A 6th grade girls team from Kentucky was set to go for the year-end championship tournament, but was told they were banned due to fears boys teams might ‘retaliate’ if they lost to the girls team.

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    10 months ago

    You might have quoted the wrong part. This is what you’re looking for:

    Doing this 28 years, what we have worried about is a boys team losing to a girls team (especially in the year end tourney), they may get frustrated and retaliate against a girl. Then we have liability issues.”

    Also it looks like the guts of the article is the media statement here:

    https://www.swohiosports.com/

    It’s a daft thing to say, and just pours fuel on the conflagration, but it does reveal some insights into the character of the guy.