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Saturday, May 31, 2008 | 2:58pm
Join Me In My Campaign To Expose A Sexist Basketball League
Oregon Girl Hoop Star Discriminated On Based On Sex.
We spend a great deal of time here on Highbrid Nation discussing the issue of racism. This weekend afternoon I figured I’d discuss a story about a different form of prejudice….SEXISM. The story come from Beaverton, Oregon where a 12-year-old basketball stud was kicked out of her basketball league all because she’s a girl.
6 foot tall, Jaime Nared was dominating the girls division…kicking butts and taking names. So much so that her coach and parents decided her talents were better suited for the boys’ league.
As we all know, girls hit their growth spurt much earlier than boys so she towered over many of her pre-pubescent male counterparts. The other players’ parents were fine when Jaime first joined the league thinking she’d suck.
“They were great … until she blocked the first shot. Then they were like, ‘Hey, we don’t want this big kid coming out and making us look bad,’” Michael Abraham, Jaime’s coach told ABC News.
Self-righteous parents started taking notice of Jaime’s domination and complained to organizers of the league called The Hoop. Jaime was told she could no longer play with the boys, citing some cockamamie rule against mixed-gender teams. Sound like separate but equal?
ABC News has more on the story but being the pot stirrer that I am I’ve hunted down the contact information for the organizers of the league. I’m going to wave the flag on this one and am asking Highbrid Nation to join me. Below are the contacts for the “powers that be” over at the The Hoop. Will you join me in calling and writing them to voice your displeasure on their sexist ruling? The Highbrid Nation is now roughly 60,000 strong. If even half of us contact The Hoop we may be able to make a difference. I’ll keep you posted. Use the comment section to alert us to what the response was. Thanks for your help.
David Vizzini
General Manager
vizzini@thehoop.com
503.644.2191 X304
Matt Isborn
Director Programming / Marketing
Isborn@thehoop.com
503.644.2191 X317
Neal Franzer
Director of Operations
Franzer@thehoop.com
503.644.2191 X319
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Matt Isborn is a white trash pig! He has totally banned this girl out of his own beliefs. He has had so many excuses for doing what has been done, but everyone knows that he has been the programming director throughout this entire time. He makes the decisions. He makes the rules.
Has anyone ever seen his facebook or myspace account. It totally bleeds whitetrash. I’m sorry if this comes off rude, but nothing tougher than what he did to this girl.
What’s even more harsh is him now trying to kiss butt to the people he wronged as if he had nothing to do with this as well as other things.
Does this guy have a degree? Is he educated? How did he learn how to do his job?
He fits perfectly in with the YMCA now. Just another sucker ruining another great sports facility.
Peace