I love this. Apparently there's a 6-foot-1, 12-year-old girl in Oregon who's been told she can no longer play on the boys basketball team for which she's been playing since second grade.
Supposedly it's because there's a rule against mixed-gender teams in the league in which she plays, although her coach says it's the first he's heard of it.
More likely, says the girl's mom, it's because her daughter scored 30 points in her last game. All of a sudden up popped this rule, and she's been told she can no longer play against the boys.
Personally I think mom's probably right. Sounds to me as if, while this may not be a mixed-gender league, it's definitely a mixed-species league.
Boys and chickens.
-- Ben Smith
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