New York bureaucrats have decided numerous classic kids games now pose a “significant risk of injury.” What games, you might ask? How about capture the flag, kickball, all forms of tag, and even Wiffle Ball.
I guess at some point you will have to sign a waiver just to walk in the park or on the beach. The more we try to engineer a perfect society the faster it will spiral out of control... I like dodgeball, and I know most kids do too... so what happens when it's too expensive to play any more?
The New York Daily News reports on how it happened:
The Health Department created a list of supposedly risky recreational activities – which also includes more perilous pursuits like archery, scuba and horseback riding – in response to a state law passed in 2009.The website lists some of the now “risky” activities:
The law sought to close a loophole that legislators said allowed too many indoor camp programs to operate without oversight.
Under the new rules, any program that offers two or more organized recreational activities – with at least one of them on the risky list – is deemed a summer camp and subject to state regulation.
Ritchie said the regulations could cripple small recreational programs, forcing them to pay a $200 fee to register as a summer camp and provide medical staff
- Capture the Flag
- Crab Soccer
- Dodgeball
- Flag Tag
- Flag Football
- Ga Ga
- Kickball
- Nuk-em
- Red Rover
- Steal the Bacon
- Tag (all varieties)
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