Not only is this rule a Double Standard put it also promotes abortion.
I would agree with that position if the male athletes signed an agreement that stated if they got a girl pregnant they would forfeit their scholarship
Not only is this rule a Double Standard put it also promotes abortion.
If males signed this agreement it might promote homosexuality !
Only a scholarships male athletes can get a female athlete Pregnant-—good logic?
You are kidding-right? Its not about having the baby, it about not being able to compete.
For the woman, pregnancy changes her body and she can no longer compete athletically.
For the man... no changes to his body, can still compete.
I don’t understand your question. It seems quite obvious.
“I wonder why it is that these universities will pull the scholarship of a female athletes that get pregnant but do not yank the scholarships of male athletes who get women pregnant?”
Not being able to compete in the sport you got your scholarship in is the same thing as flunking out of your major on an academic scholarship.
Nor do I perceive a moralistic standard.
Unless you consider that the terms of a sport based scholarship seems to require female athletes practice either celibacy or extremely reliable birth controll methods, in order to comply with the physical requirements needed to retain their scholarships.
Neither of which BTW, are necessarily based on morality.
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
Bingo, we have a winner.
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.