Toronto School Bans "sports balls"

[bc-chris]

i couldn't believe this..... probably one of the dumbest things i've heard.....

Citing safety concerns, an east-end Toronto school is banning students from playing with soccer balls, footballs, volleyballs or tennis balls in the schoolyard.
A letter issued on Monday, stated that students at Earl Beatty Jr. and Sr. Public School are not allowed to bring or play with any kind of hard ball.
"Any balls brought will be confiscated and may be retrieved by parents from the office," the statement said. "The only kind of ball allowed will be nerf balls or sponge balls."
The decision was made after a parent complained to school about being hit in the head by a soccer ball.

full story: http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loca...hub=OttawaHome


i get the 'safety' thing - but come on..... kids have to be kids.


"back in my day"... we fell off of merry-go-rounds and teeter totters, played baseball without any catching gloves, hockey without any pads at all... just skates and a stick


what's next... little johnny climbs a tree and eventually falls and gets a booboo.... mommy calls and now they have to clear cut anything taller than 12" off the ground?!?

just ridiculous!

[Thrillingbroom]

'We want our balls back!'

[Hockeyguy15]

Sounds like the parent who got hit in the head with the soccer ball had it coming.

[VladtheImpaler]

No lawn bowling?! Psshaw.

[octothorp]

Just at the beginning of the Christmas season? Can't be a coincidence. This is clearly the actions of the powerful NERF lobbyists. They're everywhere!

[pylon]

Kids and parents are such lame-ass jam-tarts now.

I seriously remember setting up frikkin lawn darts in the elementary schoolyard. And eventually it turned into missile command with moving targets. Every, single, time.

[CaptainCrunch]

Or someone would lose a bet and you'd get to hit him full on the face with a murder ball.

Sadly I think we were the last, its raining outside during Gym Class so we're playin murder ball, and the teacher with the NFL calibre arm is joining in.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Or someone would lose a bet and you'd get to hit him full on the face with a murder ball.

Sadly I think we were the last, its raining outside during Gym Class so we're playin murder ball, and the teacher with the NFL calibre arm is joining in.

You haven't lived until you've had your legs taken out but a ball hurled by someone with the arm speed of Randy Johnson. Good times!

[OffsideSpecialist]

I remember when I went through elementary school (~10 years ago) there was one year, maybe grade 4, where we weren't allowed to play tag unless we used a sponge to tag other people. IIRC, that rule only last a couple of months. Thank god.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Or someone would lose a bet and you'd get to hit him full on the face with a murder ball.

Sadly I think we were the last, its raining outside during Gym Class so we're playin murder ball, and the teacher with the NFL calibre arm is joining in.

You went to Nickle Jr. High right?

Because if you did, I know exactly who you are talking about...lol.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by OffsideSpecialist

I remember when I went through elementary school (~10 years ago) there was one year, maybe grade 4, where we weren't allowed to play tag unless we used a sponge to tag other people. IIRC, that rule only last a couple of months. Thank god.

LOL...what?

[woob]

We used to play full on tackle football at recess in grades 4-8 (until we discovered the arcades) at recess. No gear, no helmets, just a bunch of kids looking tackle each other as hard as we could in hopes of getting a fumble and scoring a touch down and laughing at the other team. It's amazing how a group of good friends can quickly turn to wanting to crush each other for an hour and then back to being good friends.

Besides, breaking something as a kid is a learning lesson. You learn to experience pain, have a cool cast, and getting people to sign the cast!

[Regular_John]

You know it's really straight up amazing that any of us made it to adulthood. What with all the hard balls & pointy toys.

Somebody should step up and deliver a few rolls of bubble wrap to this principle along with a note "Please, think of the children"

[Stay Golden]

Awesome time to play dodgeball with a puck.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by woob

We used to play full on tackle football at recess in grades 4-8 (until we discovered the arcades) at recess. No gear, no helmets, just a bunch of kids looking tackle each other as hard as we could in hopes of getting a fumble and scoring a touch down and laughing at the other team. It's amazing how a group of good friends can quickly turn to wanting to crush each other for an hour and then back to being good friends.

Besides, breaking something as a kid is a learning lesson. You learn to experience pain, have a cool cast, and getting people to sign the cast!

Grades 4-8?

Pfft! My buddies and I were playing tackle football with no gear just about every sunday right up until the end of university.

[drhu22]

Originally Posted by woob

We used to play full on tackle football at recess in grades 4-8 (until we discovered the arcades) at recess. No gear, no helmets, just a bunch of kids looking tackle each other as hard as we could in hopes of getting a fumble and scoring a touch down and laughing at the other team. It's amazing how a group of good friends can quickly turn to wanting to crush each other for an hour and then back to being good friends.

Besides, breaking something as a kid is a learning lesson. You learn to experience pain, have a cool cast, and getting people to sign the cast!

Awesome post Woob!
Those were good times!

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by pylon

You went to Nickle Jr. High right?

Because if you did, I know exactly who you are talking about...lol.

I did, I can't remember the teachers name but when he leaned into a throw you could hear the ball tearing a hole in the space time continuum.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by jaydorn

You know it's really straight up amazing that any of us made it to adulthood. What with all the hard balls & pointy toys.

Somebody should step up and deliver a few rolls of bubble wrap to this principle along with a note "Please, think of the children"

That would make a great prank/protest, actually. Get a bunch of people out to bubble wrap everything in the playground, and leave a note stating it is for "safety".

[saskflames69]

In grade 8 two years ago, we played tackle football in the fields at recess. When the teachers saw this and yelled at us, we switched to touch football. When one teacher who was supervising us thought we were "fondling" each other (seriously.. her exact words), they made us switch to flag football. But the school didn't have any flags so we put plastic grocery bags in our pockets and used those. When one kid forgot to pick up his flag after the recess bell went off, they gave us heck for littering and harming the environment and took away our football. So we brought our PSPs to school the next day and played Madden NFL against each other. (hey, they stole our football) Some parents saw what we were doing and complained that older kids playing video games against each other can get violent and that it was "for their kids' protection". What a bunch of F*^#!*g losers.

[woob]

Originally Posted by saskflames96

In grade 8 two years ago, we played tackle football in the fields at recess. When the teachers saw this and yelled at us, we switched to touch football. When one teacher who was supervising us thought we were "fondling" each other (seriously.. her exact words), they made us switch to flag football. But the school didn't have any flags so we put plastic grocery bags in our pockets and used those. When one kid forgot to pick up his flag after the recess bell went off, they gave us heck for littering and harming the environment and took away our football. So we brought our PSPs to school the next day and played Madden NFL against each other. (hey, they stole our football) Some parents saw what we were doing and complained that older kids playing video games against each other can get violent and that it was "for their kids' protection". What a bunch of F*^#!*g losers.

Shouldn't you be doing homework, young man!