{"id":12354,"date":"2017-11-01T16:14:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T20:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/characterandleadership.com\/?p=12354"},"modified":"2017-11-01T16:51:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T20:51:16","slug":"beat-boys-no-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterandleadership.com\/beat-boys-no-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"She Beat the Boys, but no Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Nash is a junior at Lunenburg High School in Massachusetts. She plays golf on the boys team because there aren&#8217;t enough girls to field a girl&#8217;s team.\u00a0 So, she plays on the boy&#8217;s golf team. She is apparently pretty good.\u00a0 She plays from the same tees as all of the boys and plays by the same rules. She won the Division 3 boys&#8217; golf tournament by shooting a 75, beating the second place competitor by 4 strokes. Despite winning, she could not receive the first place trophy and she could not continue on to the state championship. Why? According to the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA),\u00a0&#8220;Girls playing on a fall boys&#8217; team cannot be entered in the Boys Fall Individual Tournament. Girls can only play in the Boys Team Tournament, if their team qualifies.&#8221; Since Lunenburg High School finished 4th as a team, she is not allowed to play in the state championship.<\/p>\n<div class=\"x-resp-embed x-is-video x-is-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rsk588HgekU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Joe&#8217;s Perspective<\/strong>: I like this story. It forces everyone to think. On the one hand, she knew the rules. She knew by rule that she couldn&#8217;t receive the trophy and that she couldn&#8217;t advance to the state championship as an individual. She understood it and she chose to play anyway. When the ruling came down, she didn&#8217;t complain about the rules or the decision provided by the MIAA.\u00a0 This shows class. I respect Emily for her stance. She doesn&#8217;t need a trophy to feel better about herself. She knows that she won and she has that satisfaction. I also think it shows class that the second place boy offered her the trophy, which was only trumped by Emily, who did not accept the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, one has to question the reason for the rule in the first place. Should the MIAA or any state have such a rule? If so, why? What is the rationale? If a girl is good enough to compete, should she be allowed to compete against the boys? There is no inherent advantage that a girl has over a boy, so what&#8217;s the beef? What&#8217;s fair? I say, change the rule. Let Emily compete. It&#8217;s a great story and I would applaud her all the way to the state finals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your Turn:<\/strong> If you were a board member on the MIAA, how would you have voted to handle this situation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Nash is a junior at Lunenburg High School in Massachusetts. She plays golf on the boys team because there aren&#8217;t enough girls to field a girl&#8217;s team.\u00a0 So, she plays on the boy&#8217;s golf team. She is apparently pretty good.\u00a0 She plays from the same tees as all of the boys and plays by the same rules. 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