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Alabama girls' basketball team is DENIED championship trophy after being forced to play in a boys' league - and then winning it!
Daily Mail ^ | 3/6/23 | Ben Nagle

Posted on 03/06/2023 5:06:13 AM PST by CFW

An Alabama fifth-grade girls' basketball team have been denied their championship trophy after being forced to join a boys' league - and then beating all their opponents.

Spain Park girls' team, from Hoover, Alabama, were reportedly told at the start of the season that they would not be able to train at the local gym facilities unless they joined the boys' league.

In response, they did exactly that and went on to win the championship - only to be told that the trophy would instead be handed to the runners-up that they'd just beaten in the final.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; diversity; equity; hoover; inclusion; sports
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Girls attempting to beat the boys in sports. How dare they! Such audacity will not be allowed.
1 posted on 03/06/2023 5:06:14 AM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

Bureaucrats really hate girls, don’t they?


2 posted on 03/06/2023 5:08:40 AM PST by sevlex
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How can they require the girls to join the boy’s league & then not honor the results? Something absolutely insane is going on in this world today.


3 posted on 03/06/2023 5:09:06 AM PST by Twotone
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To: CFW

Girls shouldn’t play the boys, even if they happen to be better. I don’t mean exhibition games or practice games. If a girl wants to practice with the boys, in order to be a better player, I have no problem with that.

However, in general, boys and girls sports should be kept separate.


4 posted on 03/06/2023 5:09:48 AM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: CFW

They should have identified as trans.


5 posted on 03/06/2023 5:10:04 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE
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To: CFW

You know there is more to this story.

#1 they were “forced” to join the boys league so they could, fairly, pay dues for the upkeep of the facility. No, it’s not free.

My guess, and too bad we don’t have real journalists, is that some of the girls were ineligible due to age or residency location.


6 posted on 03/06/2023 5:11:40 AM PST by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they wacnto die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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In 5th grade, girls are bigger than boys the same age. Boys don’t catch up and pass them until high school.


7 posted on 03/06/2023 5:11:53 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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Pre puberty competition is benign. In many situations it helps both sides develop. Girls often master fundamentals and techniques because they lack the strength and speed of boys, and girls are often taller at this point which helps boys train as well.


8 posted on 03/06/2023 5:12:41 AM PST by Theoria
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The sissification of American males is complete. No more “masculine toxicity”. It’s all feminine sissicity from here on out. Gabbing on the phone is the new number one American male hobby.


9 posted on 03/06/2023 5:14:00 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("I may be a white boy but I'm not stupid". - FJB at Black "History" event. Tell 'em Jo Jo!)
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I betcha trans was on the boy’s team...


10 posted on 03/06/2023 5:14:09 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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"How can they require the girls to join the boy’s league>

Yeah, this is crazy, something is going on that they're not telling telling us about. Maybe they weren't girls.? Nowadays you never know.....

11 posted on 03/06/2023 5:16:00 AM PST by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: CFW

No, gay men aren’t really fond of girls even if they pretend to be one.


12 posted on 03/06/2023 5:16:54 AM PST by Aevery_Freeman (DemonRatz to Biden: You've outlived your uselessness. Buh-Bye!)
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>> Something absolutely insane is going on in this world today.

Good morning! You just noticed? :-)


13 posted on 03/06/2023 5:18:11 AM PST by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: 2banana

Yeah this story doesn’t make sense. It sounds like the league did them a favor so they could be accommodated by the gym. I don’t know why that would mean they should be formal members.


14 posted on 03/06/2023 5:20:41 AM PST by Varda
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“UPDATE The City of Hoover and the Hoover Rec Center have reached out to make things right for the girls. Thank you for all your support and hopefully this will be a step in the right direction for more/better access to facilities and opportunities for our females athletes."
15 posted on 03/06/2023 5:27:19 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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The girls should have t-shirts made up..

“We beat the boys’ asses in basketball”


16 posted on 03/06/2023 5:28:49 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: Twotone

I violated the FR Prime Directive and read the article. The girls were from a competitive league and had been playing together for three years. Due to issues around practice facilities, they were moved to a boys recreational league so that they could continue to practice and compete together. Come tournament time, the girls were told they would not be awarded the trophy if they won. If they played in the season and tourney, I say give them the trophy or make better decisions at the start of the season.

That said, when I played basketball in middle school. We were terrible. Our girls team won their league championships over those years. We lost every game we played save one. We beat our girls basketball team, but it was uncomfortably close.


17 posted on 03/06/2023 5:34:15 AM PST by FroedrickVonFreepenstein
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They even knew they wouldn’t get the trophy beforehand but played to win anyway. Good sports, good players, great attitude!


18 posted on 03/06/2023 5:34:18 AM PST by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
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To: unread

Because there is not enough girls for a girl league?


19 posted on 03/06/2023 5:39:49 AM PST by Hildy
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To: SauronOfMordor

They are listed here to average exactly the same height and weight at 10 years of age:

https://www.disabled-world.com/calculators-charts/height-weight-teens.php

Emotionally and intellectually, however, girls are ahead at that age IMO.


20 posted on 03/06/2023 5:41:52 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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