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Originally Posted by valo403
The other situation I struggle with is the boy who's not good enough to play on the lowest level boys team but would fit right in on a girls team. Can't the same argument be made that by refusing him a spot he's not getting the opportunity to develop based solely on his gender?
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Actually, I know a situation exactly like that where the parent actually agreed to the exception. The issue was that a 10 year old boy moved to Ottawa from Africa. He didn't know how to skate, so he was not good enough to play even on the lowest level boys team. However, 10 is when many girls START playing ringette and are just learning how to skate. So the parents of the boy asked the league if it would be okay for their son to play so that he could learn basic skating skills and co-ordination on the ice. The league checked with the parents of the girls and while there were a few objections, the vast majority had no problems with it.
Now, that was hearsay from a co-worker who was one of the parents consulted, so I don't have a link to any news story, but if the question was if I support that kind of thing, I do so wholeheartedly.