad-40a603f1106d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dean said he and his son were about 20 metres away from the rest of the kids on a patch of grass near a classroom.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/videos/national/children-defend-parents-jailed-for-drug-syndicate/cmd7975tq000i0hnu50dhdybf"><strong><span>Children defend parents jailed for drug syndicate</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A few minutes later, Dean separated from his son to put his backpack into his locker, and he saw the deputy principal approach his child to reprimand him about the incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He gave him a bit of a rev up, apparently about being over there, passing the ball with his dad," the Queensland dad said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That really upset me, I didn't understand why he didn't come and speak to me.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"[My son] was pretty shook up, he was visibly upset, he said, 'Dad are you in trouble?' and I said, 'Mate, how could I be in trouble for passing a footy with you?'</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He just couldn't understand why they were so worked up about nothing."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bradley-murdoch-death-hope-finding-peter-falconio-remains/b5451cda-ec17-452e-aae3-734cc6dd2de7" rel="" target="_blank" title="Killer's death sparks hope in search for Peter Falconio's remains"><strong><span>Killer's death sparks hope in search for Peter Falconio's remains</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dean said it was an escalation of recent rules around kids playing sport after school unsupervised.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I know that after school they don't want kids playing sport... I think now the school's pulled back," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They don't want kids playing on the playground. They don't want them playing on the oval, on any grass patch.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"And now, they've come to the point where they're not allowed to pass a ball to your dad."</span></div></div>