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Boy field hockey star kicked off high school girl's team for being 'too good'
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ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
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ChiTownBuffalo
Either I made up lies about the Boston Bomber or I fell for someone else's crap. Either way, I have absolutely no credibility and you should never pay any attention to anything I say, no matter what the context. Perm me if I claim to be an insider
I didn't even know boys played field hockey until I went overseas.
Junior Asparagus
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Yeah, field hockey is definitely only a women's sport in the US. I've never really understood why. But for the majority of males, this is the only way to play.
Field hockey is a woman's sport? What a strange country.
shanshan310
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No, there's just not enough popularity to have boys teams.
PS3GamerKyle
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Isn't this illegal or something? I thought a guy would play in a "women's" sport if there wasn't a "men's" team, and vice-versa. This allowed guys to play field hockey and girls the ability to wrestle.
Double standard. I hope he sues and wins, and comes back in full beast mode.
Yes, but apparently you're only allowed to play if you're not 'too good' - which I assume only applies to boys playing girls sports and not vice versa.
And this is part of the problem - suing is what got us into this mess in the first place instead of just saying "Boys play on boys teams, girls play on girls teams."
Sho_Nuff82
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NaturalHigh
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He needs to go ahead and pull a Juwanna Man.
This reminds me of an older controversy involving boys and girls field hockey teams.
Of course in that situation, there were some differences:
And here his physical advantage is (I'm guessing) insubstantial.
Of course in that situation, there were some differences:
And here his physical advantage is (I'm guessing) insubstantial.
SCULLIBUNDO
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I laughed and nodded.
Vicetrailia
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Well he's only 13 so...maybe his High School will have a mens field hockey team?
Punishing success be it business or athletic.
Sho_Nuff82
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You can't do this on a case by case basis. Either you say it's a girls league, or it's a co-ed league, you can't pick and choose only the lousy or short or unathletic boys to be eligible.
Pregnancy?
Pregnancy?
It's not uncommon in ice hockey. The result is often a full scholarship to a DI school to play women's hockey.
That's what I was thinking, aren't they all a little young for the kid to be taken advantage in a physical way? Kids got talent, don't stifle his play!
Tesseract
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what do you think would happen?
Tesseract
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i'm taking notes. i think she would crush the boys' hopes and dreams. i'm not sure i would recover if all i wanted in life was baseball and nintendo.
what do you think would happen?
Tesseract
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porn sex.
David Incorporated Esq.
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If you google the kid you can see images of him playing and he is tiny relative even to the girls. He must be damn good at field hockey is all.
NaturalHigh
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A boy is more likely to be a better athlete. If you were a parent of a girl on an opposing team you'd be pissed if they let a boy play against you.
The rule just needs to be no co-ed is either full on allowed or not allowed.
The rule just needs to be no co-ed is either full on allowed or not allowed.
You know, if there were a player playing a sport and he tested for steroids, he would be banned from the sport. A post-pubescent boy playing with girls is essentially a player on steroids. I don't think it's really fair to the women. Just because the guy might be small, doesn't mean he can't be stronger or faster because of his inherent biological advantages.
shanshan310
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Agreed.
If I had to play against a guy, generally I would be kinda terrified. Even if I was incredibly fit, the likelyhood I would be stronger than an equally fit man is tiny. Used to happen all the time when I did Tae kwon do actually. The guys would end up looking bored because of how "easy" they had to go.
nothing much
He's smaller because he's thirteen year old playing varsity. Even at thirteen he still has advantages over them.
But stopping him from playing is wrong. People love it when girls play a guy's sport. So why not the same when things are reversed?
The boys get made fun of by the rest of the school. Happened with my high school football team. But it probably didn't take much to be the top player there. Though, it wasn't malicious. She was damn good.
What? You can't really limit players based on biological advantages. Tall people have a genetic advantage when it comes to basketball but we don't have a height limit on players.
Dahellisdat
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They would make a major motion picture about it.
shanshan310
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And what are the chances of that happening in a high school/ adult team, really? Men are biologically larger and stronger than women. A fit woman is rarely going to be as strong or powerful as an equally fit man the same age. The possibility is so small its not even worth crying "double standards!"
Happened to me in baseball when I was a kid. Three kids (Eddie, Robert, and myself) grew up in the same neighbourhood and played baseball all the time. When we joined a houseleague team we dominated. Rob pitched, Eddie was shortstop, and I was first base. It was total domination and after the first year we were told that we would have to join an A ball league.
CrudeDiatribe
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I'd suggest if there's enough interest to just go co-ed, with a team required to field one or two guys at a time.
All of the co-ed ultimate leagues I've been in work this way, with a minimum of three women (of seven people) on the field for a team.
He might have a physical advantage at 13. At that age I was keeping up with the girls hitting their growth spurts.
Edit: Oh.
All of the co-ed ultimate leagues I've been in work this way, with a minimum of three women (of seven people) on the field for a team.
He might have a physical advantage at 13. At that age I was keeping up with the girls hitting their growth spurts.
Edit: Oh.
My point was that increased testosterone undeniably provides an advantage in every sport. That's why it is universally banned. You can't have one player that is receiving a steady, natural infusion of this super drug and consider it 'fair'. In the end, that's all that matters in sports is insuring a level playing field.
For your basketball analogy, height isn't everything. Just because someone is tall, doesn't mean he can't be pushed around (by someone thicker) or outquicked (by someone faster). If height was all that was needed to dominate basketball, Manute Bol would have been a Hall of Famer. But, if Manute Bol was allowed to take increased amounts of testosterone for his career, he might have been.
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