Iowa high school boy defaults state tournament wrestling match because his opponent is a girl

[Da Coach]

I actually respect the kid for giving up the chance at a state championship. He forfeited because of religious beliefs.

http://www.fanhouse.com/news/main/iowa-wrestler-defaults-rather-than-face-girl/1597520?cid=11&icid=maing%7Cmaing6%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%7C44799

[Murph]

God don't care about wresting.

I actually respect the kid for giving up the chance at a state championship. He forfeited because of religious beliefs.
http://www.fanhouse.com/news/main/io...1_lnk3%7C44799

[tsguthrie]

that a really hard decition to make

[bert notorius]

I don't think mixed HS wrestling is appropriate at all. Too much angst at that age. The boy was put in a lose-lose situation....like playing an instate.

[SFP]

Some guys would pay good money to wrestle a female. B4L is one of them.

This is 2011 last I checked and if a girl wants to go out there and compete and can then why not?

BTW..How did the girl finish?

[bigdaddystuck]

I respect the young lady for going out and competing and if his reasons where because of religious beliefs, I respect the young man as well.

[tornado]

This is 2011 last I checked and if a girl wants to go out there and compete and can then why not? ..

then why not a boy go out there and compete in softball or volleyball?
would everyone respect them, too?

[BradleyJD]

then why not a boy go out there and compete in softball or volleyball?
would everyone respect them, too?

Boys can play softball and volleyball. IESA is beginning boys volleyball in the very near future.

As for softball, the boys can play either a summer or fall league in most towns. Or he can opt for baseball, which is also available in many towns.

[Da Coach]

Boys can play softball and volleyball. IESA is beginning boys volleyball in the very near future.

As for softball, the boys can play either a summer or fall league in most towns. Or he can opt for baseball, which is also available in many towns.

The state prohibits boys competing against girls, or on girls teams.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=3617635

[BradleyJD]

The state prohibits boys competing against girls, or on girls teams.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...cal&id=3617635

Yes, I understand that. However, boys still have opportunities to play both softball and volleyball.

[tornado]

Yes, I understand that. However, boys still have opportunities to play both softball and volleyball.

so you're saying that boys have to look for other opportunities outside of school -- but girls don't have to do so -- they MUST be allowed to play on the boys' teams?

I see a stark difference here in an area that people seem to want to call "equality"...
this instead is hypocrisy....saying that if a girl is good enough to compete on the boys' team, then she should be allowed to because of rules on "equality"..
but if a boy is good enough to play on a girls' team then he is prohibited....and then you go and look for some reason to justify prohibiting them..

Again -- I simply cite that this is NOT "equality" and it is not fairness...it's an artifically rigged and hypocritical situation that gives the girls what they want but prohibits the boys in the exact same, identical situation...


Here's how ludicrous some of these rulings are...

In Los Angeles, where they even had some coed soccer teams, a boy wanted to play in a league that did not have a boys team so he requested to play on one of the girls teams.
Initially his request was honored, but as soon as he started practicing, the entire league was willing to shut down to prevent this from happening
-- so this is NOT about cheating a girl out of a spot on a team -- they were willing to cheat the entire league full of girls out of spots if that's what it would take to prohibit the boy from playing on a girls team.

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100317/NEWS/303179993

Does anyone recall this story...Dixon High School did not have a boys bowling team in 1975, so they allowed four boys to bowl on the high school girls bowling team.
the uproar was NATIONWIDE...and kids literally QUIT other opposing schools' teams to protest -- but the Dixon girls high school bowling team went all the way to state and won the State Championship!!
Shortly thereafter IHSA permanently BANNED any boy from ever playing on a girls team again!
I guess this is a flat out admission that boys and girls are NOT equal,
Other schools have since tried this but the teams with boys are banned from state tournament play!

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-01-12/sports/8902250534_1_bowling-boys-sophomore

http://www.ihsa.org/activity/bwl/records/team1-2.htm

[canadian]

Tornado--do you really believe the stuff you are saying or just trying to get a reaction? Come on now.

I don't claim to be a religious expert...but what religion says you can't compete against women?

[bigdaddystuck]

If there is no girl's teams offered in a sport, I see no problem with a girl competing against the boys.

[Murph]

[quote=canadian;215197]Tornado--do you really believe the stuff you are saying or just trying to get a reaction? Come on now.

I don't claim to be a religious expert...but what religion says you can't compete against women?[/quote]

Muslim

[Da Coach]

I am not going to get into an argument about religion, but who are we to define what any religion says about this? If anyone believes it is immoral to wrestle a woman and bases it on their interpretation of their religion, then we should respect that, as long as it doesn't harm others or our society.