Hiacios - Rams Scored 3 Points in SBLIII - My oldest daughter wrestled a couple years in high school. She legit beat and pinned boys on numerous occasions. The boys were trying to kill her. She ended up with a broken nose, chipped tooth, and all kinds of bruises and sores from her matches.
She won a tournament but it was because the last 2 boys refused to wrestle with her. She won her first two matches and the second two forfeited their matches. I had to get her out of the bathroom to go get her medal as she was crying in the stall saying that's not how she wanted to win.
One boy told her he won't wrestle a girl due to his religious beliefs(he was white as fuck) and the other said it's a lose lose situation. If he beats a girl he beats a girl and if he loses he lost to a girl.
That's the thing, it's a lose, lose for a guy to wrestle a girl so why even do it?
You’re there to compete or not.
If she’s game then it’s on. Some people aren’t up for it? Cool, some aren’t.
Depends on what is being put in their heads by whom. If they have coaches and their parents are putting it in the wrong context then yeah, they are going to be stuck in some outdated mindset.
Your job isnt to sit there and make a misogynist decision. She’s there on the line across from you in the dual meet or in the tourney bracket. Your job on the team is to go out there and get that 6.
If you respect yourself and you respect the competitor, you don’t half ass it. Now, if you do a high amp double and spike that competitor’s head on the way down intentionally in the match, you’re a dick regardless if that’s a girl or a newbie first time wrestler or seasoned competitor. If you’re competing, taking care of business, and observing sportsmanship, then whoever they put across the mat is fair game.
You disrespect the opponent by not taking them seriously and not competing to the best of your ability.
Those that were never taught this, never coached this, weren’t raised this way, or don’t understand this kind of ethos, will never understand.
If there was a game chick across from me back in the day, no problem. Match is on. If I lose, cool, I lost because she outwrestled me, not because I had some slack ass loser mentality like I better not go hard. Showed me what I have to work on esp since she’s probably weaker than me - she did something smarter or cleaner. Hole in my game I need to fix so I can come back better and stronger. If I beat her by a point or steamroll the shit out of her, same applies - she gets honest feedback on where she stands and her choices, evolve or quit.
Absolutely no one benefits from dudes chickening out or opting out to avoid a lose lose. A lot of life is lose lose but you’re gonna have to sack up and do it out of principle anyway. This is no different, you’re not saving kids from anything by allowing a kid you coach to opt out of wrestling a girl.
My opinion.