Quote:The version you played does not sound like the one I played as a kid.  We used a football and whoever had it would scramble around with it trying to avoid getting creamed.  No bullying, no singling anyone out just rough and tumble play that I have fond memories of playing as a child.  The name however could certainly stand to be changed.

 

So what should the game be named?  Apparently "smear the queer" is not a PC name for the game.  "Tackle-Loco" is not PC either as "loco" is a term in Spanish for "crazy" or even "[BLEEP]".

 

I played the game as a youngster, and yes it hurt at times.  Yes I got bumps and bruises, but you know what?  I played the game on my own free will.  I was a smaller kid and didn't feel that I was "fed the ball" just so the bigger kids could "bully" me.  As of matter of fact, I always went for the ball because I was smaller, shiftier and faster than many of the other kids.

 

To say that playing this game was a "bullying tactic" is not very accurate.

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