I thought this said 'Dancers in the School Gym Setting' and opened it expecting it to be all about cheerleaders but instead I get this?
By your own admission, you're playing it pretty rough and, as a result, somebody got seriously hurt. Parents have every right to have a degree of confidence that their children won't get put into a coma during gym class. Best thing you can hope for here is to reach a compromise - if you wanna continue with this sport then some protective equipment should be worn (you yanks love that shit, right?). It's the world we live in now pal...don't get me wrong, I've been in any amount of sporting accidents but health and safety is paramount nowadays, especially in children.
I'm going to call you on this. We play rough yes, but this accident could have happened even if we hadn't. Two people went to pick up a ball, and one person ducked fast enough to take a knee to the temple. This could have happened during any game that involves picking up a ball/birdie/etc.
also why the fuck are you playing dodgeball with no boundries, the whole point is to THROW THE BALLS, not have full contact melees.
When I say contact, I mean every once in a while, someone from the wrestling team will take someone to the ground to get the ball back, stand up, and chuck it at them. Seeing as wrestling isn't banned, I am of the opinion that the sport shouldn't.
dodgeball isn't intrinsically dangerous, the kid was being a jackass. really any sport is dangerous without common sense.
He ran to grab a ball in a game where having a ball is useful, he was not being overtly reckless.
Balls don't hurt kids. Kids do.
I'm sure there's a Sandusky/Fine joke there somewhere...
Close, the kid who tackled me's favorite offensive line is screaming "I will Penn State You!"
The problem here is that your school stupidly lets you play a dangerous version of dodgeball, not dodgeball.
Injuries can happen in any gym sport, but I am shocked your teachers did not foresee how patently stupid no boundaries dodgeball would be. There's no need to take the chance of injury and amplify it. Hell, it's not even proper dodgeball. Just play with softer balls and no melee.
The balls are plenty soft and no one has gotten injured in a "melee". I wouldn't call it overtly dangerous, but that is open to debate.
I lol at this being posted on a Pokemon forum. BAN PHYS.ED OR MY LEVEL 100 ARCEUS WILL EAT YOU.
My opinion: Freak Acident. I played Minor Football when I was 11. The most serious thing that ever happwned was some kid decided to be stupid and tried to run head first into some guys knee. O–Line did his job and the kid fell wierd and broke his neck. Now this is FOOTBALL. Not a High School Dodgeball game. And btw, how do you play dodgeball with no boundaries. lol. And if I was the kids mother I would sue the School Board/Principal/ Phys.Ed teachers. Thats not how you play dodgeball. Thats why you don't run in the halls. Next thing you know you might be in a coma. :P
EDIT: North America = Most obese continent in the world.
When I say no boundaries, I mean there are no teams. I'm of the opinion (and relief if I'm right) that the mom will not sue to the school. This was a freak accident and in no way should reflect on the teachers who saved his life, especially when the dangerous part was really several students being overtly dangerous with one another (something our teacher has addressed) and acknowledging that the injury was not a result of their reckless behavior.
