Banning the Game of Tag?

School officials say they're worried the kids will get hurt and sue, but kids say they just don't care.

Sam and Jack love playing tag.

"I play tag a lot a lot a lot," Jack said.

And they hate the idea of banning the game.

"Horrible," Sam said. "I really think it's bad that they banned tag."

Last week, a school in Attleboro, Massachusetts became the latest to enforce a ban on tag.

The principal said recess is "a time when accidents can happen."

The decision didn't go over well with the locals.

"Kids will be kids no matter what, kids are going to trip over rocks - it's daily occurrence," one person said.

But the school in Massachusetts joins a list of schools banning tag and other contact sports. They've banned it in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Spokane, Washington, and Charleston, South Carolina.

Tag supporters say the game might wind up widely banned just like dodge ball.

A few years ago, school officials in Attleboro took aim at that game, saying it was exclusionary and dangerous. Now some kids across America stand to lose tag next.

"Generations of Americans have survived tag. I wonder why now? What's so terrible about being it a few extra times?" said Christine Brennan.

Some believe the classic playground game is just bad for the losers' psyche. One physical education professor has even put tag in his 'Hall of Shame.'

He says the kids who most need the exercise are usually tagged out earliest.

"A lot of people talk about survival of the fittest and how we need to toughen up our children. But I don't think think that causing them fail in front of each other is a very good way," said Neil Williams of Eastern Connecticut State University.

Sam and Jack say they still want to play tag.

Sam said, "If they ban tag what are they gonna do?" Jack said, "You'll have nothing to do if they ban tag because it's just not fun without tag."