May 11, 2012

Happy Friday readers!!!  Another work week is in the books and I'm now back home in Wisconsin after completing another year at the U of M.  First off, I'd like to comment on a story that popped up on ESPN today, where an Arizona HS baseball team forfeited their state championship game to their opponent, because they were fielding a girl.  The forfeiting team, Our Lady of Sorrows (OLOS, HORRIBLE name by the way) is run by the Society of Saint Pius X, which is inherently conservative and doesn't allow co-ed sports, and says they were just following their doctrine, understandable.  The now winners, Mesa Prep Academy, have allowed 15 year old Paige Sultzbach to play on the team, as they didn't field a girls softball team.  Now this makes sense.  Not much of the reaction does.  On ESPN there was a lot of backlash towards OLOS about their handling of the situation, and countless people saying they were crazy Catholic conservatives living in the early 1900s.  Well I do take issue with OLOS doctrine, which seems outdated and woefully advised in todays society, I do respect that they stuck to their beliefs and didn't play the game, no matter how stupid that may be.  I would also like to point out that if a boy tried to play on a girls team, how then would you react?  Why does this situation seem different?  Once we see boys being allowed to play on girls teams, then come talk to me about how unfair this occurrence is.  Mesa should bask in their championship, and deserves all the credit they are due.  Also, the people that said OLOS pulled from the game because they were afraid of LOSING to a girl, are just idiots.  Another case of a massive American double standard when it comes to sports.  I'm not arguing for women's rights in sports, I'm just pointing out why separation is necessary on the playing field.