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College Football:Female kicker can't try out for football team
The Cincinnati Enquirer ^ | April 19, 2003 | AP staff writer

Posted on 04/19/2003 10:11:47 AM PDT by yankeedame

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To: Timesink
"...I can't say I feel to bad about a single female at another school getting a taste of what her so-called saviors in the NOW crowd have done to her."

Ditto that. Look, I'm not saying we girls shouldn't be treated as equals, but sometimes forcefully injecting girls into EVERYTHING means no one ends up with ANYTHING. Men AND women lose. I applaud Minnesota's decision; now maybe the school and student body can look into a separate-but-equal alternative for female students. I no more want to see girls on college football teams than I want to see guys waiting tables at Hooters. It's political correctness run amok.
41 posted on 04/19/2003 5:54:27 PM PDT by TXBlair (CWOs Williams and Young: Welcome back to Fort Hood!!)
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To: LurkerNoMore!
1. HS-aged Pardek

2. HS girls' locker room

3. Ambulance for one

42 posted on 04/19/2003 5:56:21 PM PDT by Senator Pardek
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To: TXBlair
I'm not saying we girls shouldn't be treated as equals,

When people hear "equality," normal people generally understand it to mean political rights or equal recognition for equal accomplishment, and I think everybody on this forum agrees those are good things.

But gender discrimination is not always bad and its certainly a lot different than race discrimination which is basically always bad.

Seperate public bathrooms for blacks and whites is disgraceful. Seperate public bathrooms for men and women is strongly supported by all but the flakes.

43 posted on 04/19/2003 6:20:21 PM PDT by Tribune7
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To: rintense
I used to love powder puff football! In my high school, the juniors would play against the seniors and this game was watched by the entire school.
44 posted on 04/19/2003 6:22:07 PM PDT by Arpege92
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To: Arpege92
Same here! I was proud to lead the juniors over the seniors, and the next year over the juniors. It was the first time in 18 years a class repeated as champs. What a great time that was...
45 posted on 04/19/2003 6:23:13 PM PDT by rintense (Freedom is contagious. And everyone wants to catch it.)
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To: yankeedame
Problem with this whole thing is that sooner or later, with the liberal idiots in charge at all the universities, they'll have to let the females kick from a "woman's" tee--10 yards closer. Can't hurt their self-esteem, can we?

And the proof is this chowderhead's statement, made with no apparent irony, that she can actually kick from FORTY WHOLE YARDS! WOW!

There are at least 18 thousand male kickers in high school today who can kick from more than 40 friggin' yards! Hey, if a female can keep up--with absolutely no artificial advantage--then more power to her, of course.

But wouldn't it be exciting if Clintonism invaded college football, as it has many other activities?

46 posted on 04/19/2003 8:54:12 PM PDT by Husker8877
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Problem with this whole thing is that sooner or later, with the liberal idiots in charge at all the universities, they'll have to let the females kick from a "woman's" tee--10 yards closer. Can't hurt their self-esteem, can we?

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You've got that right, neighbor! Can anyone say "US military academies", "female cadets" and "gender-norming"?

47 posted on 04/19/2003 9:27:42 PM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it, but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: LurkerNoMore!; Senator Pardek
So gay.
48 posted on 04/19/2003 10:07:03 PM PDT by nunya bidness (caspera)
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To: nunya bidness
Second!
49 posted on 04/20/2003 12:39:39 AM PDT by LurkerNoMore!
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To: yankeedame
Ok, so it's a men's college team, not coed. Is there a women's college football team? I suspect not. Perhaps there isn't enough interest among female students. But is that the fault of this young woman? In the absence of an alternative, she asked to try out -- read: not necessarily to play, but to be evaluated as to whether she was good enough to do so -- and was not permitted to do so because (to put it crudely) she pees sitting down. This is simply wrong, no two ways about it.
50 posted on 02/18/2004 11:57:16 PM PST by Karyn M. PhD
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