Wiffle Ball is killing our children!

[Jangler]

Pools close because of regulations, now less sports will be played because of regulations. We need to just ban life, cuz you can get hurt walking to the bathroom.

[Cat]

Pools close because of regulations, now less sports will be played because of regulations. We need to just ban life, cuz you can get hurt walking to the bathroom.

I like the fact that my child's daycare has to meet certain requirements.

[TarPanther9180]

Daycares and schools should have requirements as far as background and criminal checks go....but not allowing kids to play dodgeball because they may get hurt is going a little too far.

Edit* All youth sports coaches should pass those requirements too

[Darth Biscuit]

I like the fact that my child's daycare has to meet certain requirements.

Like a minimum of 4 hours per day of bible school?

Sorry, couldn't resist... :D

[Hawk]

and biscuit crosses the line!

[Darth Biscuit]

and biscuit crosses the line!

I only mess with people I like... but wait, how does that explain you? :p

[Cat]

Like a minimum of 4 hours per day of bible school?

Sorry, couldn't resist... :D

A private day care can do what they want. Now the gov't requiring a school to teach religion, you know that's unconstitutional.

[Cat]

Daycares and schools should have requirements as far as background and criminal checks go....but not allowing kids to play dodgeball because they may get hurt is going a little too far.

Edit* All youth sports coaches should pass those requirements too

I don't think they are saying they can't play dodgeball or whiffleball.

Jangler, presentation is everything isn't it. Spin Spin Spin nice work

[Darth Biscuit]

A private day care can do what they want. Now the gov't requiring a school to teach religion, you know that's unconstitutional.

I know, but actually I was messing with you about your mom...

[natty]

lol Cat is the only one making sense. Jangler has learned well - exaggerate a talking point and let people run wild with it - facts are secondary.

Also:

[Jangler]

I know several kids who died while playing unsupervised freeze tag. My best friend was paralyzed during a game of wiffle ball. These risks are unnecessary now that kids can play Wii. The outside world is just too dangerous.

[Jangler]

Amazing how the big government lovers defend this crap while everybody else is saying the same thing....

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/04/19/2011-04-19_classic_kids_games_like_kickball_deemed_unsafe_by_state_in_effort_to_increase_su.html

ALBANY - State bureaucrats have identified a potentially deadly hazard facing our children this summer - freeze tag.

That's right, officials have decided the age-old street game - along with Wiffle Ball, kickball and dodgeball - poses a "significant risk of injury."

And classics like Capture the Flag, Steal the Bacon and Red Rover are also deemed dangerous in new state regulations for day camps.

"It looks like Albany bureaucrats are looking for kids to just sit in a corner in a house all day and not be outside," said state Sen. Patty Ritchie (R-St. Lawrence County).

"I don't think Wiffle Ball is a dangerous sport."

The Health Department created a list of supposedly risky recreational activities - which also includes more perilous pursuits like archery, scuba and horseback riding - in response to a state law passed in 2009.

The law sought to close a loophole that legislators said allowed too many indoor camp programs to operate without oversight.

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 and provide medical staff.

And many parents felt like state officials were being, well, wimpy.

The state Camp Directors Association backed the 2009 law, and Health Department spokeswoman Diane Mathis said the list of risky activities was crafted with help from camp groups.

She said the list - which labeled Frisbee, tug of war and sack races as safe - was offered only as "guidance" to local governments and organization.

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.

"There will be flexibility in how the law is implemented," Mathis said.

Susan Craig, a spokeswoman for the city Health Department, said the new law is not expected to have much impact since most city programs already meet the state requirements.

While many New Yorkers scoffed at the idea of tag leading to traumatic brain or spinal injury, Bronx resident Kim Wainwright said it's better to be safe than sorry.

[Hawk]

couple kids at our local school cried themselves to death because they got 4th in the track meet and were sent home with....wait for it.....you won't believe it.....yes....

nothing

[Cat]

I know, but actually I was messing with you about your mom...

:dita:

:p