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**Noilemaillilm** · 09-22-2012, 02:39 AM

There are multiple ways to look at it and not everyone is going to agree with either.

One one side, there is a boys team and a girls team. So, it could be argued that she shouldn't be allowed on the boys team. And, the "girls have been allowed to play football" arguement is not valid here, IMO. It's not "the boys football team". It's just "football team". There is no male/female designation.

You wrote this as I was writing mine. I have to disagree with this statement for two reasons. One is that since football is obviously a sport with bigger boys playing, faster and stronger and it is a contact sport, emphasis on contact, most girls cannot physically compete on the same field as the boys and thus there is not as much interest by the girls to play the sport, thus the following logic is that is why there is not a division between boys and girls in this sport at this time in high school. It's never been an option. In this case, there were not enough girls to sign up, so there is NO girls team, which makes the boys team the only golf team, thus by definition becoming "The Golf Team", not to boys golf team. If there were a current distinction between the boys and girls golf team, then I would say she should play with the girls even though she may be able to compete with the boys. And that brings up a whole new argument. Girls football teams are on the rise, and while I don't believe they will ever become mainstream, I do think that one day, in large school districts, you may find some schools with a girls division. That will also get decided by the almighty dollar as well though. Until that time, it renders the argument of girls/boys football moot since there is only one option. At this school, this year, there is only one option for golf as well.

You are probably right as well, that there was some kid who can barely get the ball off of the tee who didn't make the team and now his parents are crying. My advice is, get better than the number 10 kid on the team (assuming 5 var and 5 jv) and go out and make the team.

09-22-2012, 02:39 AM	#5
Noilemaillilm Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 443 Senior Member	There are multiple ways to look at it and not everyone is going to agree with either. One one side, there is a boys team and a girls team. So, it could be argued that she shouldn't be allowed on the boys team. And, the "girls have been allowed to play football" arguement is not valid here, IMO. It's not "the boys football team". It's just "football team". There is no male/female designation. You wrote this as I was writing mine. I have to disagree with this statement for two reasons. One is that since football is obviously a sport with bigger boys playing, faster and stronger and it is a contact sport, emphasis on contact, most girls cannot physically compete on the same field as the boys and thus there is not as much interest by the girls to play the sport, thus the following logic is that is why there is not a division between boys and girls in this sport at this time in high school. It's never been an option. In this case, there were not enough girls to sign up, so there is NO girls team, which makes the boys team the only golf team, thus by definition becoming "The Golf Team", not to boys golf team. If there were a current distinction between the boys and girls golf team, then I would say she should play with the girls even though she may be able to compete with the boys. And that brings up a whole new argument. Girls football teams are on the rise, and while I don't believe they will ever become mainstream, I do think that one day, in large school districts, you may find some schools with a girls division. That will also get decided by the almighty dollar as well though. Until that time, it renders the argument of girls/boys football moot since there is only one option. At this school, this year, there is only one option for golf as well. You are probably right as well, that there was some kid who can barely get the ball off of the tee who didn't make the team and now his parents are crying. My advice is, get better than the number 10 kid on the team (assuming 5 var and 5 jv) and go out and make the team.
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