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[PLACEHOLDER]
During a high school gym class game of dodgeball (no boundaries/no teams), which we play pretty rough, (I ended up getting tackled about 5-10 minutes prior by someone who benches 300 lb's +) two students dived for the ball. Somehow, one dived too low and the other dived just high enough to accidently knee him in the temple. Short story short, the noise was loud enough that the entire class stopped playing in time to see the effects. Class was ended and we ended up funneling out while every P.E. teacher funneled in to help. He was taken to the hospital and put into a drug induced coma due to several injures, the ones I have confirmed being swelling in the brain and a fractured eye socket. It's been 3 days since then.
Currently his mom is seeking to get this version of dodgeball (specifically this version, not dodgeball itself) removed from the school. I feel horrible for what had happened (imagine how the guy that hit him feels) but I don't find myself agreeing with the decision that will be passed (you can't blame the school system, if a bunch of parents start protesting, there's not much they can do.
My Opinion
Personally, I'd like to read what this community has to say on weather or not this upcoming "ban" is justifiable. Should we ban this version, ban nothing, or ban dodgeball in all its entirety?
Currently his mom is seeking to get this version of dodgeball (specifically this version, not dodgeball itself) removed from the school. I feel horrible for what had happened (imagine how the guy that hit him feels) but I don't find myself agreeing with the decision that will be passed (you can't blame the school system, if a bunch of parents start protesting, there's not much they can do.
My Opinion
The incident occurred over two students diving for one ball, which could just as easily happen in Basketball, Baseball, Football, etc. I can quote my teacher verbatim as saying that it was, "a one in a [insert arbitrary round number, probably a thousand or a million] [event/chance/thing]".
Personally, I'd like to read what this community has to say on weather or not this upcoming "ban" is justifiable. Should we ban this version, ban nothing, or ban dodgeball in all its entirety?