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GloryDayz 12-13-2012 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 9203530)
Questioning the competitiveness and sportsmanship of allowing her to play = fair game, worth discussing

Calling her "it" and "he/she" and whatever other epithets they used = not okay.

I tend to agreed, but I hope when the day comes to have the discussion about competitiveness and sportsmanship the rules are laid out very clearly that it's not a joke, and what's discussed will be open and honest. So no insults will be lobbed, but questions about where to draw the line between what "sport" considers to be a man or a woman has to be established. And if that means this person is disqualified as they are deemed to not meet the criteria (like larger boys running the ball in Pop-Warner football), then they have to accept it. Let's hope the rules aren't biased by typical stereotyping..

So it's not funny and the conversation won't be fun when it's finally discussed, but I hope it happens. I've coached kids with disabilities (blind, missing arms, stub arms, stub legs...) and girls in wrestling, and it's always a tougher situation and the 99% purely normal matches. But I find when the conversation is kept open and honest, once the wrestlers are on the mat, it's all good. Evading the topic is the worst way to go about it..

loochy 12-13-2012 11:08 AM

Also, for what it's worth, WTF were the announcers thinking? They had to know that their heads would be on the line for that kind of stuff.

Predarat 12-13-2012 11:20 AM

Too much butt hurt out there. OOPS!

InChiefsHeaven 12-13-2012 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by loochy (Post 9204721)
Also, for what it's worth, WTF were the announcers thinking? They had to know that their heads would be on the line for that kind of stuff.

Not amongst their own listener-ship though. They didn't think at all, they just said what was on their minds, and didn't get called out till later by some other organization.

Having said that, if I were a radio professional, I'd make sure not to get inflammatory about that stuff, cuz as you said...they should have known there was an ass kicking coming for it.

Ultra Peanut 12-13-2012 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiteWhale (Post 9204532)
Yeah, and breast cancer survivors can't handle being called titless, and testicular cancer survivors dislike being called 'uno'.

GEEZ! Get a sense of humor about it!!!

Dumbass.

People have enough problems without assholes like you piling on and then pretending it's a form of honesty.

Ignorance justifies everything~

Frazod 12-13-2012 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BigChiefTablet (Post 9204583)
I can't believe people are actually having a serious conversation about this. If you're gonna cut off your balls and try to play for the girls sports team, expect a little ****ing ridicule.

Kind of hard to argue with this. If [???] wants to fit in, [???] should move to Wrigleyville. Or whatever Wrigleyville's equivalent is in San Francisco.


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