Featured on today's Yahoo.com front page is a video of a local news station featuring the story of a young girl named Gabby. Gabby is a freshman in high school who tried out for the JV baseball team and made it, beating out 15 other boys who were cut. This certainly isn't the first time that a girl has played on a boy's high school sports team, so I am curious as to why this one would be featured. After all, there have been football players, and that seems an even more strict line to cross, mixing boys and girls.
The news clip made sure to note that she has never played softball, and because of an injury, she can't open her hand large enough to be able to handle the larger softball. The coach was surprisingly straightforward; when asked if he was considering putting her on the team, he responded "If she is good enough, she makes the team."
Why is this news? Why do we care? Sure its great that girls are able to excel in sports, but this isn't really helping anything out. By treating this girl as an anomaly, the news is only supporting that girls really can't play on the same level as boys, and this random occurrence deserves out attention. Unfair! Let her play, and leave her alone!
Rob Freker
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