Comments on: Kicking it with the guys (and tackling them, too) http://arewestillcool.com/2008/10/kicking-it-with-the-guys-and-tackling-them-too.html Young parents, mere Christians, trying way too hard to be cool Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:18:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rowan http://arewestillcool.com/2008/10/kicking-it-with-the-guys-and-tackling-them-too.html/comment-page-1#comment-1675 Rowan Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:37:00 +0000 http://takecarenow.org/?p=327#comment-1675 She got to play for the same reason you would get to play, Brad - threat of a lawsuit. This basic issue happened at my high school. We had girls on our boys soccer team b/c there was no girls team. Enough girls eventually wanted to play and tried out for the the boys team that the school offered a girls team IN ADDITION to the boys team. We didn't have enough guys at our school that wanted to play on the volleyball team( they played rec ball instead), but several neighboring schools did and fielded both boys and girls volleyball squads. She got to play for the same reason you would get to play, Brad – threat of a lawsuit. This basic issue happened at my high school. We had girls on our boys soccer team b/c there was no girls team. Enough girls eventually wanted to play and tried out for the the boys team that the school offered a girls team IN ADDITION to the boys team. We didn’t have enough guys at our school that wanted to play on the volleyball team( they played rec ball instead), but several neighboring schools did and fielded both boys and girls volleyball squads.

]]> By: Shannon http://arewestillcool.com/2008/10/kicking-it-with-the-guys-and-tackling-them-too.html/comment-page-1#comment-1664 Shannon Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:18:00 +0000 http://takecarenow.org/?p=327#comment-1664 rowan, I see your point,... but... it just don't work that way. I (as a male) loved volleyball in high school and there wasn't a boy's team. Do you think that I would ever have been allowed to play on the girl's team? If I were to be allowed, don't you think that other teams would allow boys to play? Wouldn't this lead to an "all male" girl's team eventually? (I am assuming physical superiority in athletics - sorry)<br/><br/>One more angle. If I asked to play on an all girls team, what do you think the coach, administration, school board, and community would say? Wouldn't fly far I imagine. rowan, I see your point,… but… it just don’t work that way. I (as a male) loved volleyball in high school and there wasn’t a boy’s team. Do you think that I would ever have been allowed to play on the girl’s team? If I were to be allowed, don’t you think that other teams would allow boys to play? Wouldn’t this lead to an “all male” girl’s team eventually? (I am assuming physical superiority in athletics – sorry)

One more angle. If I asked to play on an all girls team, what do you think the coach, administration, school board, and community would say? Wouldn’t fly far I imagine.

]]> By: Rowan http://arewestillcool.com/2008/10/kicking-it-with-the-guys-and-tackling-them-too.html/comment-page-1#comment-1660 Rowan Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:30:00 +0000 http://takecarenow.org/?p=327#comment-1660 Sorry...this is one I can't leave alone.<br/>RE 1)the league issue: Girls football leagues typically don't exist for one reason - lack of interest. But if the young lady is legitimately talented enough to make the team and no girls league exists, why not? If a girls league existed I would say she had to play in that one instead, but it doesn't. If a boy wanted to play on a girls' soccer team and no boys team existed, let him play on the girls' team. It's an issue of parity.<br/>RE 2)safety: If she and her parents are aware of all the risks involved (including targeting and increased injuries b/c of her smaller size), they have made an informed decision, just like every other parent of a freshman football player. It's not a leagues call to make that decision for them. Sorry…this is one I can’t leave alone.
RE 1)the league issue: Girls football leagues typically don’t exist for one reason – lack of interest. But if the young lady is legitimately talented enough to make the team and no girls league exists, why not? If a girls league existed I would say she had to play in that one instead, but it doesn’t. If a boy wanted to play on a girls’ soccer team and no boys team existed, let him play on the girls’ team. It’s an issue of parity.
RE 2)safety: If she and her parents are aware of all the risks involved (including targeting and increased injuries b/c of her smaller size), they have made an informed decision, just like every other parent of a freshman football player. It’s not a leagues call to make that decision for them.

]]> By: Tam http://arewestillcool.com/2008/10/kicking-it-with-the-guys-and-tackling-them-too.html/comment-page-1#comment-1658 Tam Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:33:00 +0000 http://takecarenow.org/?p=327#comment-1658 hmmm. well. if its a guys team - and their rules say specifically no girl allowed, then, no. she shouldnt play on the team. and vice versa. hmmm. well. if its a guys team – and their rules say specifically no girl allowed, then, no. she shouldnt play on the team. and vice versa.

]]> By: OneHotDish http://arewestillcool.com/2008/10/kicking-it-with-the-guys-and-tackling-them-too.html/comment-page-1#comment-1657 OneHotDish Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:30:00 +0000 http://takecarenow.org/?p=327#comment-1657 I'm not sure of specific bible versus but I believe that it's an unfortunate product of the feminist movement (not that there were many good products).<br/>Girls should not be allowed to play on a boys football team because it's a boys team. If you were to insist that a boy be allowed to play on a girls soccer or any team it would not be allowed because it's understood that boys are built differently and have certain athletic advantages. I believe that there are very athletically talented girls out there and if they are good kickers, awesome, but putting them on the boys football team is unfair and can be dangerous.<br/>Also, I know that when I was in high school my peers were only interested in co-ed teams because of the co-ed-ness, not because of fairness. I’m not sure of specific bible versus but I believe that it’s an unfortunate product of the feminist movement (not that there were many good products).
Girls should not be allowed to play on a boys football team because it’s a boys team. If you were to insist that a boy be allowed to play on a girls soccer or any team it would not be allowed because it’s understood that boys are built differently and have certain athletic advantages. I believe that there are very athletically talented girls out there and if they are good kickers, awesome, but putting them on the boys football team is unfair and can be dangerous.
Also, I know that when I was in high school my peers were only interested in co-ed teams because of the co-ed-ness, not because of fairness.

]]> By: richies http://arewestillcool.com/2008/10/kicking-it-with-the-guys-and-tackling-them-too.html/comment-page-1#comment-1656 richies Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:04:00 +0000 http://takecarenow.org/?p=327#comment-1656 It is interesting to me that the Bible was used as a reason to exclude the girl. I wasn't aware that the Bible addressed issues pertaining to football. Misuse of the Bible has made many people lose respect for all Christians.<br/><br/><a HREF="http://anarkiesmusings.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">An Arkie's Musings</a> It is interesting to me that the Bible was used as a reason to exclude the girl. I wasn’t aware that the Bible addressed issues pertaining to football. Misuse of the Bible has made many people lose respect for all Christians.

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