Alabama bill targets a brutal, popular sport: ‘It’s just a head injury waiting to happen’

An Alabama lawmaker wants to strengthen the state’s prohibition on slap fighting, a brutal contest that is popular on YouTube and sanctioned in the state of Nevada.

In a slap fight, two contestants stand face-to-face and exchange open-palm blows without defending themselves.

“Essentially, you stand there and get slapped as hard as you can,” said John Parris, executive director of the Alabama Athletic Commission…

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