http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/05/men-women-sports WBUR is Boston's NPR News Station, featuring NPR news and programs such as Car Talk, On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Radio Boston. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/05/men-women-sports/comment-page-1#comment-9323 Max Spencer Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:23:28 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15364#comment-9323 Ms. Ruggiero's postulate, "I don’t think it’s going to happen in my lifetime," puzzles. A large number of NHL men as small as Angela Ruggiero nevertheless compete with and against larger counterparts. Yet Ms. Ruggiero hesitates. Maybe she is being nice, but this observer is not so sure great players of the wrong gender should shy. Perhaps the real issue is a fear that men will take over women's teams, not the other way around. As for Jacques Rogge, he seeks to reduce the quality of Olympic play and ought to be chastised. Ms. Ruggiero’s postulate, “I don’t think it’s going to happen in my lifetime,” puzzles. A large number of NHL men as small as Angela Ruggiero nevertheless compete with and against larger counterparts. Yet Ms. Ruggiero hesitates. Maybe she is being nice, but this observer is not so sure great players of the wrong gender should shy. Perhaps the real issue is a fear that men will take over women’s teams, not the other way around.
As for Jacques Rogge, he seeks to reduce the quality of Olympic play and ought to be chastised.

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