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Originally Posted by Meloman
Big difference when you're talking life and death situations and some 16 yr old girl just trying to fit in.
So the overall opinion is the world isn't a nice place and she better get used to it  |
Sports has commonly been known to accommodate those less fortunate, particularly on the High School level. I am pretty sure it wasn't that long ago that a kid with a disability hit a surge of 3 pointers in the final minutes of the final game of the year. What was he, like a glorified ball boy? He loved the game, they made it happen. USC allowed a blind kid to do rallies for the football team players. Rob Machado still pushes a paraplegic into waves and he is lobbying for him to get into surf competitions. Putting her on that team may well have meant the world to her, of course now she's a news article and a joke by many, including in this thread.
The true essence of sports at that level is character, not as much competition, and I am confident that by teaching that team to accommodate her, they would have instilled leaps and bounds of character in all of them.
I am sure if any of you had a kid with a disability, you'd feel differently. I am fortunate enough to feel that way with or without said scenario.