Wiffle Ball is killing our children!

[Cat]

I'm sure Summer Camps have a way to deal with medical emergencies. I just can't believe that this is a such a big deal for the government to need to get involved more that they already are.

Well if people don't like it they will vote against them.

It's how the infallible system was set up. :)

[Cat]

Jangler just doesn't want background checks happening at child centers and we all know why.

[Jangler]

That's GRg.

[Mr. Scot]

If everyone had to wear a helmet before leaving the house like I did until I was 19, none of this would be an issue. Apparently my mom cared more than other moms.

Or had a more offbeat sense of humor :sosp:

My mom refused to watch my football games because she was scared to death I'd get hurt. The day that I finally convinced her to come watch one, I got my helmet knocked off making a tackle on the first play :lol:

(I think she watched the rest of the game through her hands)

[Jangler]

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP13d0516072f74c629599d4a4e191e56a.html

Towns, villages and other camp operators had begun revamping upcoming indoor summer programs after the Department of Health sent out a long list of familiar games and activities it said presented a "significant risk of injury" and needed to be regulated more closely.

But after a state senator's call Friday for a delay in the regulation generated a buzz of news reports, the department reversed course Tuesday, saying the rules proposed under the previous administration were too specific.

"The practical effect is that we are not going to get that detailed and into micromanagement," department spokeswoman Claudia Hutton said of the decision.

State Sen. Patricia Ritchie of Watertown sent a letter to the state health commissioner asking for reconsideration of the regulations after hearing from a local mayor.

"It's overregulation by the state of things that have been around for years and years," Ritchie wrote.

On Tuesday, Richie, a Republican whose district includes three mostly rural north-central New York counties, said she was pleased by the reversal.

"At a time when our nation's No. 1 health concern is childhood obesity, I am very happy to see that someone in state government saw we should not be adding new burdensome regulations by classifying tag, Red Rover and Wiffle Ball as dangerous activities," she said. "I am glad New York's children can continue to steal the bacon and play flag football and enjoy other traditional rites of summer."

The proposal would have revised the definition of a summer day camp to include potentially risky organized indoor group activities like archery and rock climbing — as well as things like kickball, tag and Wiffle Ball.

Ritchie said that would have required camps in many smaller towns and villages to add staff such as nurses and pay $200 for a state permit. Other critics argued the regulation was a hysterical approach that stood to take all the fun out of summer.