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Originally Posted by PaulS
Why do they have size limits for pop warner football?
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When I played, the fat/tall kids had to wear a piece of black tape on their helmets and couldn't carry the ball. No one died.
I know comics have beat this to death, but when I was a kid, there was a dome thing on the playground that we climbed on that was built over ground that was packed so hard that no grass would grow (again, no one died - it's a common theme here). Now you can't bring peanut butter to schools because there's a one in 10 million chance that someone could have a reaction. Now if you're too good, you can't pitch cause you could hurt someone's feelings.
If the Russians ever invade, we're going to get our butts kicked.
We've now taken another step backwards. Not only are we not rewarding success, we're actually punishing it. God help us.
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