Women want to be treated equal.
I am down with that, so if they want to compete in men sports that is fine as long as they have the talent to do so. If a female wanted to play in the NBA or NFL I would have not problem with that at all.
I don’t know if Joel Northrup thinks women should stay in the kitchen or he just don’t want a female groping him, but he refuses to wrestle them.
Joel Northrup, a home-schooled sophomore who was 35-4 wrestling for Linn-Mar High this season, said in a statement that he doesn’t feel it would be right for him to wrestle Cedar Falls freshman Cassy Herkelman. Herkelman, who was 20-13 entering the tournament, and fellow 112-pounder Ottumwa sophomore Megan Black, who was 25-13, made history by being the first girls to qualify for the state tournament. Black was pinned quickly in her opening round match.
“I have a tremendous amount of respect for Cassy and Megan and their accomplishments. However, wrestling is a combat sport and it can get violent at times,” wrote Northrup. “As a matter of conscience and my faith I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner. It is unfortunate that I have been placed in a situation not seen in most other high school sports in Iowa.”
They really need to feed these kids, 112 pounds is a little light even for high school, but I digress.
I gave Northrup credit for sticking to his conviction, even though it sounds like an ego thing that he doesn’t want to “hurt the girls”.
Mark Sanchez wouldn’t have had any problem getting in the rung.