Post by jjuliano on Mar 7, 2009 17:21:09 GMT -5
**this is the revised version. just without the conclusion
Close your eyes for a second. Imagine a little boy about 5 years old. He goes to his first tee ball game. From the first moment he smashes the ball off the tee he falls in love with the feeling of pride that he gets running the bases. Once he's old enough he plays on a little league team with other little boys in his "storybook small town". His passion for baseball continues to burn. He spends hours and hours a day after school practicing. He plays catch in the front yard with his dad 'til it's too cold out to bear. He goes to hitting lessons once a week. His mom has call him in every warm summer night for dinner when it's getting too dark because he's still outside practicing after the sun sets. He plays on different teams through the years. He's a talented and determined player, always takes critsizim because he knows it will improve his game. Baseball is his love, his number one passion. The feeling of accomplishment when the bat hits the ball. The fear but at the same time relief after successfully stealing a base. The other players on his team love having him. He's talented and a great sport, always supportive of his teammates. Now he's in high school and spring in approaching. He's ready for try outs. Trying not to be thingyy he thinks to himself he's a shoe-in. He's been playing his whole life, practicing for hours a day, doing anything and everything to improve. The first day of tryouts comes and his coach tells him he's not allowed to try out. His chin practically hits the floor. For no specific reason. He's just about the same size as most of the other freshmen, maybe a little smaller than a few. He's just as good if not better than most of the other freshmen. Imagine how this little boy is feeling. Something he dedicated his entire life to, something he is so passionate about is ripped right out from under his feet. Now imagine the little boy is a little girl. A little girl with the same dream of playing baseball. But when she enters high school she is denied that dream. After years of dedication and practice she is deprived of the opportunity to live her dream. Open your eyes. This is the reality of an Indiana girl named Logan Young. Logan had been playing baseball, with the boys, since she was 5 years old. She fell in love with baseball from the beginning. But now she is in high school and the Indiana High School Athletic Association isn't permitting her to play. They claim that because Logan's high school offers softball, which they eqate to baseball, she cannot play baseball. Logan and her parents are suing the IHSAA for violating Title IX of the United States Constitution. They eqaute the girls sport of softball to the boys sport of baseball. World authorities, however, recognizes them as different sports.
Title IX of the United States Constitution is what Logan Young is using as her argument to play baseball. Title IX states that "No person in the United States shall on the basis of sex, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance". In other words, no one is to be deprived of the opportunity to particpate in and receive the benefits of a federally funded activity. High school and collegiate sports is the most common subject in which Title IX is used. It enforces the equality between men and women. Men and women will constantly be forced together. They will be mixed in many other aspects of life far beyond the playing field. Jobs are co-ed things. They are becoming more and more sexually integrated. Women are taking on roles that are prodominantly male. And men are taking on roles that are prodominantly female. Men have female bosses and women have male bosses. Ever heard of a "Manny"? A male nanny. If a man can look after the children, women are more than capable of handing a male-dominated job. There should be no question of sexual integration in the world of sports. Jackie Mitchell was a female pitcher, and played her whole life among the guys. In 1931, she signed a deal with the Chattanooga Lookouts. In front of a crowd of 4,000 fans, Jackie struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. And she was only 17 at the time. Jackie was an unbelieveable pitcher. Imagine if she had been denied the right to play. All the training she put into learning the pitches and practicing would have gone to waste. And she wouldn't have become a female pitcher good enough to strike out two of the best baseball players to ever live. If perhaps she was forced into playing softball, she would have had to learn a completely new game and style of pitching because there are large differences between both sports.
World authorities recognizes baseball and softball as completely different sports. Courts that have repeatedly confronted this issue frequently ruled in the favor that softball and baseball are different sports. And contrary to popular belief, softball and baseball are not the male and female equivalents of each other. Each is separately governed by different national sport governing bodies both nationally and internationally. The rules, required skills, fields, and equiptment are all different for baseball and softball. Baseball is played with nine inning games. Softball is played with only seven. On a baseball field, there is 90-feet between each base. In softball, there is only 60. A basball field is considerably larger. The outfield of a baseball field is over 200 feet longer than a softball field. That's a lot of feet. Softball uses a flat dirt infield, whereas baseball uses a grass one. Pitcher's in baseball pitch from a mound that is about 60 feet from the batter and throw over-hand. Softball pitcher's throw from a "pitcher's plate" that is about 45 feet from home plate and they must throw under-hand, "Wind-mill" style. Over-hand and under-hand are two very different skills that must be aquired. Suppose a girl baseball player is a pitcher, and has spent years conquering pitching over-hand. If she is denied the right to play, and is forced to play softball, she would have to learn a completely different style of pitching. Even handling the ball would be harder. A baseball is significatly smaller and denser than a softball. A softball is big and light weight.
