• Gumby@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Kids these days…when I was a kid, we organized our own fight clubs - no adults necessary!

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    8 hours ago

    We had a fight club in our school. Broke a few windows, loosened a few teeth, but teachers definitely were not involved.

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    12 hours ago

    That headline is giving them too much credit. They merely let kids fight and essentially yelled “CRIPPLE FIGHT! KICK HIM IN THE BALLS!” like Cartman would instead of stopping it when they saw it.

    A “ringleader of a child fight club” would need to organize fights and betting, make sure everyone keeps their mouth shut. You know, the basics. You gotta train your champs a bit so you get a good show going. I’m not saying I’m sad about it but as far as child fight clubs go they didn’t really have anything going. If there was a child fight club union they wouldn’t qualify is all I’m saying.

    Seriously though fuck those kinds of people.

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      9 hours ago

      Weren’t there a few similar stories in the last five or ten years? One was a teacher who did this in his classroom. Another was some woman who had parties with her teen son and his high school friends…

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      12 hours ago

      A “ringleader of a child fight club” would need to organize fights and betting, make sure everyone keeps their mouth shut.

      How long until DraftKings takes over the betting aspect?

  • tal@lemmy.today
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    12 hours ago

    According to Prosecuting Attorney Sonia Hagood, the incident lasted 30 minutes and included a teacher instructing a student to hit another “in the private area.”

    https://jonesbororightnow.com/news/268862-jonesboro-school-director-given-250k-bond-accused-of-leading-makeshift-child-fight-club/

    “Engage” describes itself as a “unique learning center that teaches children with autism the executive functioning skills that will make them accomplished, goal-driven adults.”