A 6th grade girls team from Kentucky was set to go for the year-end championship tournament, but was told they were banned due to fears boys teams might ‘retaliate’ if they lost to the girls team.

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      6 months ago

      Sorry, but boys-will-be-boys. So we have to ban girls from competing, because we literally cannot continence telling any of our precious little superstars to cut that shit out.

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    6 months ago

    That’s 11 years old.

    Okay let’s hear all the excuses for 11 year olds needing to be super competitive and separated by gender.

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        6 months ago

        Then they should make 2 leagues: one where everyone is allowed to participate, and another one where only boys can participate, so they can win too. Just like we have with every sport’s women’s league.

        Of course the prizes in the boys-only league should be lower since they play in a less competitive league.

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          6 months ago

          Of course the prizes in the boys-only league should be lower since they play in a less competitive league.

          Sadly, the way these things tend to work is that a handful of patriarchs make all the rules, from who gets to play to what goes in the prize pool.