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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Why do I think the recreation league is wrong? Go back to the original description of the play. Team A was using its two biggest girls. The recreation legaue's decision is political correctness run amok. And for those that do not know my political persuasion, I am a liberal Democrat who abors political correctness.
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Political correctness to insist that 3rd graders play basketball instead of rugby? I am a liberal Democrat, too, and can't see that that has anything to do with it. What the girls were learning in that situation was not basketball. That play has its place where the opponent players know how to deal with it. But these girls most emphatically do not. I can't see that this is illegal discrimination of any sort whatsoever. It is discrimination that I want my daughter to practice dribbling, passing, setting legal screens, rebounding, shooting and other basketball fundamentals. Taking a charge for the team comes in much later when my daughter has enough bulk to survive, and enough quick thinking to counteract.
Besides, the league certainly has the right to make that rule if they want. If they had worded it differently, such as "no zone offense" or "every player must be given five shooting opportunities during each game" or something that would break up the flying wedge, would that be less offensive to you?
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Originally posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
Once again I ask the question, if Team A had used its two smallest players to set the moving screen would we be having this discussion? I do not think so. The two players from Team A are being singled out soley because of their size.
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These girls were singled out by their own coach for this particular play. That's not the league's fault. The discrimination happened before the league got involved. If the parents feel their girls are being picked on, it's the coach they should be talking to.
Do the parents sign up their big girls for them to learn to intimidate others? Why wouldn't they want their daughters to learn to shoot, dribble and pass? Later, when the offense is more canny and skilled, this play will be useless and their time in the game will have been completely wasted. Why would anyone want to put up with this?
[Edited by rainmaker on Mar 12th, 2004 at 01:06 PM]