"in favor of alternatives with less physical contact."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20535154/

School officials said the move encouraged more students to play games and helped reduce playground squabbles.

Translation: "We don't want lawsuits, we want mindless zombies that are easier to control."

And that's AFTER they've drugged them up with Ritalin.

Sad huh?

"I would like to know the name of the buffoon who first decided that
competition was a bad thing. Who was the silly goose who woke up one morning
with the goofy notion that kids shouldn't keep score in their games so that
the members of the losing team wouldn't suffer from low self-esteem? And
what fathead decided that high schools shouldn't have valedictorians because
all the other seniors would feel like a bunch of underachievers? No doubt it
was the same idiot who determined that a level playing field didn't really
mean equal opportunity, but equal results." --Burt Prelutsky

School CHOICE anyone?