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Sports

Electric Monk

(13,869 posts) Wed Feb 22, 2012, 12:50 AM Feb 2012

Who's up for some Ultimate Taser Ball?

TORONTO -- Sports fans will get a charge out of this one.

The Ultimate Tazer Ball league -- where players use 300,000- volt Tasers as part of the game -- is coming to Toronto. Think of it as a combination of football, rugby and stinging electric currents zapping you at every turn.

Canada's contribution, the Toronto Terror, is now beginning to form its six-person roster.

"Obviously, with anything, there's controversy so we're expecting people to complain about it being a violent game," explained Eric Prum, one of the three co-founders of the league. "But if you look at shows like Fear Factor and the UFC, we're very far from that."

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