Apparently Mr. Hank St. Denis the Executive Chairman of the Georgia Football League, drank too many gallons of sweet tea while sitting in his rocking chair on his front porch last week. The sugar caused his brain to short circuit and faster than greased lightning, he decided that no female would play football in his league this year. New Creation High School a member of the G.F.L. had already granted Kacy Stuart, a 14-year old female a spot on their football team as a place-kicker.
Kacy Stewart was named to the team, spent two months working out with New Creation and even participated in a scrimmage. This is a varsity athletics team and the Head Coach named Kacy to the team because she is good enough and better then her male competition for that particular position. A coach’s tenure is based on wins and losses and no coach is going to award a spot to a player who isn’t going to place the team in a better position to win.
Perhaps someone should alert Mr. St. Denis that in 1999 Middle Georgia Junior College named Tonya Parker as their place kicker. Can you imagine Mr. St. Denis, a female place kicker in your own state? How did this happen? And almost ten years ago to boot! Not only did the NJCAA allow a female on the football team, the NCAA did as well. Katie Hnida made the team at the University of Colorado and the University of New Mexico.
There are always individuals that argue boys should be allowed to play on girl’s teams and of course they should! If you are a male student athlete who loves a sport that isn’t fielded for your gender, you should be given the opportunity to try out for the girl’s team. This is just what Adam Izzicupo of Saugus, Massachusetts did several years ago when he suited up for their girl’s field hockey team. Just make darn sure you are good enough to make it, because no one wants to be “the guy” that was cut from the girl’s team.
Mr. St. Denis this is a formal invitation requesting that you join this millennium. You are a perfect example of why Title IX must remain intact for future generations. Unfortunately private schools often sacrifice some of their First Amendment rights and in this case it allows you to yield your simple minded gavel. Is it safe to assume when you sit down for dinner each night you are not looking into the faces of daughters but only sons? Or perhaps you have daughters and crush their dreams as well, even when they are capable enough to be successful in the pursuit of their dream.
What is next? A female as the Secretary of State? A woman running for the Presidential nomination? Or a woman as our next Vice President?
For now I am going to be like the old lady who fell out of the wagon…
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2 comments:
What an idiot! He needs to get his head out of well, where ever it is stuck! Funny thing, a middle school football team came to my door collecting money for their team. Well,the ironic thing is that the girl on the team who was asking for the donation was not a place kicker but a running back. As the kids said thank you and they were walking away, the coach whispered back, "Yeah, you should come to a game...She is by far the best player on the team!" Let's try to stop cruching kids dreams because of the sex!
Who needs people like this. If she is good enough to play, then let her. Funny she can't play because she is a female but we have men playing in the NFL that have broken the law over and over. Figure that out!
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