Katie Hnida, First and only women to score a point in NCAA Div-I Football The recent topic of debate in class was that of men playing in women’s sport, and in this particular example field hockey. My opinion on this is that there are reasons we have men’s teams and women’s teams, physically we are very different. The video we watched in class had a high school male playing field hockey on a girl’s team and he was a lot larger than the girls he was playing with. All this being said he was frowned upon greatly even by most of the parents on the same team. Should it be this way? Personally I agree with the parents that he should not be allowed to play with girls but it also has to be put in the other way around, no double standard, girls should not be able to compete on guy’s teams either. Why should it be ok for one sex to be able to do it and not the other? It is and sounds very hypocritical. The girl playing with all guys on an all guys hockey or football team has a MUCH greater chance of getting hurt playing with all guys then the girls playing with one guy. So why are those parents who oppose him playing field hockey not opposing the girl playing on the ice hockey team? Most of them cited safety being the number one concern. If you want it to where girls can play on guy’s teams then why can’t guys play on girls teams? I think that there is a reason we have separate teams for men and women boys and girls and it should stay that way and if not you can’t just allow the door to open one way if you allow one sex the opportunity then you must allow both the same opportunities.
I think that it is okay in some situation. Although i agree some sports were created so because of the physical differences, but what if the female is just as big or bigger than a male. Why deny them the opportunity to help out the school/team. I think it is unfair to say no to a person who wants to play a sport. I do not think men should play womens basketball because men have a team, but why say no to a man who wants to play field hockey if it is not offered to them and they want to use it to improve their skills and physicality for another sport.
ReplyDeleteI think this is one of the trickiest cases related to Title IX, and it is interesting that advocates of Title IX (e.g., Donna Lopiano) say that girls should be able to play on boys teams, but not vice versa. I can definitely see the argument that it should go both ways. Maybe the solution would be to have an open bracket (co-ed) for males and females to play together. Obviously it might work in some sports more than others.
ReplyDeleteYou raise a few good points and I agree it should not be a one way street. If a girl can play with guys, then a guy can play with girls. Honestly, what ever happened to not being able to play a sport because it is a guys/girls sport? If a guy wants to play field hockey to better his skills in ice hockey, join a hockey team in that season and play hockey or hire a coach and take lessons. It just doesn't seem right to play a sport of the opposite sex. As for the girl that wanted to wrestle, I have heard of many cases, and still, why can't you say she can't play because its a guys sport? I think its wrong and shouldn't even be a topic of discussion.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you 100%. I don’t think that males should play on female sports and that females should play on male sports. In the video I thought that the young man was just looking for attention. Why couldn’t he play football or succor to keep himself in shape for hockey? I also dint think that it was far to the girls on the team. He was bigger stronger And more athletic that all the people who played. It was even mention that he took a girls spot on the team. I agree with your statement that “why are those parents who oppose him playing field hockey not opposing the girl playing on the ice hockey team?” this is all just a double standard and I think that we will never get to the bottom of this situation.
ReplyDeleteHaving played sports on Coed teams all the way through high school I don't think there's a problem with girls playing on boys team or boys playing on girls teams, especially in high school. Any athlete is at risk of receiving injury when they step on the field, so I think that should not even be an argument. I played soccer on a Coed team with mostly guys through high school and I never was injured once and it helped enhance my skills when i played with all girls and if field hockey is the best way for a hockey player to stay in shape I don't think there's a problem with him playing either. The parents shouldn't be mad that he took a girls spot because any other girl or teammate could have taken their spot too. If someone is willing to play with the opposite sex, then why hold them back? It's a personal decision and if they can compete than let them!
ReplyDeleteI agree that mens and womens teams should be seperate, because men are just bigger and strongeer than women. If we just didn't let anybody play for opposite sex teams then we wouldn't be having these issues. Since we do allow it I don't think that there should be adouble standard. If a girl can play with the boys, then a boy should be able to play with the girls.
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