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angieh angieh
 
M$2.60 August 12, 2009 09:35 PM

Should men be forced to play tennis against Nancy Griffin?

Nancy Griffin has filed a lawsuit against the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, claiming the city-sponsored tennis league is discriminating against her as a woman. The league formerly had a rule penalizing anyone who declined a scheduled match, but since the rule was changed in 2006, when she is paired with a male, often times the males decline the match without penalty.

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aleghart aleghart
 
 August 13, 2009 03:59 AM
If the league accepts an individual to play, that individual should be treated no different than any other.

It's not clear what the exact rule change was back in 2006. If no penalty for refusing man v. man, then it is not unfair to say no penalty for woman v. man.

The treatment is equal to both sexes.

But, her contention is that the penalties were removed as a result of her competition...meaning that a woman changed the game, so the rules had to be changed.

That is unfair.

A more complete story is here.

From this one article, I tend to believe that the removal of the "avoidance rule" was a direct reaction to her being a woman. That Raleigh created a co-ed competition is barely relevant. She clearly has the skill level to compete with the men and win. The whole idea of classes is to pit competitors against opponents with similar chances of winnning.
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hillo hillo
 
August 13, 2009 01:12 PM
So far, this is the most direct response to this specific question.

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philipy philipy
 
August 12, 2009 10:07 PM
If you're going to force men to accept matches with women, you'd have to force women to accept matches with men as well. A lot of women would probably be rather unhappy about that.

So unless you think everyone, men and women, should compete together all the time in all sports, I don't see it being viable to do this.

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jahzeel jahzeel
 
August 12, 2009 10:49 PM
Well I think they should because if they dont force man to play with her she will never play with man and woman should have freedom too. Some woman are better that man, so maybe man are coward and dont want to lose against her, she should be able to play with man!!!

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jahzeel jahzeel
 
August 12, 2009 10:50 PM
Im a man and I accept some woman are better than some man in tennis

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kerryk kerryk
 
August 13, 2009 12:44 AM
I suppose if there is a rule changed in 2006 not forcing someone to play, then men can't be forced to play with women. I think that men and women should play together. It's good for the game and for equality and like the above comment, there are many women that can easily beat a man in tennis.

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siddu075 siddu075
 
August 13, 2009 04:02 AM
Men can play with men and that is the most standard one. Know for that reason even the mixed doubles matches are not encouraged now-a-days. Men should not be forced and it is their will to play against women. And similarly women too must not be forced.

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albanian albanian
 
August 13, 2009 01:39 PM
This case seems complicated, in both the rules of the league and the dispute.

It is not about whether she gets to be in the men's league (they formed a coed league too which now confuses that issue). It's about whether the league has been juggling the rules to prevent her doing as well as she could, and whether men are refusing to play her because she is a woman.

Whether those things are true should be determined in the lawsuit, that's what juries are for.

It looks to me like they changed the rules twice in bad faith, and that some of the men did indeed refuse to play her because of prejudice.

The wording of the question throws folks off a bit. It's not exactly about forcing men to play her. If you are in a league and trying to win the championship etc, you are obliged to play your opponents according to the rules of the game. You shouldn't be able to avoid an opponent for frivolous reasons.
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ryeste ryeste
 
August 13, 2009 06:52 PM
Yes, in the name of fairness and equality under Title IX

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