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Female kicker to try out at Penn State
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| 7.25.02
Posted on 07/25/2002 8:37:12 AM PDT by mhking
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posted on
07/25/2002 8:37:12 AM PDT
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mhking
To: mhking
Wow! Paterno's growing recruiting problems are far worse than I imagined.
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posted on
07/25/2002 8:40:28 AM PDT
by
dead
To: mhking
I know it's a cliche, but...you go, girl!
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posted on
07/25/2002 8:40:43 AM PDT
by
ArcLight
To: mhking
Beaver Stadium (nuff said).
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posted on
07/25/2002 8:41:40 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: mhking
But why shouldn't qualified men be allowed to play on the Penn State women's basketball team?
To: mhking
Even if she makes the team, Weimer won't be the first woman to suit up for an NCAA Division I-A football program. Heather Sue Mercer made the team at Duke -- then won a $2 million discrimination lawsuit after she was cut from the team.If I were the Duke coach, I'd had her kickoff against ACC teams like Fla. State, Ga. Tech, Carolina and Clemson...then, again, she'd have probably sued those teams when they knocked her flat on her ass during the return!
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posted on
07/25/2002 8:43:29 AM PDT
by
meandog
To: mhking
As the father of two daughters (daughter #3 is on the way), I think this is cool that she wants to tryout. But I worry that this girl will get a place on the team, not because of her talents or abilities, but simply because she's a girl. I want my daughters to grow up and have the satisfaction of EARNING their successes, not having them handed to you.
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posted on
07/25/2002 8:43:57 AM PDT
by
egarvue
To: yendu bwam
Good point.
To: mhking
"5-foot-4, 120-pound Weimer"
Isn't that about how big Garo Yupremium(sp?) is?
To: meandog
I'd had her kickoff against ACC teamsDon't forget, at Penn State, she's gotta go up against other Big Ten teams like Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Purdue. Their defense won't short stop at planting her in the midwestern cornfields when they reach her...
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posted on
07/25/2002 8:46:00 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: mhking
who coached the 5-foot-4, 120-pound Weimer at Serra, said he thinks she has what it takes I don't have a problem with girls playing football if they want to, especially at a skill position like kicker, BUT...
What happens the first time her attempt is blocked? Once that ball is loose, roughing the kicker is no longer an applicable penalty, she's just another player on the field who can be hit hard. You don't think there isn't at least ONE Big 10 player that would love an opportunity to "show those girls a lesson"? How fast do you suppose she's going to get up after a 6'4, 260 pound LB lays a shot on her at full speed?
I just don't want to see the press frenzy if she gets hurt.
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posted on
07/25/2002 8:46:47 AM PDT
by
Cable225
To: mhking
gives a whole new meaning to "ruffing the kicker"...
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posted on
07/25/2002 8:47:27 AM PDT
by
kellynla
To: mhking
Oh, no! I'm getting flashbacks of a horrible movie starring Scott Bakula and Kathy Ireland. NOOOoooooooo!!!
To: kellynla
Big Ten leads the way again.
To: FreeTally
I believe comedic tour de force Sinbad was in that too.
I had successfully purged the knowledge of the existence of that movie from my memory.
Thanks alot.
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posted on
07/25/2002 8:51:02 AM PDT
by
dead
To: Cable225
I just don't want to see the press frenzy if she gets hurt and then, after making cigs and burgers virtual felonies,
they came after football ...
wish there was an open-season on PC adherents,
kinda like the one for trash fish ...
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posted on
07/25/2002 8:51:33 AM PDT
by
tomkat
To: Cable225
How fast do you suppose she's going to get up after a 6'4, 260 pound LB lays a shot on her at full speed? I just don't want to see the press frenzy if she gets hurt.
A big-assed W.U.B.A. from USNA would be better suited to play football. As a matter of fact, I hope Navy puts a few females on the field this year. It certainly couldn't hurt.
To: Cable225
I just don't want to see the press frenzy if she gets hurt. She'll just have to take it like a man.
To: homeschool mama
no, it's not a good point, and we all know it.
we have men's bball, and women's bball.
Note that we don't preface football with the word "men's", which indicates that it is not gender exclusive.
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posted on
07/25/2002 8:53:22 AM PDT
by
dmz
To: mhking
Let's see, an injury-prone (in high school no less!) kicker with no other football skills (backup QB or receiver? I don't think so) who can't even hit from just under 40 yards. Oh, yeah, that's just what Paterno needs! They better not have too many live drills with her on the field, she'll be in the hospital more than on the field.
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