Comments on: 12-Yr-Old Girl Banned From Boys’ Hoops League http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/six-foot-girl-banned-from-boys-hoops-league-17898 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:20:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: bballperson http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/six-foot-girl-banned-from-boys-hoops-league-17898#comment-117713 bballperson Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:14:18 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/six-foot-girl-banned-from-boys-hoops-league-17898#comment-117713 The boys on this team should be flattered that a future WNBA player wanted to play with them. If a boy kicks their but they use that experience to get better. Why should this be any different. Take it as getting to play with better compitition and deal with it. The boys on this team should be flattered that a future WNBA player wanted to play with them. If a boy kicks their but they use that experience to get better. Why should this be any different. Take it as getting to play with better compitition and deal with it.

]]> By: John G. http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/six-foot-girl-banned-from-boys-hoops-league-17898#comment-96650 John G. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:13:54 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/six-foot-girl-banned-from-boys-hoops-league-17898#comment-96650 Amazing, once you hear both sides of the story. Writers who do that kind of hatchet job should not be allowed to write for any publications. Or at least everyone of their stories should have a disclaimer (i.e. "Story was embellished to get a raise out of the public") Amazing, once you hear both sides of the story. Writers who do that kind of hatchet job should not be allowed to write for any publications. Or at least everyone of their stories should have a disclaimer (i.e. "Story was embellished to get a raise out of the public")

]]> By: moongoddess http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/six-foot-girl-banned-from-boys-hoops-league-17898#comment-1452 moongoddess Wed, 28 May 2008 22:43:33 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/six-foot-girl-banned-from-boys-hoops-league-17898#comment-1452 I was so upset over how ignorant people can be I sent an email to the hoop Monday. Here is the reply I received. Thank you for your interest in this story. Unfortunately for The Hoop, reporters are in the business of selling a story. Mr. Body of KOIN is a personal friend of the Nared family and so he decided to run this story based off of their information. Once he talked to us he realized it was going to take quite a bit of spin and he would have to leave out a lot of the facts to make this of any interest to the general public. I find this kind of reporting damaging to us as an organization and very irresponsible. Here are the facts. Facts: 1. The Hoop runs basketball leagues for both male and female athletes. 2. We market and sell these leagues as separate male and female leagues. 3. We provide equal opportunities for both genders to play in their sex appropriate divisions. 4. We allow players to "play up" in higher grade levels to provide them with the competition they desire. 5. We have not limited Jamie Nared in any way outside of these listed policies. 6. Our policies are consistent with AAU's policies. (AAU is a nationally respected organization for armature athletics.) AAU's website: http://aausports.org/default.asp My Summary: The Nared family wants us to make an exception to our policies in the middle of a season. In the report KOIN reported that we had allowed her to play previously but that is false. Team Concept inappropriately chose to play Jamie Nared against our rules and policies and we emailed her coach (Michael Abraham) reminding him that this is not allowed. This is what started the story in the first place. This is not a gender equity story because we provide equal opportunities for both male and female athletes. Moreover, we provide MORE opportunities for Women then we do Men! The bottom line: The Hoop has no problem allowing girls to play with boys and vice-versa but only if the league was set up, marketed and sold to our customers as such. We do not feel it is fair to our customers to change the rules in the middle of a season. Jamie is a gifted athlete but this does not make any difference to us because we treat all athletes gifted or not equally. I was so upset over how ignorant people can be I sent an email to the hoop Monday. Here is the reply I received.

Thank you for your interest in this story. Unfortunately for The Hoop, reporters are in the business of selling a story. Mr. Body of KOIN is a personal friend of the Nared family and so he decided to run this story based off of their information. Once he talked to us he realized it was going to take quite a bit of spin and he would have to leave out a lot of the facts to make this of any interest to the general public. I find this kind of reporting damaging to us as an organization and very irresponsible.

Here are the facts.

Facts:

1. The Hoop runs basketball leagues for both male and female athletes.

2. We market and sell these leagues as separate male and female leagues.

3. We provide equal opportunities for both genders to play in their sex appropriate divisions.

4. We allow players to “play up” in higher grade levels to provide them with the competition they desire.

5. We have not limited Jamie Nared in any way outside of these listed policies.

6. Our policies are consistent with AAU’s policies. (AAU is a nationally respected organization for armature athletics.) AAU’s website:

http://aausports.org/default.asp

My Summary:

The Nared family wants us to make an exception to our policies in the middle of a season. In the report KOIN reported that we had allowed her to play previously but that is false. Team Concept inappropriately chose to play Jamie Nared against our rules and policies and we emailed her coach (Michael

Abraham) reminding him that this is not allowed. This is what started the story in the first place. This is not a gender equity story because we provide equal opportunities for both male and female athletes.

Moreover, we provide MORE opportunities for Women then we do Men!

The bottom line:

The Hoop has no problem allowing girls to play with boys and vice-versa but only if the league was set up, marketed and sold to our customers as such.

We do not feel it is fair to our customers to change the rules in the middle of a season. Jamie is a gifted athlete but this does not make any difference to us because we treat all athletes gifted or not equally.

]]> By: BamBam http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/six-foot-girl-banned-from-boys-hoops-league-17898#comment-1434 BamBam Sun, 25 May 2008 23:29:07 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/six-foot-girl-banned-from-boys-hoops-league-17898#comment-1434 But why would a league even have such an idiotic rule? No mixed-gender teams? It sounds like country club rules. Do they ban race mixing as well? But why would a league even have such an idiotic rule? No mixed-gender teams? It sounds like country club rules. Do they ban race mixing as well?

]]> By: samwise2206 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/six-foot-girl-banned-from-boys-hoops-league-17898#comment-1432 samwise2206 Sun, 25 May 2008 20:16:57 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/six-foot-girl-banned-from-boys-hoops-league-17898#comment-1432 Who says he will be working for a girl in twenty years?. i dont care that she outplayed them but the fact is the league bent/broke a rule by allowing her to play against the boys in the first place. Who says he will be working for a girl in twenty years?. i dont care that she outplayed them but the fact is the league bent/broke a rule by allowing her to play against the boys in the first place.

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