Totenkindly
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Any thoughts on this blog article?
The blogger definitely tried to wend his way through to a multi-layered conclusion.
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dai...-against-girl-right-instinct-rarely-first-one
The blogger definitely tried to wend his way through to a multi-layered conclusion.
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dai...-against-girl-right-instinct-rarely-first-one
...This came to mind when I read the Prep Rally post about Mina Johnson, the Virginia eighth-grade football player who sat out a game against a North Carolina team last week because her team's opponent had reservations about playing against a girl.
Similarly, when Cedar Falls High School female wrestler Cassy Herkelman was given a forfeit during the Iowa state tournament last February, it became national news.
The forfeit was given when her opponent, Linn-Mar High's Joel Northup, conceded.
The national wrestling community's reaction was a resounding "WHAT!?" The Iowa state high school tournament is one of the most competitive in the country. Kids train tirelessely and shed pounds dangerously for it. In Iowa, arguably the state with the greatest wrestling tradition, this is huge.
"As a matter of conscience and my faith I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner," was Northup’s explanation....