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Originally posted by PSU213

First of all, in her original post she did not specify if this was her high school team. I believe she has since clarified that it is indeed her high school's team, and as I said multiple times in previous posts, I believe that in high school an individual is able to make their own decision about whether or not to try out. In short the answer is yes, I believe she should be able to try out.

My only point of contention is I believe that at the youth/grade school level the coach, principal, league, etc. should have some power to not allow someone to try out if there is a clear health risk to that individual, and that means it could be within reason to exclude girls from certain "collision sports." If they do exclude individuals they should have to provide a compelling reason for doing so. There is a big difference between not wanting girls to play in general versus reserving the "right" to exclude a girl because of a higher risk of injury. Again, once you reach the high school level it should be entirely up the individual to make the choice to participate. [/B]

I can live with that.

But I still think that imposing such a philosophy at the youth/grade school level would open the school/association to the possibility of being sued.