{"id":15447,"date":"2012-06-11T17:26:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T17:26:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-06-11T17:26:29","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T17:26:29","slug":"see_i_told_you_so_school_board_member_calls_for_ban_on_high_school_football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2012\/06\/11\/see_i_told_you_so_school_board_member_calls_for_ban_on_high_school_football\/","title":{"rendered":"See, I Told You So: School Board Member Calls for Ban on High School Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: &#8220;Comparing high school football to the gladiator fights of ancient times, Council Rock school board member Patty Sexton has called for banning the sport at the high school level.  Sexton, also a Philadelphia public school teacher, made her comments late at Thursday night\u00c2\u2019s Council Rock board meeting.&#8221; This is from PhillyBurbs.com, which is a website of combined suburban newspapers in Philadelphia. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She said continuing the sport at schools funded by the general taxpayer base is inappropriate. It has become too dangerous and carries too much of a risk of lasting effects from injuries, especially concussions, Sexton said. &#8216;It\u00c2\u2019s no longer appropriate for public institutions to fund gladiators,\u2019 she said. &#8216;I am very, very concerned about putting these student-athletes in the position of getting a concussion. Football has gotten faster, harder and more dangerous with each passing year. I\u00c2\u2019m extremely scared we will eventually be sued over injuries suffered in sports.\u2019 &#8230; She said she also has concerns with other contact sports in high schools, and mentioned specifically the risks involved in &#8216;heading\u2019 the ball in soccer, but her main emphasis was on football because she believes it is the most dangerous sport played in high schools.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/?p=17095\"><img id=\"eZObject_63343\" class=\"aligncenter\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/RushSeeIToldYouFootball.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I warned you.  I warned you!  And here\u2019s the thing.  I\u2019m telling you, once these people start with things like this, it never goes away.  They never give it up.  They will eventually get banned all smoking including in someone\u2019s private house.  They will not stop.  They start out with banning cigarettes in public places, airplanes. Now they go for more.  Gonna raise taxes on it. We\u2019re gonna fund children\u2019s health care programs with the tax revenue. We\u2019re gonna allow the sale of it, but we\u2019re not gonna let you use it, which means they\u2019re not gonna have the money for children\u2019s health programs.  They don\u2019t think about that \u2019til it\u2019s too late.  She\u2019s not the first to call for banning football, and there are sportswriters who cover the pro game who are now openly saying that they are wondering how long they can write about such a brutal game. <\/p>\n<p>So it has begun.  And I don\u2019t know how long it\u2019s gonna take, and I don\u2019t know a lot of the ancillaries, but I do know that it\u2019s only going to build.  And while everybody right now is laughing every time they hear this, &#8220;Oh, come on, get serious, some busybody woman.&#8221; That\u2019s how these things all start, with some busybody telling you that you can\u2019t eat trans fat in New York City.  Some busybody telling you that you should not be allowed to purchase a Coca-Cola or a Pepsi that\u2019s <a view=\"line\" href=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/?p=15549\">larger than 16 ounces<\/a>.  That\u2019s how this stuff all starts, some busybody, everybody laughs at it, the attack on the SUV. <\/p>\n<p>Now, Patty Sexton, when asked to comment on this on Friday, said, &#8220;I know my chances of eliminating football at Council Rock are about as good as keeping the sun from coming up tomorrow, but I feel like it has to start somewhere.  Some school district has to stand up and say we care more about our children than we do about feeding them into the funnel of the NFL.&#8221;  So it\u2019s started.  And you can laugh at me all you want, &#8220;Ah, Rush.&#8221;  You watch.  It\u2019s only gonna grow, and at some point you\u2019ll be surprised at the way it manifests itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: &#8220;Comparing high school football to the gladiator fights of ancient times, Council Rock school board member Patty Sexton has called for banning the sport at the high school level. 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