According to a story in the Daily Mail, primary school children in Dundee are having to sign a 17-clause contract before they can play football in the playground.
(The 17 clauses are as follows:-
- I will not deliberate foul tackles
- I will not carry issues off the pitch to class or after school
- I will not argue an agreed out or an agreed foul
- I will not hog the ball (They actually wrote hogg here.)
- I will not name call or tease
- I will not chant, use banter or wahoys!
- I will not gloat or boast
- I will not, if scorekeeping be a sore loser and will congratulate the other team
- I will not elbow or shoulder barge
- I will not deliberately chase on the pitch or swipe the ball from people
- I will not cheat
- I will keep up with my school work
- I will demonstrate sportsmanlike conduct and apologising
- I will use timeouts for myself as individual players if needed
- I will use supportive and encouraging language
- I will take turns in position
- I will ensure teams are fair and no swapping
It goes on to say:-
If I can keep up with these expectations, then I will show myself and the staff that I am responsible enough to participate in these activities
I understand that if I break any of the agreed expectations that staff may review my contract and as a result I will not be allowed to play for:
- Three days on the first occurrence
- One week on the second occurrence
- The remainder of the term for a third violation
At first I thought that this may have been put together as a new contract for Premier League football players, but then I realised it used too many long words.)
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