High school basketball coach fired after impersonating 13-year-old in JV game

Of course you don't see a problem because you want to make a silly comparison.

 

In fact here is the response from the Governor of Utah (a Republican no less) when he vetoed HB11, a bill to bar transgender students from participating in school sports.

Finally, there is one more important reason for this veto. I must admit, I am not an expert on transgenderism. I struggle to understand so much of it and the science is conflicting. When in doubt however, I always try to err on the side of kindness, mercy and compassion. I also try to get proximate and I am learning so much from our transgender community. They are great kids who face enormous struggles. Here are the numbers that have most impacted my decision: 75,000, 4, 1, 86 and 56.

• 75,000 high school kids participating in high school sports in Utah.
• 4 transgender kids playing high school sports in Utah.
• 1 transgender student playing girls sports.
• 86% of trans youth reporting suicidality.
• 56% of trans youth having attempted suicide.

Four kids and only one of them playing girls sports. That’s what all of this is about. Four kids who aren’t dominating or winning trophies or taking scholarships. Four kids who are just trying to find some friends and feel like they are a part of something. Four kids trying to get through each day. Rarely has so much fear and anger been directed at so few. I don’t understand what they are going through or why they feel the way they do. But I want them to live. And all the research shows that even a little acceptance and connection can reduce suicidality significantly. For that reason, as much as any other, I have taken this action in the hope that we can continue to work together and find a better way. If a veto override occurs, I hope we can work to find ways to show these four kids that we love them and they have a place in our state.

Sad to see you are on the opposite side of this.

 

I don't know used to be coaches were not just athletics instructors they were there to help build character, sportsmanship, and integrity of the game and competition and how to win AND lost in the proper manner.

How did this coach explain it to the students who SURELY knew this was not just a blatant breaking of the rules but a LIE and a FRAUD. None of them should have taken to the court and a parent should have stood up before the first toss up and put an end to it. But people seemed to go along with it.

What does that say?

 

Some people take amateur sports way too seriously. Indeed, it seems like a very poor idea.

 

NOT at All...

 

Sorry you are sad?

 

Taking it seriously is one thing. My kids played sports my grand kids still do. I've seen little league coaches bring in a ringer. I've seen the same switch a jersey in the dugout to put a better hitter at the plate. Cheating is cheating.

As I said how did the coach explain it to the kids? AND did all the parents of the kids explain how it was bad and cheating or just tell the "shucks we did get away with it"?

 

Beats me

 

Me too.....

 

Remember James Hogue?

 

Age is the issue here, not sex. It was one stupid move on the basketball coach's part. It is just like that 29-year-old woman who was arrested in NJ for impersonating a high school teen girl.