Pregnant athletes deal with loss of scholarships

Concord Monitor On Line ^ | 5/13/07 | Woody Baird

[rlmorel]

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[rlmorel]

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[9422WMR]

“Can someone have a baby and a year later run competitively?”
Certainly they can, it’s called the 15 yard sprint to change the whining kids diaper! Or the ever popular dual sink load of dish washing!
Not to be left out in the triathlon of motherly duties is the clothes folding/ironing while following the nonsense in America known as OPRAH. (numb-skull opera)
Sure, they can compete after childbirth!!!
Run you welfare supported mothers, run!!!!

[brytlea]

"I shouldn't have been put in that position," she said.

Yes, she shouldn't have put herself into that position. She had a commitment to the school and she didn't fulfill it. I'm glad she didn't have an abortion, but she made her choice to become pregnant, and she has to live with the consequences.

[brytlea]

Because the point is not that they had sex, the point is that they are not in a condition to participate in the sport. I’m surprised I had to explain that to anyone on FR.
susie

[khnyny]

Bingo, we have a winner.

[khnyny]

To complain after the fact shows that these women lack critical thinking skills. And I doubt the benefit of a college education would be of assistance to them.

What an absurd and ingnorant comment.

[Constantine XIII]

Firstly, Former Fetus, thanks for posting this article. Your point about these rules triggering abortions is well made and should be taken into consideration by potential student athletes as well as the appropriate rule making bodies.

Now for the rant.

< vent >

Yeah, OK, she’s going to lose her scholarship just as her contract laid out—a contract she freely signed. Fine, that’s reasonable.

Them’s the rules.

What I don’t get is why so many of you have to be a lot of self-righteous holier-than-thou SOB’s about it.

Liek, OMG, she had SEX, that HUSSY!

There’s really no need to impress the rest of the internet with your opinion of her virtuosity. I don’t see why it’s necessary. Maybe throwing off on people like her lets you elevate yourselves in your own minds. Regardless of the motive, this sort of asinine behavior is just what puts some people off of conservatism in the first place.

Please feel free to knock it off at any time.

Sheesh.

< /vent >

[Terpin]

My grandfather had a basketball scholarship at Duke and blew out his knee in his freshman year. They pulled his scholarship.

[Oberon]

There’s really no need to impress the rest of the internet with your opinion of her virtuosity.

Hmmm. Gotta watch that word choice. "Virtue" would indicate whether or not the young lady in question had sex. "Virtuosity" would be more appropriate to a discussion of how good she was at it. =]

[khnyny]

Boo frickin hoo. I’ve about had it with the darn teachers getting preggers in the middle of the year and taking their maternity leave and then walzing back for the last month of school jerking the kids’ affections around. Like the school is run for their benefits and not my kids’.

I would think you might be happy for the teacher and her family. I guess that's expecting too much, eh? I understand, you're a taxpayer and you have certain expectations regarding your children's educational experience./s

Newsflash - it's not all about you (or your kids). Please don't teach your children to be so totally self-absorbed - it's disgusting.

[Constantine XIII]

I see what you did there. ^_^

[miliantnutcase]

Oh you can’t get a loan to finish school now like the rest of us do? Gimme a break I’m so sick of hearing about these poor kids losing their beloved scholarships. What a shame to actually have to pay for an education.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Not only is this rule a Double Standard put it also promotes abortion.

No it doesn't. Getting pregnant when it is contrary to your best interests promotes abortion. More accurately, not dealing responsibly with the pregnancy after it happens is what leads to abortion. No one is forcing these women to get abortions any more than they are forcing them to get pregnant.

Everything we do requires choices and committments. That is what life is all about. You don't *have* to do anything.

And the rule is not a statement of morals or an enforcement of morals. The school is paying them to be competitive athletes. If you can't compete, why should you get paid? That's what athletic scholarships are, payment for doing a job. Wrap it in all of the ribbons you like, but that's what it is, a job.

[prov1813man]

Exactly, she got paid to jump. Hard to do when preggers from being jumped on.

[trumandogz]

I think the last stat I read was that around 60% off all live births were a result of an accidental pregnancy. Somehow, I do not think these women wanted to be pregnant.

[Balding_Eagle]

Somehow, I do not think these women wanted to be pregnant.

Good point. I wonder how it happened.

[khnyny]

The scholarship “rules” seem to be discriminatory. Anti- baby, anti-woman, anti-family and discriminatory. A college athlete can perform his athletic duties for four years. A pregnancy encompasses 9 months. These women athletes can continue to compete after the birth of their babies, especially at their young age. Pregnancy and childbirth does not hinder their subsequent athletic ability.

Publishing and promoting this kind of story only encourages pregnant female athletes to abort their unborn babies. These colleges want to take advantage of their “investment”.

[kcvl]

Cassandra Harding waited nervously, dreading the moment her athlete's body would betray her.

I believe it's the other way around. She betrayed them!

[kcvl]

"I shouldn't have been put in that position," she said.

No, you should have lived up to the document you signed.