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The Detroit Shock of the WNBA have signed 50 year-old Nancy Lieberman to play for them.
There are numerous examples of women making real and important strides in equality by competing with men in sports. But the recent accomplishments of women in racing and and a few other sports are diminished by stunts like this and others in the past.
This can only be called the silliest publicity stunt since these memorable moments in the quest for women's equality:
-The Indiana Pacers of the old ABA invited Ann Meyers to their training camp in 1980 and claimed she had a no-cut contract and would make the team. However, a few days later she was cut.
-The Kentucky Colonels of the old ABA hired female jockey Penny Ann Early (who had never played basketball in her life) and put her in a game in 1968 for 1 second to inbound a ball, then removed her from the game asan admitted publicity stunt just to say they had a woman play for them.
-The Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL signed women goalie to play in a couple exhibition games in 1992 and 1993.
-Canadian women's hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser just signed to play hockey in a 3rd tier Swedish men's pro hockey league.
-Ila Borders was signed by the St. Paul Saints of the Independent Northern League and pitched for them a few times, then moved around the league to several other teams mostly as a publicity stunt.-
There are numerous examples of women making real and important strides in equality by competing with men in sports. But the recent accomplishments of women in racing and and a few other sports are diminished by stunts like this and others in the past.
This can only be called the silliest publicity stunt since these memorable moments in the quest for women's equality:
-The Indiana Pacers of the old ABA invited Ann Meyers to their training camp in 1980 and claimed she had a no-cut contract and would make the team. However, a few days later she was cut.
-The Kentucky Colonels of the old ABA hired female jockey Penny Ann Early (who had never played basketball in her life) and put her in a game in 1968 for 1 second to inbound a ball, then removed her from the game asan admitted publicity stunt just to say they had a woman play for them.
-The Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL signed women goalie to play in a couple exhibition games in 1992 and 1993.
-Canadian women's hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser just signed to play hockey in a 3rd tier Swedish men's pro hockey league.
-Ila Borders was signed by the St. Paul Saints of the Independent Northern League and pitched for them a few times, then moved around the league to several other teams mostly as a publicity stunt.-
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