This is from today's Patriot Post:
"Even after another World Cup, Americans are still not exactly enamored of soccer, but we were amazed recently to find the sport on the "banned" list at many elementary schools around the nation. Why? It's too dangerous! And soccer isn't alone in this nanny blitz against contact sports—dodge ball has been on the hit list for years, while touch football and even tag have now been banned at some schools. Freedom Elementary School in Cheyenne, Wyoming, for example, outlawed tag at recess because it "progresses easily into slapping and hitting and pushing instead of just touching," asserted Principal Cindy Farwell. The horror."
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