When I was in elementary school there was a time when team "kill the guy with the ball" became popular. The teams were the fifth grade against the sixth grade, so everyone knew what team they were on.
The teachers told us not to play, because they thought someone would get seriously hurt -- a legitimate concern, but we enjoyed the game immensly. Their solution was to take away the balls, except under teacher supervision.
Well, we began playing the game with a football instead of a round ball. So, they took away all the footballs, too.
After that, we used someone's hat. They couldn't take all those away.
Eventually the fad sort of died out, but not because the teachers removed the sports equipment.
Known to generations of schoolchildren under the politically incorrect moniker of "smear the queer." Can't say it was the most popular game I ever played as a kid since I wound up getting stuck with the ball a lot...
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Ahhhh yessss. Smear the queer. I love that game. We played with footballs, tennis balls, even balls of paper or foil. When our teacher had confiscated everything...we played rocks! LOL.
Man, those were the days.