Measure calls for soccer helmets

The Boston Globe ^ | 14 December 2005 | Russell Nichols and Raja Mishra

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Like football and hockey players, soccer players would have to don helmets on the field to protect their heads, under a new legislative proposal.

The measure, scheduled for a hearing today on Beacon Hill, would cover peewee leagues to college teams.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Nannyism run amok? Is it possible to make soccer any "sissier" than it already is? Well, the Massachusetts General Court thinks so . . .

[RWR8189]

Heck, I think hockey was a lot more fun before everyone wore helmets.

Anyways, soccer players might as well wear helmets, because they sure as hell don't need jock straps.

[Mr. Brightside]

Why don't they just mandate that we wear helmets 24/7?

We should at least mandate helmets at the local bar where people are prone falling over after drinking too much.

[Huntress]

Eventually it will mandatory for all children (and maybe all adults, too) to wear helmets all the time. After all, they might fall and hurt themselves.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Heck, I think hockey was a lot more fun before everyone wore helmets.

There's an argument to be made that it kept high sticking down, too. But soccer helmets? You've got to be kidding me!

[dakine]

Soccer, that manly American sport....

[Hemingway's Ghost]

We should at least mandate helmets at the local bar where people are prone falling over after drinking too much.

Ted Kennedy might as well have a permanent helmet attached to his head. He could put shamrock stickers all over it, just like a Charlestown townie does.

[Diddle E. Squat]

How about helmets for the soccer moms? (And maybe a requirement that they ride little yellow buses to the game...)

[Gator101]

Watch out Rugby players...the helmet-police will be coming for you next. (actually it's a wonder they didn't go there first.) Where will it stop? When we have basketball players all dressed like hockey goalies?

[YouPosting2Me]

Mandatory helmets during democrat responses (or preemptive strikes) because their comments make me hit my own head.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Isn't his five inch thick layer of fat enough?

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Soon to be followed by "chess helmets".

[Mr. Brightside]

Kennedy is so fat, I don't think he could fall over.

Roll maybe. But not fall over.

[VeniVidiVici]

Heck, I think hockey was a lot more fun before everyone wore helmets.

I made the comment to family the other night that if they want higher scoring hockey games they need to ditch the goalie masks. :-)

[Riley]

Nannyism run amok? Is it possible to make soccer any "sissier" than it already is? Well, the Massachusetts General Court thinks so . . .

While I prefer reasoned debate and a sober assesment of fact- sometimes you just have the grab people by the collar and scream in their faces, "F* OFF, ALREADY!!"

This doesn't gore my particular ox- but the creeping incremental nannyism, does. As another poster put it, why don't they just force us all to wear helmets 24/7/365?

[TheBigB]

"Soccer, yaaaay!"

[Blood of Tyrants]

Didn't Mass ban dodge ball, too?

[Puppage]

Is it possible to make soccer any "sissier" than it already is?

Soccer is LANDSCAPING WITH A LITTLE DEFENSE!!

[Riley]

Soon to be followed by "chess helmets".

Post of the day! LOL!