The CSPs have been distracted by the need to drive their kids back and forth around the Puget Sound area, team shopping during the tryout season. But never fear, next week there are two soccer tournaments that should produce, at least, a smattering of CSPology.
In the meantime, Oregon Bball Parents (CBBPs?) don't want the wunderkind 12-year-old girl to play with their boys. Read the excuse:
Neal Franzer, The Hoop's director of operations, said Thursday that
parents were "adamant" that their complaints have nothing to do with
Jaime's skills."They said the problem was the boys were playing differently against
her because she was a girl," he said. "They'd been taught to not push a
girl, so they weren't fouling her hard, and the focus had shifted from
playing basketball to noticing a girl was on the floor with them."
Uh, huh. They weren't fouling her hard. And once you take that element out of your 12-year-old's game, he's got nothing? Yeah, right.
So, let me see if I can break this down. In other words, your little boy is getting faked out of his $200 Nike high-tops by a girl, and that threatens your ability to enjoy living vicariously through the little guy.
You've probably tried everything else, right? You've yelled at him in the car on the way home, told him to "man up, she's just a girl," and even called him a sissy or a Bridget or something else demeaning. And yet, still, the girl is better. Banning her from the competition does seem like the logical next step.
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