@YoBoySarge "kneck"?
Anyway, that would be the worst tetherball accident ever only if it's ever actually happened. Which... feels unlikely? (I wouldn't expect a tetherball rope to have enough force that it'd cause strangulation — it would have to be moving VERY fast to wrap that tightly, wouldn't it?)
"Army strong, not Army smart," is great. Apologies to Geoff Ramsey, my father, and others who have served in the Army, but ... I'm pretty sure they'd agree with that.