Close your eyes for a second. Imagine a little boy about 5 years old. He goes to his first tee ball game. From the first moment he smashes the ball off the tee he falls in love with the feeling of pride that he gets running the bases. Once he's old enough he plays on a little league team with other little boys in his "storybook small town". His passion for baseball continues to burn. He spends hours and hours a day after school practicing. He plays catch in the front yard with his dad 'til it's too cold out to bear. He goes to hitting lessons once a week. His mom has call him in every warm summer night for dinner when it's getting too dark because he's still outside practicing after the sun sets. He plays on different teams through the years. He's a talented and determined player, always takes critsizim because he knows it will improve his game. Baseball is his love, his number one passion. The feeling of accomplishment when the bat hits the ball. The fear but at the same time relief after successfully stealing a base. The other players on his team love having him. He's talented and a great sport, always supportive of his teammates. Now he's in high school and spring in approaching. He's ready for try outs. Trying not to be thingyy he thinks to himself he's a shoe-in. He's been playing his whole life, practicing for hours a day, doing anything and everything to improve. The first day of tryouts comes and his coach tells him he's not allowed to try out. His chin practically hits the floor. For no specific reason. He's just about the same size as most of the other freshmen, maybe a little smaller than a few. He's just as good if not better than most of the other freshmen. Imagine how this little boy is feeling. Something he dedicated his entire life to, something he is so passionate about is ripped right out from under his feet. Now imagine the little boy is a little girl. A little girl with the same dream of playing baseball. But when she enters high school she is denied that dream. After years of dedication and practice she is deprived of the opportunity to live her dream. Open your eyes. This is the reality of an Indiana girl named Logan Young. Logan had been playing baseball, with the boys, since she was 5 years old. She fell in love with baseball from the beginning. But now she is in high school and the Indiana High School Athletic Association isn't permitting her to play. They claim that because Logan's high school offers softball, which they eqate to baseball, she cannot play baseball. Logan and her parents are suing the IHSAA for violating Title IX of the United States Constitution. They eqaute the girls sport of softball to the boys sport of baseball. World authorities, however, recognizes them as different sports.
Title IX of the United States Constitution is what Logan Young is using as her argument to play baseball. Title IX states that "No person in the United States shall on the basis of sex, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance". In other words, no one is to be deprived of the opportunity to particpate in and receive the benefits of a federally funded activity. High school and collegiate sports is the most common subject in which Title IX is used. It enforces the equality between men and women. Men and women will constantly be forced together. They will be mixed in many other aspects of life far beyond the playing field. Jobs are co-ed things. They are becoming more and more sexually integrated. Women are taking on roles that are prodominantly male. And men are taking on roles that are prodominantly female. Men have female bosses and women have male bosses. Ever heard of a "Manny"? A male nanny. If a man can look after the children, women are more than capable of handing a male-dominated job. There should be no question of sexual integration in the world of sports. Jackie Mitchell was a female pitcher, and played her whole life among the guys. In 1931, she signed a deal with the Chattanooga Lookouts. In front of a crowd of 4,000 fans, Jackie struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. And she was only 17 at the time. Jackie was an unbelieveable pitcher. Imagine if she had been denied the right to play. All the training she put into learning the pitches and practicing would have gone to waste. And she wouldn't have become a female pitcher good enough to strike out two of the best baseball players to ever live. If perhaps she was forced into playing softball, she would have had to learn a completely new game and style of pitching because there are large differences between both sports.
World authorities recognizes baseball and softball as completely different sports. Courts that have repeatedly confronted this issue frequently ruled in the favor that softball and baseball are different sports. And contrary to popular belief, softball and baseball are not the male and female equivalents of each other. Each is separately governed by different national sport governing bodies both nationally and internationally. The rules, required skills, fields, and equiptment are all different for baseball and softball. Baseball is played with nine inning games. Softball is played with only seven. On a baseball field, there is 90-feet between each base. In softball, there is only 60. A basball field is considerably larger. The outfield of a baseball field is over 200 feet longer than a softball field. That's a lot of feet. Softball uses a flat dirt infield, whereas baseball uses a grass one. Pitcher's in baseball pitch from a mound that is about 60 feet from the batter and throw over-hand. Softball pitcher's throw from a "pitcher's plate" that is about 45 feet from home plate and they must throw under-hand, "Wind-mill" style. Over-hand and under-hand are two very different skills that must be aquired. Suppose a girl baseball player is a pitcher, and has spent years conquering pitching over-hand. If she is denied the right to play, and is forced to play softball, she would have to learn a completely different style of pitching. Even handling the ball would be harder. A baseball is significatly smaller and denser than a softball. A softball is big and light weight.