[MTVN]

What's your point? That you can get injured playing sport? Everyone knows there is going to be a small risk when they go out to play

[Omah]

Originally Posted by MTVN

What's your point? That you can get injured playing sport? Everyone knows there is going to be a small risk when they go out to play

What do you mean by "small risk" ? Can you quantify it ? Can you substantiate it ?

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Omah

What do you mean by "small risk" ? Can you quantify it ? Can you substantiate it ?

Pretty obvious surely, the risk of getting an injury is small, it is unlikely.

[Omah]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Pretty obvious surely, the risk of getting an injury is small, it is unlikely.

So you can't substantiate or quantify your assertion .....

[MTVN]

I have neither the time nor the inclination to trawl through figures, it is obvious that the chances of getting a serious injury in a game of cricket are slim .........

[Omah]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I have neither the time nor the inclination to trawl through figures, it is obvious that the chances of getting a serious injury in a game of cricket are slim .........

So you say ..... OTOH, the evidence proves otherwise .....

[waterhog]

how heart breaking <

[Angus]

Originally Posted by Omah

So you say ..... OTOH, the evidence proves otherwise .....

So your solution is to ban any kind of sport or past time that carries a risk of injury? That would include rugby, football, horse riding, golf, diving, tennis, surfing, swimming, etc etc ad infinitum. And don't let's forget the normal day to day activities that are all risky, like driving a car, crossing the road, falling off slides,roundabouts and swings in playgrounds, tripping, sliding, being the victim of mugging, assault, etc etc.

Hell why not just ensure that everyone stays safely in their homes? Oh but wait, there are just as many hazards in the home as outside it, judging by the statistics - electrocution, trips, falls, carbon monoxide, fires, dampness and mould, lead poisoning, etc etc. Even eating is risky, - choking, allergies, food poisoning.

Life itself is a daily hazard - it is up to us to take some responsibility for keeping ourselves safe, not have the Health & Safety brigade step in and attempt to prevent every accident by blanket banning any activity that carries any risk of injury. All that is being achieved is to make our children fearful and overprotected - not a good recipe for ensuring they grow up self confident and able to take responsibility for their own welfare.

The way things are going we will soon all be too terrified to even get out of bed in the morning.

[arista]

No
Do Not Ban Sports gear.


This is Rare

[Omah]

Originally Posted by Angus

So your solution is to ban any kind of sport or past time that carries a risk of injury?

No ..... I didn't say that .....

My assertion, supported by evidence, was that that cricket, and particularly cricket balls, can be the cause of serious injury .....

[Omah]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-17352707

A 12-year-old girl has died after being hit by a rugby ball during a PE lesson at a school in Essex.

Leonie Nice was at Woodlands Comprehensive School, Takely End, in Basildon, when the incident happened at about 12:30 GMT.

Essex Police said the "girl was taken ill after being hit by a ball".

Police said despite the efforts of school staff, paramedics and hospital staff, the girl died a short time later at Basildon Hospital.

'Greatly missed'

Andy White, head teacher at the school, said: "Leonie Nice, a year seven pupil, was catching a rugby ball in a PE lesson when she was hit in the chest by the ball.

"Leonie keeled over and appeared to go into a fit. Our trained first-aiders gave CPR at the scene and the ambulance arrived quickly.

"Leonie was taken by ambulance to Basildon Hospital where despite everyone's best efforts, Leonie was pronounced dead."