Comments on: This is Civil Rights?: When Coach is a Chick, the Sequel

By: Kurt Toy

Kurt Toy — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:01:49 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if this move led to the “chick-ification” of football.

By: sorrow01

sorrow01 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:32:58 +0000

Yes, an was all of her experience from playing with males or females? That coach would be incapable of demonstrating much of anything with her players. Football is a very hands on sport, and requires physical demonstration. Natalie would be on her back with a serious injury if she attempted do demonstrate blocking with a typical 16 year old male in full gear. She should coach female football teams, rather than pretend to do what she is doing. At best, her male assistant would be carrying most of the load during practice.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:19:37 +0000

Women don’t belong anywhere near a football field, unless they’re playing/coaching other girls. And they’re playing on the small jv or junior high field behind the nice, big varsity field that the guys play on. Nobody wants to watch girls play football anyway.

Football is a man’s world. It’s one of the few we have left.

By: Noah David Simon

Noah David Simon — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:28:16 +0000

here is an interesting correlative regarding single women and children: 40.5% of all child abuse is committed solely by biological mothers. 17.7% of all child abuse is committed solely by biological fathers. 19.3% of child abuse is committed by both the mother and the father. 6.4% of child abuse is committed by the mother and some other individual. 1.0% of child abuse is committed by the father and some other individual. 11.9% is committed by someone other than the parents
3.1% is committed by an unknown or missing perpetrator. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm01/index.htm

with all these single mothers and no father figure in the schools? can anyone see anything positive about this situation of another matriarchal figure telling these poor boys what to do?

By: Noah David Simon

Noah David Simon — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:34:21 +0000

here is my take. football ain’t the military. there are no lives lost here. if the kids and parents choose badly that is their fault. in the same respect we should not have affirmative action, we also should not let the government decide these issues.

personally I’m brave enough to say I would not perform as well with a female or a gay role model. I don’t want anyone getting in my way to my right to say what makes me more comfortable…

but if these kids and parents really feel that this is what is best for them I would not want any government getting in the way of their discretion.

the first part of respecting difference is respecting difference. I’m amused how intolerant progressives are to people’s comfort.

if there really are no available male coaches for these boys and she is the one the kids like best then I would be really pissed off if she was denied, but she should not be pushed as propaganda either.

there is a difference in how young children and people behave regarding their genitals. we need to recognize this. once we recognize that our gender is a factor then we can recognize other determining factors. but you do not make good decisions if you wear blinders.

btw… last night I took a weight lifting class with a female instructor who started playing angry woman grunge about some x boyfriend or something. while in the short run it did anger me enough to lift three reps stronger then usual…. in the long run I was demoralized that I had to lift weights under a narrative that was hostile to me. I barely finished the class. It isn’t that I don’t respect a woman’s angst and problems, but it doesn’t motivate me.

By: Truth

Truth — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:32:26 +0000

A woman coaching football is like a man telling a woman how to give birth.

By: Jewish Marksman

Jewish Marksman — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:26:28 +0000

Aside from the role model issue, astutely raised by Debbie, the win/loss and skill development issue should not be discounted.

For many young minority men, sports is an invaluable opportunity to get to college. I believe DS has experience tutoring college athletes, and is probably aware that the recruitment process starts in high school.

So you need high school coaches that can develop players to their full potential, AND help promote the players and develop relationships with scouts.

I’m not saying a woman can’t do these things, only that the consequences for these young mens’ lives are much more serious than simply whether or not they beat their cross-town rivals..their futures in many ways will depend on the quality of their football coach. Gambling with their futures to meet a quota is simply unacceptable.

But it seems like its already been decided, to good luck to this woman and hopefully she proves her critics wrong.

By: Noah David Simon

Noah David Simon — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:24:45 +0000

how is calling something dumb… ‘a wait and see’?

By: Jeff_W

Jeff_W — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:22:09 +0000

Joe Schmo, “Your logic is really skewed on this one. I agree that coaches can have a big influence on a student or player but I think it’s very small minded to assume only a man can be a teacher/mentor/advocate/role model that commands respect.”

First, you are misquoting as I don’t think Debbie said “only” a man can command respect.

But, you are just fighting against the nature and the natural order to say it’s not important to have a strong male as a young man’s mentor to learn how to be a man.

I love my Mother and admired a great deal of strong women, but there is nothing to take the place of a strong male mentor/role model in a young man’s life.

By: Jeff_W

Jeff_W — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:12:46 +0000

Inefficient Williams, “DC is a black city and does not need the advice of the white man who can only watch on tv the true black athletes.”

A black city? So, segregation is not a bad thing after all?

Can I establish my city as a white, straight male, only very hot babes, conservative city?