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Summer Camp Tag, Wiffle Ball Will Come With a Warning, Thanks to NY Politicians
« on: April 19, 2011, 02:57:52 PM »
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/04/19/classic-kids-playground-games-regulated-new-york/

NY attempting to close a loophole (2009) that allowed indoor camps to operate without oversight, creates risky recreational activities list compiled by NY State Health Department.  If you run an indoor camp and offer two of more organized recreational activities, with at least one of them on the risky list, then you are a summer camp and subject to regulation.  The risky recreational activities are not banned, but the it will be a pay-to-play situation.  Camps will have to pay a $200 registration fee and will have to have medical staff on hand.  The camps will need a permit and be inspected twice a year the NY State Health Department.  NanNY state claims that this regulation has resulted in low levels of serious incidents.

Games on the risky list include:  Capture the flag, Crab Soccer, Dodgeball, Flag Tag, Flag Football, Ga Ga, Kickball, Nuk-em, Red Rover, Steal the Bacon, Tag (all varieties), Wiffle Ball.

I weep for the younger generations.  Next NanNY state will require that everybody have their own personal bubble.  ;/



Edited to clarify who pays registration fee.
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Re: Summer Camp Tag, Wiffle Ball Will Come With a Warning, Thanks to NY Politicians
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2011, 03:05:46 PM »
....seriously. Seriously? That's.... I'm very glad that I don't live in New England anymore. Hearing more and more from NY, CT, RI, and MA about how things are getting worse. :(
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Re: Summer Camp Tag, Wiffle Ball Will Come With a Warning, Thanks to NY Politicians
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2011, 03:05:54 PM »
Any wonder why we have fat kids?

When you outlaw physical games (yeah, yeah, "it's not outlawed", just regulated/litigated away), kids will get fat.

Want fewer fat kids? LET THEM RUN AND PLAY. Bring back merry-go-rounds that you can spin fast enough to make you puke! Bring back jungle gyms to climb on, under, and through!

Stop outlawing childhood!
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Re: Summer Camp Tag, Wiffle Ball Will Come With a Warning, Thanks to NY Politicians
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2011, 04:13:04 PM »
I don't recognize some of those . . . but tag is a risky activity?   :facepalm:
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Re: Summer Camp Tag, Wiffle Ball Will Come With a Warning, Thanks to NY Politicians
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2011, 05:38:12 PM »
I swear, some of these people lie awake at night thinking of things to regulate.

Maybe Ayn Rand was right.  The more crimes you manufacture, the more control you have.
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Re: Summer Camp Tag, Wiffle Ball Will Come With a Warning, Thanks to NY Politicians
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2011, 07:46:51 PM »
The voters of the future--aka "The Wiffles."
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Re: Summer Camp Tag, Wiffle Ball Will Come With a Warning, Thanks to NY Politicians
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2011, 07:17:08 AM »
Other than wrapping the bat with a roll of duct tape and using it to beat your little brother, how is wiffle ball dangerous?
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« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2011, 10:13:22 AM »
Hey now, those games of 'steal the bacon' can get downright bloody  :P
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Re: Summer Camp Tag, Wiffle Ball Will Come With a Warning, Thanks to NY Politicians
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2011, 11:22:52 AM »
Quote from: Ned Hamford on April 20, 2011, 10:13:22 AM
Hey now, those games of 'steal the bacon' can get downright bloody  :P
That was what I was thinking. 
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Re: Summer Camp Tag, Wiffle Ball Will Come With a Warning, Thanks to NY Politicians
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2011, 01:39:57 PM »
fortunatly it was shot down.  my wife does preschool with tag being a definate favorite.
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Re: Summer Camp Tag, Wiffle Ball Will Come With a Warning, Thanks to NY Politicians
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2011, 01:57:30 PM »
Oops missed that in the text of the story.   :lol:
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Re: Summer Camp Tag, Wiffle Ball Will Come With a Warning, Thanks to NY Politicians
« Reply #11 on: April 21, 2011, 04:17:51 AM »
First I saw of the impending doom was in the early seventies, '70 or '71. Dad was in the Air Force, I was in 3rd grade and we moved from Fallon, NV. to Delmar, NJ.
The school I left had all the coolest playground equipment you could imagine a 3rd grader wanting. The new school had NOTHING. I asked my teacher about it and she explained that a child had been injured and a school had been sued so they took away all the fun stuff to keep from getting sued.
I didn't understand the implications at the time.
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« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2011, 07:37:31 AM »
I was eating at a MacWendyKings the other day and watched the muchachas playing in the playroom.  Looked fascinating. Big tunnels going up and around, fake helicopter blades, holes to crawl through, neat windows to look down on the mamacitas. slides, a bin full of balls to roll around in, a sneaker/shoes storage area.

Like wow, I wished I were small (and still agile) enough to romp around in there.  Second (fifth?) childhood and all that.  I really enjoyed watching a group of kids playing in it.

But I was amazed at the enormous design efforts Macwendyking must have made to make all that apparatus safe for the little guys.

No conclusion, no "message," just an observation.

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