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@mikegarty I'll stay on as a player yeah, I was always keen for that, just chasing folk to take part was the worst part... although part of me thought you being eternal champion was a great way to finish!!!
@DundeeCouncil Dunno whether its just by phone but the page doesn't appear to work for me. I went to look at the pickle all come and try sessions and it doesn't show any dates to select unfortunately. If I try to select next, it tells me the non existent field must be filled 🤷♂️
This man gets it. A well thought out, articulate response to an issue we are all getting our heads around.
I strive to be as open and intelligent as @TonyReali with all issues that I am unsure of. Well worth a minute of your time!
I’m happy to talk about this, Sean. I’m in it right now, my daughter is playing up a few years and vs boys sometimes and that’s informed me quite a bit - the conversations we have about fairness and size/strength differences etc. are passionate! This is a really physical sport, too (water polo).
The presumption I haven’t experienced this as the ‘father to a daughter’ is wrong but of course I can understand you wouldn’t know that and moreso that it could be different for everybody. Surely parents feel different, and athletes too. All their voices need to be in this conversation. Also, The point that it might change one’s perspective to live through it is one that makes sense but its also one that would apply both ways, for a the parent of a child who might be excluded or might love the idea of being included but are not sure if they will.
Where I come down on it is that I don’t need to necessarily experience something personally for me to pursue to understand it more and want more from it. That’s with my experience, my kids’ experience - my experience of my kids’ experience - and beyond. The father of a daughter phrase is a reasonable route to understanding but not the only and I never want it used as an aha! just wait! your child might be treated unfairly or unsafe! Every parent already fears that. And steels themselves for that. But to presume unfairness or unsafety or bad acting in another is not how I strive to see it, or anything really.
Injuries, roster spots are the examples you gave, very understandable. lnjuries: I will not presume someone is out there to injure, ill presume we can inform ourselves and make decisions to prevent injuries as we always have knowing each athlete is physically different. Roster spots: I will not presume someone aims to take them villainously and that the method to determine roster spot continue to be examined. The lockerroom was brought up earlier: Yes, of course, we must demand a safe place and adapt any that is not. But I will not presume someone existing is automatically a threat to someone else’s safety. These should all evolve with more data and more experiences from athletes.
You asked me a personal question before about the safety of my child athletes and I can continue on a personal note. Today, it’s not the coed or unfair competitions that you brought up that I find myself thinking about. What I think about the most is safety for my and other children around the adults, the coaches, trainers, doctors, parents.
I love sports and think they are so, so valuable. The wins the losses those passionate conversations I have with my daughter(s) and son and Godkids and friends’ kids and kids I don’t even know about wins and losses and frustrating unfair moments in a game- I truly believe they can all add up to something good. Sports is formative and transformative, a superpower. And for me it can be that way for all.
A lot of hard work gone into this and it's only the beginning.... I am representing Scotland at a world cup... that is a surreal and wonderful sentence that I need to get used to!