Only way I think it should be allowed is if it's in high school and it's a sport that the school doesn't have a girls team for like maybe football or wrestling.

So should men who aren't good enough to play men's sports be allowed to play in the women's league?

 

Go for it I say.

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Title IX has been a wonderful thing for girls/women. They should have equal opportunities, but for obvious physical differences, they should be separate. The only exception might be when there is a sport, like football that is not available for women. In that case, girls should be able to participate if they are good enough.

There was a girl form Cincinnati whom played varsity baseball because her school did not have softball. She played select softball int he summer. She ended up playing college softball.

 

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Title IX has been a wonderful thing for girls/women. They should have equal opportunities, but for obvious physical differences, they should be separate. The only exception might be when there is a sport, like football that is not available for women. In that case, girls should be able to participate if they are good enough.

Henderson doesn't have a boys volleyball team, should boys be allowed to play on the girls team?

Henderson doesn't have a boys volleyball team, should boys be allowed to play on the girls team?

 

Very good point. I think the difference is that boys are by nature stronger and bigger than girls, so it would would not be fair for boys to participate.

 

However, if a girl can take getting tackled/hit by a 250 pound football player, then she should be able to.

 

Just my opinion.

Doesn't seem very fair to me. I'm against all girls playing any male sport. There's a reason men and women don't play in the same leagues, I don't care how good the girl is. If it's football and there's no women's league for it, I say too bad. It's not a sport meant for women. If you want to play that bad, find a way to form a team or a league with all women like men have to do with sports like volleyball.

Title IX has been a wonderful thing for girls/women. They should have equal

opportunities, but for obvious physical differences, they should be separate. The only exception might be when there is a sport, like football that is not available for women. In that case, girls should be able to participate if they are good enough.

Stat from Julian Tackett twitter this week. 1 out of every 27 girls got a sports opportunity in the 70's.

 

1 out of every 2.3 in 2011.

At the high school (and up) levels, the answer is simple: No.

 

Girls who want to play a sport but are unable to do so because there isn't a girls team are no different than a boy who wants to play a sport that isn't offered at their school.

 

It's probably not fair but it seems like the only solution to me.

Stat from Julian Tackett twitter this week. 1 out of every 27 girls got a sports opportunity in the 70's.

 

1 out of every 2.3 in 2011.

 

Isn't it great? As a child of the seventies, I can't believe how much better things are for girls today.

Isn't it great? As a child of the seventies, I can't believe how much better things

are for girls today.

And Title IX started as a lawsuit over girls being excluded from higher level math classes in 60's.

I say no, unless the school does not offer that sport for girls.

I say no, unless the school does not offer that sport for girls.

 

I understand the logic there, but does it work the other way around?

 

Consider this hypothetical: High School has a male Lacrosse team (but not female) and a female volleyball team (but not male). Applying your rationale, the girl should be able to play on the male lacrosse team. I understand that position, since the school does not offer that sport for females. If I apply that same logic to volleyball, a male student should be permitted to play on the female volleyball team, right?

 

I'm assuming that the majority of people don't find it necessary for a male to play on a female team. I'm 100% cool with that. But if that's the case, the female should not be permitted to play on the male team.

 

Like I said earlier, it's probably not fair, but I want a consistent, objective standard. The easiest solution is to prohibit females from playing on male teams and vice versa.

I understand the logic there, but does it work the other way around?

 

Consider this hypothetical: High School offers Boy's Lacrosse (but not girls) and Girl's Volleyball (but not Boys). I disagree with it, but I understand your reasoning that the girl should be able to play on the men's lacrosse team. But, by the same taken, shouldn't the boy be able to play on the girls' volleyball team?

 

The majority opinion would likely be that the boy should not be able to play on the girl's team. I'm 100% cool with that. But if that's the case, the girl should not be permitted to play on the boys' team.

 

Exactly!!!

I understand the logic there, but does it work the other way around?

 

Consider this hypothetical: High School has a male Lacrosse team (but not female) and a female volleyball team (but not male). Applying your rationale, the girl should be able to play on the male lacrosse team. I understand that position, since the school does not offer that sport for females. If I apply that same logic to volleyball, a male student should be permitted to play on the female volleyball team, right?

 

I'm assuming that the majority of people don't find it necessary for a male to play on a female team. I'm 100% cool with that. But if that's the case, the female should not be permitted to play on the male team.

 

Like I said earlier, it's probably not fair, but I want a consistent, objective standard. The easiest solution is to prohibit females from playing on male teams and vice versa.

 

Here's the biggest difference I can see: Title IX requires there to be equal opportunities for males and females. Football causes a severe problem here because there is not a comparable sport for females and in order to even things out then a lot of schools have some sports for girls that they do not have for boys. That's the main reason I'm okay with females being able to play a male sport if the school does not offer a female version of it. Generally it is going to be something like football or wrestling and these things have a way of sorting themselves out.