Zum anderen ist die eigentliche Meldung doch aber, dass den Mädchen nach einer halben Saison die Hallenzeiten weggenommen werden, weil die Halle nur für Jungenteams die an einer Liga teilnehmen ist. Ein Pendant für Mädchen gibt es aber nicht. Sie beweisen, dass sie genauso gut sind, wie die Jungs (sogar als die der nächsten Altersstufe ) und werden noch bestraft.
Kann man sich drüber lustig machen, kann man aber auch mal als Beispiel nehmen für die Diskriminierung von Mädchen und Frauen.
Im Artikel von den Berufs-Opfern bei Deadspin, den der Spiegel abgeschrieben hat, gibt es ein Update aus Hoover:
This policy has been in place for years. Hats off to this team for winning the championship. It is unfortunate they couldn’t get the trophy but it sounds like Hoover is going to make it right by honoring the girls. The same thing happened to a boys team.
Since Hoover has limited gym space and high demand for practice facilities it makes it extremely difficult to accommodate everyone. Hoovers’ policy has always been that if you want to use a Hoover gym for OTM practice then you must participate in the rec league. Most coaches want to keep their OTM team together and play them in the rec league. Since this would be an unfair advantage because most of the OTM teams are comprised of the best players, they are required to play “up” by two grade levels. In this case, the girls are in 5th grade and there is no 7th grade girls rec league so they had to play against the 5th grade boys.
In the past and I’m sure here too, the league tells the coaches well in advance that you can sit out the tournament or you can play but you will not get a trophy. In the 15 plus years I have coached, I’ve never seen a team win it all playing up, so congratulations to these girls and the coaches for winning the championship. Trophy or no trophy, they are the champions.”
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