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"http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODlmNmJhM2JhMGZmOWQxOTMzMGE1YWFmMzkzZDNlODM=&w=MA=="

Basically says that the top female athletes in the world are on par with 14 and 15 yr old boys when it comes to their athleticism.

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"One of my initial findings was jarring: the women’s Olympic record in the 100 meters, set in 1988 by superstar Florence Griffith-Joyner, is virtually identical to the U.S. record for 14-year-old boys — also set in 1988, by the less heralded Curtis Johnson. The winning time of 2008 women’s gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser? Well over a tenth of a second slower than Johnson’s."

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"I laid out the results of my research for Pappano and asked why male athletes outpace female athletes starting at 14 and 15. She answered: “Women are told around that time that they are athletically inferior to men and that they should start acting like ladies. That’s why we see the boys making such stunning gains at that age and the girls begin to suffer.”"

interesting read

8/24/2008 2:52:56 AM

I'm confident that any team in the AAU game I watched today (included Wall, Favors) could destroy the women's gold medal team.

8/24/2008 3:21:26 AM

there's no doubt they would

8/24/2008 4:34:59 AM

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"Direct competition between women and boys tends to confirm the gap: the women’s Olympic hockey team has lost to boys’ high school junior-varsity teams; the women’s Olympic soccer team has lost to club teams of 15-year-old boys, the Colorado Silver Bullets professional baseball team has lost to American Legion squads — the list goes on and on. "

Kinds wonder why women pros get thousands of dollars to play at such a low level.

8/24/2008 4:43:09 AM

You sound like an idiot right now. Just because they are less athletic doesn't mean its a low level. Womens sports are actually played with a much higher level of team cooporation and organization than men sports and that can't be denied. These women are the most athletic women in the world and their level of athleticism is quite a feat for women to achieve just as it is for the men. As for pro sports, they get paid a fair share of whatever revenue they generate.

8/24/2008 4:51:08 AM

^
Considering the fact that WNBA has done nothing but lose money in every year of its existence and the fact a "higher level of team cooporation and organization than men sports" is a nebulous and stupid concept, I think you suck.

8/24/2008 5:31:53 AM

one thing that has bugged me about women's basketball is that they always hide behind the fact that they are more fundamental and they shoot better.

Well, the ball is smaller, so the % will be higher. And the fundamentals doesn't make up for the fact that it's near unwatchable, even from people who love basketball.

no offense women

8/24/2008 6:38:19 AM

I don't know if you could train a 14 year old to flop as efficiently as the Australian womens basketball team.

[Edited on August 24, 2008 at 10:08 AM. Reason : -]

8/24/2008 10:07:28 AM

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"I laid out the results of my research for Pappano and asked why male athletes outpace female athletes starting at 14 and 15. She answered: “Women are told around that time that they are athletically inferior to men and that they should start acting like ladies. That’s why we see the boys making such stunning gains at that age and the girls begin to suffer.""

lol, she can't possibly actually believe that.

8/24/2008 11:10:08 AM

reminds me of a few years ago when there was, literally, the first dunk in the WNBA and the press went wild, and a late night comedian said something like "aww, how cute - reminds me of a 12 year old Michael Jordan"

8/24/2008 11:41:16 AM

Women's basketball should be stopped immediately and erased from our memories.

8/24/2008 1:10:12 PM

^^^ yup, retarded logic

I'd say it has more to do with testosterone vs. estrogen

8/24/2008 2:25:42 PM

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"I'm confident that any team in the AAU game I watched today (included Wall, Favors) could destroy the women's gold medal team."

i doubt the women's team would break 25 points

8/24/2008 2:39:38 PM

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"I laid out the results of my research for Pappano and asked why male athletes outpace female athletes starting at 14 and 15. She answered: “Women are told around that time that they are athletically inferior to men and that they should start acting like ladies. That’s why we see the boys making such stunning gains at that age and the girls begin to suffer.” "

Heaven forbid there actually be a hormonal difference between men and women that makes men faster and stronger starting around age 14. Oh no, it must be because women are told to stop playing sports.

8/24/2008 4:11:58 PM

i thought this was gonna be about some crazy transgender thing

8/24/2008 5:39:46 PM

me too. like not only was the chinese gymnast 14 instead of 16, she was a boy haha.

8/24/2008 5:53:49 PM

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"Well, the ball is smaller,"

HOLD UP. Women at the college and pro levels don't use a smaller ball. Do they?

8/24/2008 7:54:29 PM

http://www.wnba.com/about_us/jenkins_feature.html

1984: smaller ball introduced.

8/24/2008 7:59:21 PM

The only sport women should play is beach volleyball. And there should be a strict application process to be allowed to play.

8/24/2008 8:38:01 PM

and figure skating!

[Edited on August 24, 2008 at 9:01 PM. Reason : and gymnastics!]

8/24/2008 9:00:44 PM

No thanks, my life would go on just fine if girls didn't do gymnastics or figure skating.

If they want to do gymnastics as a hobby fine, figure skating, no thanks. Watching a girl fall flat on her ass after spinning 3.5 times is about as unattractive as it gets. She could have spent that time learning to not do figure skating.

8/24/2008 9:06:14 PM

There was a female Olympian on my high school swim team and in the short distance events I could equal her times.

So this is interesting but not really news to me.

8/24/2008 10:45:32 PM

Earl is not only a troll but loves women's sports.

8/24/2008 11:41:03 PM

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"The only sport women should play is beach volleyball. And there should be a strict application process to be allowed to play."

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"and figure skating!"

He said the only sport

8/24/2008 11:51:01 PM

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"HOLD UP. Women at the college and pro levels don't use a smaller ball. Do they? "

they certainly do

8/25/2008 1:46:31 AM

Dont middle school boys use a bigger ball than the women in the WNBA?

8/25/2008 9:37:53 AM

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"i thought this was gonna be about some crazy transgender thing"

that involved china

8/25/2008 10:58:00 AM

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""The only sport women should play is beach volleyball. And there should be a strict application process to be allowed to play.""

How can you forget about tennis - that is easily my favorite womens sport to watch.

8/25/2008 3:52:15 PM

^ /agree, from an entertainment of the sport point of view. people who watch womens sports to see good looking girls are doing it wrong, the internet is way better.

8/25/2008 4:01:46 PM

To be honest, the grunting, ugly/odd clothes, ackward backhands of tennis... no thanks. I think it is way overrated with how "hot" the girls are. There is some of that in beach volleyball and regular volleyball, but I find both sports to be the most attractive to watch women play. Beach volleyball especially, at the end of the day they are in bathsuits rolling in the sand, the ball is just there to initiate the sand rolling.

If you want to throw tennis in, then fine. The point is, please stop.

8/25/2008 4:12:42 PM

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"i thought this was gonna be about some crazy transgender thing"

8/25/2008 4:26:03 PM

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"ackward"

holy illiterate

8/25/2008 6:26:36 PM

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""I laid out the results of my research for Pappano and asked why male athletes outpace female athletes starting at 14 and 15. She answered: “Women are told around that time that they are athletically inferior to men and that they should start acting like ladies. That’s why we see the boys making such stunning gains at that age and the girls begin to suffer."""

lol welcome to modern social politics

8/25/2008 7:17:32 PM

double post

[Edited on August 25, 2008 at 7:24 PM. Reason : k]

8/25/2008 7:20:31 PM

^^

yeah, what an idiot.

a wal-mart greeter could display better critical thinking skills than the person who made that conclusion from the data.

8/26/2008 5:05:23 AM