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I just want to point out that although some of you may have problems with Rut's English, and his propensity for discussion, and even though he says he doesn't care for girls' basketball, he was the first one to make the point explicit that this ref that braboa was wondering about was male. (Wow!! Was that a run-on sentence, or what!?) Braboa does use the male pronoun throughout his post, but that could just have been bad typing. I appreciate Jeff making explicit the male/female differences in acceptable hairstyle, and the race differences in facial hair. I don't think it hurts anything to keep being explicit about the fact that men and women are different, and blacks and whites are different and there may be different standards.
As a female, I have thought seriously about growing out my hair because so many female refs DO wear bangs and ponytails. Except for Melissa Barlow, and a couple of black women, virtually all the pro women have long hair. But I don't like my hair long, and it's much harder to care for. Hmmmm... interesting dilemma, one that men don't have to worry about!
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