New york deems games like freeze tag and kickball unsafe for children

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Rascarin

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This is stupid. Scraped knees and elbows, falling over, knocking heads together - its part of growing up. We're headed for a generation of spinelss sissies who haven't learned that pain is just part of life.
 

Ace of Spades

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I broke my clavicle playing basketball in middle school. Does that mean it's unsafe and must be banned? No, it doesn't.
 

Toaster Hunter

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This is ridiculous. What's next, banning any type of movement at all? I blame overprotective parents for this one.
 

Cheesus333

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I sprained my arm skateboarding when I was 12. And you know what? I'm fucking glad I did.

Because that's how I learnt that failing and bailing like a retard hurts. You don't get lessons like that from sitting inside in your sponge-walled house.
 

Jonluw

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Stupids gonna stup.

Some people need to just loosen up a bit.

Okay, hold on a fucking second here. If a guy wants to arrange for the kids in the neighbourhood to play tag and a game of baseball on a summer day, he has to pay a $200 fee?
Blughughuglhguhglhg
 

Dags90

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Hero in a half shell said:
While dumb, it's not as bad as it seems. They aren't banning these sports, just saying that any recreational centres that participate in 2 or more of these 'dangerous' sports must register as a 'summer camp' so that they can be properly supervised (And properly legally protected)

While this law is a good idea for things like horse riding and scuba diving (also on the dangerous sports list) tag and dodgeball are just rediculous, they are great sports, as you are constantly moving, and require next to no equipment, including safety equipment because the worst injury I've ever heard of while playing them has been a scraped knee, or a cut hand or something simple like that.
Not all of them are going to cause camps require safety equipment, or medical staff. So things like freeze tag or red rover might be regulated insofar as saying that, "If a concussion is at all suspected, you are required take the child to a hospital or nurse." Concussions can (and do) happen in all sorts of activities and are serious medical conditions.

The bureaucratic horror! We already did this thread a few days ago and I spent most of it shouting into the wind about how sensible this bill actually is. I think I managed to convince two people to actually read what the bill is about instead of jumping to "OMG THIS IS STUPID!"
She stressed that not every program will need to hire medical staff. Some simply need to have a plan in place to deal with medical emergencies.
MarkusWolfe said:
Edit: just looked at the survey from the link. 83% agree with the Health Departments decision. What has the world come to?
Perhaps they know something you don't know. (Neener neener neener)
 

Antari

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Kickball was the only form of camp counciling left. If you took a ball in the face, its probably not a good idea to look for a line of work that required reflexes. I wonder how long it will be until they just pack new born babies in styrofoam to cover the legal side of things.
 

Condor219

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This is ridiculous. It's one thing to be looking out for your child's safety, but an entirely different thing to coat them in bubble wrap and pillows to "prevent injury". Do these politicians not remember their childhoods?
 

yanipheonu

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Reminds of hwo they didn't want us throwing snowballs here.

Really, it's just stupid. Why don't we just never go outside since the sun causes cancer? Where do you draw the line?!
 

Hallow'sEve

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Oh....your....god....

IT'S THE PIXIES! They wanna turn every summer camp into Camp Learn-a-Torium!
 

ReservoirAngel

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The sad thing? It's a futile effort, this 'protecting children' thing. You know why? Kids are fucking maniacs. You take away all the normal stuff they do and they'll find stupid dangerous shit to amuse themselves with.

Children are supposed to get hurt when they're young, it's why they have such a natural habit for it. It builds character. They fall off a fence and brain themselves, they learn "don't climb fences".

Simply telling them not to is only delaying it since as soon as your back is turned they'll be doing exactly what you told them not to. It's the way of the world.
 

OceanRunner

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Do these people think we spend our time cowering in a corner in the fetal position, afraid of an outside world thats not covered in bubble wrap or something?
 

SailorShale

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Red Rover I can understand being banned. That shit hurts and it's just not fun.

Maybe it's just me, but some kids only play those game purposefully to hurt others. Like playing dodgeball, they would purposefully aim for the face and just attempt to hurt as many people as possible. But I spent my elementary years in Mississippi with no real supervision for the games, so that probably explains that.

So they shouldn't ban it (except for Red Rover), but teach the kids how to be safer if they are hurting others too much (like how to aim the ball).
 

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Seems like everything is harmful to children these days, why not just lock them up in a room with nothing but bed and a desk to study until they reach 18?
 

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Makes perfect sense to me.

Under the new rules, any program that offers two or more organized recreational activities - with at least one of them on the risky list - is deemed a summer camp and subject to state regulation.

Ritchie said the regulations could cripple small recreational programs, forcing them to pay a $200 fee to register as a summer camp
They aren't banning these things, they are just taxing them. Hopefully they'd be cackling and casting dramatic shadows as they do so.
 

Slash Dementia

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Well, yes, because you die when you get hit by a ball. All of your limbs blow up once your body becomes in contact with it. And you actually freeze when you play freeze tag, so there's frostbite and you have the possibility of never moving again. If I had a child (or children), they'll never ever play these cruel and unsafe games. Maybe they can run, but that's unlikely. No child of mine is getting hurt.

Seriously?
 

ryai458

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People complain that kids are spending too much time inside playing videogames. IRONY
 

Gamblerjoe

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Turning our children into a bunch of pussies is going to do them far more harm than good. I thought this was common knowledge. I thought George Carlin's "You are all Diseased" stand-up routine opened even more eyes. *sigh*

I was a kid when red rover and football pickup games got banned. I thought it was insulting, but at least there where 2 sides to the situation. Banning kickball and freeze tag though? For the love.

It doesn't surprise me that its New York. There are only 4 states that have not sanctioned Mixed Martial Arts and NY is one of them. The other 3 are tiny backwards states that you would expect to yell "No! Its brutal and dangerous!" and then plug their ears and close their eyes yelling "No! No! No! No! Hee-haw! Hee-haw!" These people dont bother to actually check the facts and look at sports statistics. Actually, one of those four states simply doesn't have an athletic commission. Boxing has more concussions per year than MMA has had in its 20 year history. Boxing has multiple DEATHS per year, and professional MMA has yet to cause a single death. Even Football has more concussions and knee injuries per year than professional MMA. No one has ever become paralyzed or even sustained a back or neck injury without a full recovery. This can not be said for football, hockey, or even WWE wrestling.