12-Year Old Girl Banned from Boy's Team

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She was banned from playing on boy's basketball team after parents complained that she was too good. Although it is a private league, since they let her play once, she should be allowed to stay on the team. Regardless, it's a league for 12-year olds. Let the girl play on the boy's team. It's not like these kids are competing for a basketball scholarship.
 
So, have we offered yet? Im not much of girls basketball follower, but something tells me she might be pretty good
 
The only one getting screwed here are those boys that learned a great lesson of Americana: If someone is better than you at something, find a legal loophole to get them out of the way.
This girl will be getting her college payed for, while some of those boys are working at applebees.
 
Yeah. Good point. My daughter's competetive soccer team routinely beats the equivalent U-10 Boy's team. In about 3 years, that will change. In about 6 years, it won't even be close.

If ABCNews wants to see a real tragedy, they should look into how Title IX has screwed thousands of young men over.
 
as the father of a 2 month old, and as a person who understands that there ARE differences between the sexes.

HELL NO. She can go play on a girls team.
 
softly, I don't know if you are a parent or not, but personally, you start thinking about AT LEAST the next 18 years of your child's life. It isn't about the experiences, I didn't mean it as such, it is about the thought of looking into the eyes of your daughter and knowing what she will face.
 
Ok. Let her in. Then let in boys to all-girl leagues.
Then, in college, have one varsity team in every sport. Girls and boys are equally given the opportunity to make the team.
Case closed.
 
well, it is a boys league and they should keep it that way...unfortunately, they let her play so she should be able to stay on the team.
 
i don't care either way, but if it were my son's league, i wouldn't want them to get rid of the girl after letting her play and finding out she was too good.


i'd tell my son to practice and get better. in 2 or 3 years, you'll be better than her and better than lots of other players...

we have a lot of wussies in america. some things suck. play your cards.
 
Homer, my cousin was the beneficiary of a rowing scholarship at our own beloved University. She didn't respond to an advertisement, though. In fact one of the coaches was standing out in one of the malls (I'll have to ask her which one) and approaching tall, athletic looking girls.

Prior to her receiving a half scholarship to row, she had never played organized sports in her life. The coach basically asked her if she wanted to be on the team and told her what the commitment would be in time and effort. As compensation for that time and effort she would get a half scholarship (she already had some academic funding as an engineering major) and UT gear and such.

She agreed and rowed for 3 years while she finished her degree.

This was about 10 years ago, I guess, and I think she was one of the first scholarship rowers at UT.
 
One of my best female friends was on the Crew team here in Knoxville. She didn't take it seriously and laughed about receiving a scholarship via chance. Hence the lack of respect I have for Title IX.

Another thing...and time may have smudged the exactness of this.... but, when I was at Texas I had a friend on the Men's Club Soccer team. If I'm not mistaken, they were actually pretty decent. However, they "created" a women's soccer team from scratch over moving the men's soccer team to Division I.

Part of my issue is that I'm a huge soccer fan. I love women's and men's soccer about equally. I have a huge problem when most Division I schools do NOT have a men's soccer team. And, that much of it can be attributed to Title IX.

P.S. I love it when my daughter's competetive team kicks the crap out of the boys. A couple of weeks ago, her U-10 team was set to play a U-12 boys team. The boys were snickering before the game. The girls won 15-1. So my issue with Title IX is a practical one; not one built on sexism.
 
She shouldn't have been allowed on the team in the first place. Just like a boy shouldn't be allowed to play in a girl's volleyball league or be in girl scouts.
 
Title IX exploded womens soccer in the US. the reason? It's very cheap to fund.

The reality is schools choose to cut men's programs, rather than secure additional funding to add an equal number of female scholarship slots. If schools had given equal opportunity to earn scholarships to women then title IX wouldn't have been necessary to force the school's hands.

however back on topic- She needs to contact admissions to find out what is up that she is top 10% and did not get accepted?
 
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