Sat May 24, 2008, 03:13pm
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
The gender specific writing surprised me because, as only a basketball official, dealing with NFHS rules for the past twenty-seven years, I'm used to he/she, himself/herself, etc. I wonder when the NFHS went to gender neutral wording, or has it been like that all along?
Also, didn't a female baseball player get into some spring training games, I'm not sure if it was major, or minor leagues, several years ago?
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The reason you do not seen gender neutral wording is baseball is not a sport that is played by girls at the HS level. Unless a school is a gender specific school, most schools have a softball as well. Baseball is not basketball where both genders play the sport equally. I have never personally seen a girl play baseball at the HS level. So what happens at the Major or Minor League level is really not relevant. Those levels do not have the same purpose.
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