[Quality88]

Will it never end


Kacy Stuart has the leg to be a prospective high school place kicker in Georgia.
Problem is, the administration of the Georgia Football League, the association for private-school teams in the state, said the 14-year-old freshman can't play because she's a girl, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
According to the girl's mother, Stuart was dismissed from the New Creation Center Crusaders, a private Christian academy in McDonough, Ga., as team photos were being shot, even after she had practiced with the team for two months.
"We'll file for an injunction if we have to," Angie Stuart said Friday, according to the Atlanta newspaper. "We'll do whatever it takes to keep her on the team."
Kacy Stuart had participated in drills and even a scrimmage last Saturday before executive board chairman Hank St. Denis discovered a girl was playing on one of the teams in the private school league, Kacy's mother said.
St. Denis then requested not be allowed to play, effectively overturning New Creation's decision to grant her a spot on the team.

"He said she can't play simply because she's a girl," Stuart said.
Efforts by the the Journal-Constitution to reach St. Denis on Friday through phone and e-mail messages were unsuccessful.
Being a girl football player wasn't an issue for Kacy in middle school, where her team, Union Grove Middle School, went to the state finals, the Journal-Constitution reported.
Coaches for a public high school team even had plans for Kacy.
But the Stuarts moved from Henry County in Georgia to Spalding County, and Kacy enrolled in Skipstone Academy, which is too small to field a football team.
So Kacy went out for the New Creation team in McDonough, 30 miles southeast of Atlanta.

"There doesn't seem to be anything in the [league] bylaws to prevent a girl from playing," Angie Stuart said. "No one else has a problem with it. The coaches, players and other teams have accepted her. If she can play for a public school, why not a private school?"

ESPN - Report: Kicker dismissed by Georgia team for being a girl - High School Sports

[Bette]

Hard to believe this still comes up. If there isnt any rule against it, no doubt they have to let her play. And even if there is, lawsuit here I come!

[883dalesrjr]

make her sign a contract that says if tshe gets hurt she can't blame anyone and if she signs it let her play. I mean its kicker what trouble do they have?

[LSC9901]

I do not agree with this action but since it is a private school they can, I believe, make their own rules. Unless you want to make all the players sign some type of injury release then it would be very biased to make a girl sign it. Isn't there a thing in the constitution about all men being created equal ???? I've always assumed that "Men" meant mankind.

[883dalesrjr]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I do not agree with this action but since it is a private school they can, I believe, make their own rules. Unless you want to make all the players sign some type of injury release then it would be very biased to make a girl sign it. Isn't there a thing in the constitution about all men being created equal ???? I've always assumed that "Men" meant mankind.

I'm just saying if she plays people will be afraid she will get hurt and sue. Everyone is = in my mind but ive seen cases just like this and the girl got hurt and sued. iT can't be to wrong to make her sigmn an injury release

[LSC9901]

Originally Posted by 883dalesrjr

I'm just saying if she plays people will be afraid she will get hurt and sue. Everyone is = in my mind but ive seen cases just like this and the girl got hurt and sued. iT can't be to wrong to make her sigmn an injury release

I dunno ????? It just opens up a can of worms. What if a boy gets hurt ... he can sue but she can't ??? This type of action has ACLU written all over it.

[883dalesrjr]

Originally Posted by LSC9901

I dunno ????? It just opens up a can of worms. What if a boy gets hurt ... he can sue but she can't ??? This type of action has ACLU written all over it.

ok you got me there but still, by nature girls are more prone to injury than guys (hopefully doesn't offend anyone) i want her to play just don't want her to play and not know what shes in for.

[LSC9901]

I'm sure she knows what she is in for. She played in middle school and would ahve been recruited to play by the public school system.

[purple]

I played football in high school and never got hurt. And I wasn't even a kicker, I player a nice regular spot. I think they just don't like the idea of changing tradition.

[simple simon]

as much as i hate Title IX .... i hate this even more .... females should be given every opportunity to play just like males

she is a minor so i would say if her and her parents are ok with it then they have to let her have a legitimate try out and let her play if she is good enough

what the heck is this 1910