Long Island Middle School Bans Footballs, Other Recreational Items
Concerns About Injuries Prompted Ban, Port Washington Officials Say
October 7, 2013 5:19 PM
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — Worries about injuries at a Long Island school have led to a surprising ban.
As CBS 2’s Jennifer McLogan reported Monday, officials at Weber Middle School in Port Washington are worried that students
are getting hurt during recess. Thus, they have instituted a ban on footballs, baseballs, lacrosse balls, or anything that might hurt someone on school grounds.
I honestly don’t know if I’m more sickened by this, sad by this or outraged by this.
Maybe a combination of all three but what stands out right now is the pit in my stomach over this debacle and ruination of our society by idiots who want to protect everyone from themselves at all times and in doing so decimate of the basic rights of passage of our youth.
How in the world do these parents in this community not step in and fire this school administrator immediately? What is the end game here?
Revolting. Disgusting.
Listen I was the skinny nerdy kid who was the last kid picked for sides on any athletic game in the schoolyard. It sucked. But you know what? By being the last kid picked all the time it motivated me to eat healthier, lift weights, pack on a little mass and get into sports where I could compete. I’m glad my feelings got hurt. It motivated me at the gym when I got older. It made me want to study harder and save money in my 20s so I could show those girls who were attracted to the over developed stud athletes instead of me that I was worthy. Still awkward looking well into my 40s, doesn’t matter, if you don’t think I don’t carry that feeling of being the last guy picked for the schoolyard teams into my workouts today you’re crazy.
Enough with the coddling FFS.
Good Morning Gloucester 
I suppose this means “kill the guy with the ball” is out….
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Then I think they should also ban pens, pencils, and scissors.
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I’m in total agreement with you in that people often take things way too far (okay, more often than not). To ban football outright is ridiculous. But to be fair, there is this side of the argument: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/football-high/ (Watch the whole thing–it’s pretty thought provoking)
Should they ban football? Hell no. That’s just plain overreaction. But should they think about how our kids are bashing their heads against one another as hard as possible on nearly every play, perhaps. It’s food for thought at least.
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They’re not taking away football. They’re taking away the balls. Literally and figuratively.
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Haha! And no unsupervised cartwheels.
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My bad. I was reading it on the fly–because my son just came in with a bloody ankle from playing soccer in the street (not kidding). Isn’t there a school official around here I can sue? Oh crap, we homeschool…Ha!
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Speechless is an understatement! I can’t believe they don’t require all kids to be bubble wrapped before leaving the house. It’s ridiculous. They stopped allowing dodge ball in schools because someone loses. Yeah, well that’s right, everyone isn’t always a winner. Life isn’t always easy and guess what, we don’t always get what we want. What is wrong with these people and how they are messing up the kids today.
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