Let boys be boys (brain dead social engineering in kids' sports)

Calgary Sun - Canada ^ | Fri, September 29, 2006 | Jose Rodriguez

[<1/1,000,000th%]

We had a woman on one of our corporate league basketball teams.

She was the first person to be knocked unconscious in the history of the program - in her first game.

It was completely an accident. The guy who hit her was just slow getting around a pick. Happens every game. It wasn't intentional.

Mixing the sexes in sports is a bad idea.

[MD_Willington_1976]

Ontario, especially Toronto is pretty much a lost cause... They continually screw over the Western provinces...

I'm just glad I'm living in the USA now, I don't particularly feel like going back to Canada...

[91B]

We were training on hand to hand combat before my first deployment and one of the females lined up against me to try her skills.

I could actually make her hit herself like you do with a small child. We both laughed and had fun with it, but I was afraid for her in Iraq.

[Sloth]

Here's a novel idea: have government schools stop sponsoring "bread and circuses" sports entertainment. It shifts too much priority away from the educational mission.

No kidding. Meanwhile, the kids doing well in Quiz Bowl, spelling bees, etc., are practically ignored.

[Betis70]

I am a SJ Sharks fan, so I don't really follow the Stars that closely. I am always happy when Turco flubs up in the playoffs.

Weird that they would make such a switch w/Modano.

[dfwgator]

BTW, did you see they took the "C" away from Modano and gave it to Brendan Morrow this morning?

IMHO Lehtinen should be the captain, but I agree that Modano doesn't deserve the "C", he is a good hockey play, but a leader he ain't.

[Doomonyou]

But if one boy chooses to challenge for the right to try out for a girls' squad, this whole non-sensical issue could snowball.

GO FOR IT!

[GMMAC]

Without getting into the overall dubious merits of the public education system, physical education including team sports is worthwhile from both a health/fitness point of view as well as for the positive lessons/values it imparts to young people.

Aside from virtually all private schools including team sports within their curriculums for these reasons, it seems far more likely kids in the public system will learn numerous traditional moral precepts of value to society as a whole on playing fields than within classrooms under the tutelage of "Priests of the Church of Liberalism" as Ann Coulter rightly calls them.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Without getting into the overall dubious merits of the public education system, physical education including team sports is worthwhile from both a health/fitness point of view as well as for the positive lessons/values it imparts to young people.

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If parents agree, they can pay to send their kids to such clubs. Kids can even play ball in the neighborhood.

I still don't see how this is an essential govermental function.

[proud_yank]

I've been thinking of filing a nuissance 'human rights' lawsuit because I got in trouble for using the womens bathroom once. It was very oppressing.

[GMMAC]

"Toronto is pretty much a lost cause"

[Mischi3vo]

Women playing men's hockey never is fun. I recall playing on various 14-u teams where women 16-17 of age were allowed to play -- you have a very mixed mental reaction when a female cross-checks you from behind. If it were a guy in her stead, he would be bleeding from the nose and eating ice.

[Fair Go]

Combing boys and girls for sport discourages many girls from participating. This in turn fuels the obesity epidemic which in turn drains the health system and impacts negatively on economic life. Promoting good health in in the national interest. It is amazing how some people overlook this factor.

[RussP]

The whole concept of segregating men's and women's sports is to prevent women from having to compete with men -- because usually they can't. In other words, it's a favor to women. Duh!

If the lamebrains are really serious about equality, they should be advocating that all men's and women's sports simply be integrated. Oh, but I'll bet the women would call that unfair!