and make her REPAY all the money spent on her dumb cow azz up to now too!!!That said, I can understand why a track coach would do his/her utmost to discourage pregnancies among the female athletes. Can someone have a baby and a year later run competitively?
“Can someone have a baby and a year later run competitively?”
I should really resist the temptation to opine on athetics, as I[m the kind of person who can sit inside and smoke cigaretts all day, but I would think that a year after prenancy one certainly could compete. Athletes come back from worse than preganancy all the time.
Except Rothlisberger, I don’t think he is coming back.
Of course they can but ................
members of the Memphis women's track team were required to sign a document acknowledging they could lose their scholarships if they became pregnant.
They know the cost................
Really, the guys are having babies? For a college gal, I think she would have phrased that differently and applied some critically thinking skills
Funny, when a women wants to abort a child, the men are only sperm donors :)
Refusing to recognize that moral issues have practical consequences smacks of stupidity.
I'd say a baby is more important than running track. Do these gals and their lawyers think they should jeopardize the baby and try to run anyway? Or maybe that the team shouldn't cut them even if they don't run as well when "running for two"?
Reality is: Don't fool around with boys if you want to run track. Or, get married, have a baby, and have a life. These choices are not in the least onerous—they're both good, in fact. They just can't be enjoyed simultaneously. Accept this, get off those drugs that make you think that way, and be happy.
She put herself in that position!
Rules are rules....
This isn't about abortion...
.this is about flaunting the rules and not taking responsibilty.
and make her REPAY all the money spent on her dumb cow azz up to now too!!!The scholarship is given by the University so that it can have star athletes. If these female athletes who have signed the contract are unable to perform, they should be removed from the teams and lose their scholarships.
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.
This isn’t about feminism. It is simply about fulfilling contract obligations.
I see no problem here at all.
She had a track scholarship. She got prego.
Done. Finito!
What’s all the discussion about? Yeah, she loses her scholarship. End of story.
If she kept her legs closed she’d still have her scholarship.
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’.
DUH !!!
Wow, its a miracle. Guys having babies.
Perhaps it is because the guys can still compete and play. Shoot, they probably can run even faster trying to get away from the shotgun wedding.
Whereas an 8+ along mother not only can't run very fast, she is likely to have to be taken to the hospital if she tries.
LOL...that is the best quote of this article...and I missed it on the first read! (I guess I got too impatient to post...:)
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
I believe it's the other way around. She betrayed them!
No, you should have lived up to the document you signed.