Comments on: What if the athletes were boys, not girls? http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/what-if-the-athletes-were-boys-not-girls Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: bobbygee http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/what-if-the-athletes-were-boys-not-girls#comment-89 bobbygee Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:45:52 +0000 http://onesportvoice.wordpress.com/?p=635#comment-89 Former US women's volleyball coach Arie Sellinger hated to lose. Ask his former players. Laurel Brassey, Flo Hyman, Debbie Green, and the rest that trained their butts of in the heat of Pasadena, Texas in 1975-76. Bobby Gee Check out my blog.. http://bobbygee.wordpress.com/ Former US women’s volleyball coach Arie Sellinger hated to lose. Ask his former players. Laurel Brassey, Flo Hyman, Debbie Green, and the rest that trained their butts of in the heat of Pasadena, Texas in 1975-76. Bobby Gee Check out my blog..
http://bobbygee.wordpress.com/

]]> By: rkcookjr http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/what-if-the-athletes-were-boys-not-girls#comment-88 rkcookjr Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:07:54 +0000 http://onesportvoice.wordpress.com/?p=635#comment-88 I don't know about a situation about having one of your teams lose to another from the same affiliated club, but there was the ridiculous spectacle of BOTH teams (boys, coached by men) trying to throw a game in the runup to the Little League World Series, so, yup, it's happened with boys: http://www.ethicsscoreboard.com/list/littleleague2.html Heck, the NBA draft lottery exists because bad teams would tank so they could get the first pick. I notice, though, that the coach in question in your blog post got busted down by club, even though Mark Abboud says on his blog many MTA officials and coaches were supportive to his face: http://www.insidemnsoccer.com/2009/06/01/minnesota-thunder-academy-hands-down-sanctions-to-abboud/ I don’t know about a situation about having one of your teams lose to another from the same affiliated club, but there was the ridiculous spectacle of BOTH teams (boys, coached by men) trying to throw a game in the runup to the Little League World Series, so, yup, it’s happened with boys:

http://www.ethicsscoreboard.com/list/littleleague2.html

Heck, the NBA draft lottery exists because bad teams would tank so they could get the first pick.

I notice, though, that the coach in question in your blog post got busted down by club, even though Mark Abboud says on his blog many MTA officials and coaches were supportive to his face:

http://www.insidemnsoccer.com/2009/06/01/minnesota-thunder-academy-hands-down-sanctions-to-abboud/

]]>