teen has testicle removed after "sack tapping" game

[Amby 490]

A Minnesota teenager had to have his testicle amputated after being punched in the groin by a classmate, KARE11.com reported Friday.

David Gibbons, 14, was changing classes in his Crosby, Minn. high school when he was attacked by another student playing a game called “sack tapping.”

David’s mother, Christy Gibbons, said it wasn’t until hours later that they realized something was wrong.

"One o'clock in the morning he woke me up and told me he was in excruciating pain," she said.

David was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Brainerd, Minn. where surgeons removed his right testicle.

And David is not the only student who has suffered the consequences of the “sack tapping” game.

"It's just gotten way out of control," said Dr. Scott Wheeler, a urologist in Brainerd, Minn. who says he performs three to four surgeries a year on boys with ruptured testicles and other complications as a result of “sack tapping.”

"All parents, you need to have this talk with your kids not to do it. It's lost its humor. It's not a game anymore. People get hurt," he added.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,593680,00.html

[Darnell 8,479]

WOW. my buddies in middle school played that game, a friend had to have the same surgery at age 12. Mine, however, are all intact (I did not play that game )

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

There is no cure for stupid.

[Danno 1,228]

WOW. my buddies in middle school played that game, a friend had to have the same surgery at age 12. Mine, however, are all intact (I did not play that game )

And how exactly is the "game" played?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

And how exactly is the "game" played?

You never saw South Park?

[Darnell 8,479]

And how exactly is the "game" played?

Oh my. really? You don't know ? If you've been on this planet this long, and have not had chance to either play or watch it being played - then, IMO, it's not worth anything to 'learn the process'.

If you 'missed it' in yer youth - well, good for you - Seriously.

[Scott & Lai 12]

Punching someone in the groin is a "game"?? Humans...

[CDAgirlMI 51]

There is no cure for stupid.

No, but maybe stupid will be reduced with 1 testicle.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

No, but maybe stupid will be reduced with 1 testicle.

too many people feeling the need to touch someone else's groin..

[HeatDeath 431]

Populations among which this "game" is popular will see declining male fertility over time. Sounds self-correcting. "Consider it evolution in action."

Edited May 29, 2010 by HeatDeath

[Nagishkaw 510]

It would be wrong for someone to say to him, " Grow a pair ".

[Ban Hammer 14,364]

i wonder if they'll call him "lefty" now.

[Gary and Alla 3,696]

So now we have to sit down and have a serious talk with our teenagers not to "tap" other boys "sacks". Uh-huh. What is wrong with some people's kids and what will be accomplished by talking to them? Are they serious?

[Laveau 67]

My 15 year old son just read the article. He said he had never heard of this. I hadn't either.

[Gary and Alla 3,696]

My 15 year old son just read the article. He said he had never heard of this. I hadn't either.

I never heard of this either and neither did our 15 year old. Weirdos west of Lake Champlain, I tell you!