What a sick generation of young kids.
There won’t be enough psychiatrists in the world to heal all these wounded children.
When I was 14 touching another dudes junk was an invitation to an butt whoopin.......
What next??? Our society and culture is having a nervous breakdown...
Last time this topic was posted the mods pulled it,
Boys Injured by ‘Sack Tapping’ Game
Posted by Al Tompkins at 12:05 AM on May 27, 2010
If it were just an isolated incident, it would not matter as much. But “sack tapping,” or hitting or kicking someone in the testicles, is a YouTube attraction and is leaving serious injuries.
Take this story from Minnesota for example, which quotes a local urologist saying he performs three to four surgeries a year on teens who have been injured in these so-called games. He sees dozens of such injuries in his office that do not require surgery. All in just one community.
Late last year, WTHR-TV in Indianapolis took a deeper look at the rumors of widespread sack tapping (also called “ball tapping”). I appreciate that this station, which often proves to be thoughtful in its reporting, conducted a survey of school nurses to find out the extent of the phenomenon, rather than rely on anecdotal evidence. My friend and investigative reporter Bob Segall reported:
“It’s a disturbing game with devastating consequences, and a new WTHR survey suggests it is rampant in Indiana schools [PDF].
” ‘Ball tapping’ is the act of intentionally hitting or kicking a male in the genitals. Earlier this month, an Eyewitness News investigation showed the game has become commonplace in some area schools, resulting in serious injuries for students.
“As part of the investigation, WTHR also conducted a statewide survey of school nurses. The results are in, and they show the problem of ball tapping is more common and widespread than many school officials had realized.
“School nurses from 163 Indiana schools participated in the anonymous survey, and 33% of those nurses said they’re aware of ball tapping happening at their school within the past twelve months.
“But a closer look at the statistics shows the problem is much more serious in some schools than in others.
“23% of school nurses who work at the elementary level say they’ve seen or heard of ball tapping at their school. That number nearly doubles in high schools, where 43% of school nurses say they’ve seen it.
“And in middle schools, 62% of school nurses said they’re aware of students engaged in ball tapping.
” ‘I would have expected it to be a low number,’ said Mary Conway, president of the Indiana Association of School Nurses. ‘I would not have expected [school nurses] to have had much experience with it at all ... because I think it’s something most kids won’t talk about with a nurse. I’m very surprised by this whole issue and it’s given me a new perspective.’
“Among the 72 middle school and high school nurses who participated in WTHR’s survey, 50% said they had seen students who came to the school clinic seeking assistance related to an incident of ball tapping. Half of those nurses also reported they had observed the problem several (more than two) times each school year, and about 10% said it happens at their school on a daily or weekly basis.”
A lawsuit involving sack tapping even ended up on the “Judge Judy” show.
Tags: Health care
Sounds like assault to me.
What ever happened to a simple card game of “Crazy 8s”, aka, “Knuckles”?
Actualization of self-hate for being a boy as taught by their man-hating, lesbian, leftist teachers. Girl power!
Those dumb enough to do it are probably the ones we don’t want to breed...
I just went to that site and got all confused. There’s a video ad for “Underjams” next to the ball tapping article. There are three little boys playing hacky-sack, kicking around this little ball, and then they tackle each other.
I thought the video was showing an example of ball tapping, but it wasn’t that at all. They were kicking the ball, not having their balls kicked.
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When you consider how many times this has been portrayed in the movies and TV over the past 20 years as being hilarious and without repercussions, it’s not surprising.
Wow, something new. Where do they think the expression “wear a cup” came from?
I am so naive on so many things..
Like this
I thought this was a story about kids playing baseball
We called this “geeters” when I was in third grade in 1978. Pop your buddy in the crotch and yell Geeters! He doubles over, everyone laughs and goes on. Nothing new under the sun I guess.
That is really a stupid thing to do. Hey, did
anybody warn Rachel Maddow about this?
Just a suggestion; stay out of the way and let the kid who got "tapped" knock the other kid's teeth down his throat.