Action Persuit Games Article p144 OMG WTF?

[shartley]

I thought you would like that. LOL

[Clare]

If the problem is that women are being restricted in playing paintball, then prove that women can play. Capo is doing this already, I can see her playing pro based on what I saw at Skyball.

(Don't tell my wife I said that, ok?)

Wow, Thanks for the compliment..

Too late, I've already told your wife

[EnderWigginPballin]

Originally posted by ogre55

Daredevil has radar-sense. .

Ogre

i've seen the movie twice, and technically, since it's caused by his superhuman sense of sound, shouldn't it be sonar sense.
because radars don't pick up sound waves.


and as for the topic... There is no way that any team would ever concede to a rule like that. Think about any of the top teams. They pick up the BEST players because they're the BEST at paintball. You think Renick Miller or Jerry Braun or whoever else will let their teams play in a league where they might have to give up two of their top-notch players so that a minority can play????

[Evil Bob]

You guys are making this all up, right? Come on, admit you got this article from The Onion :)

Webby, very nice article, I agree with it 100%. Of all the people I have invited to play with me, 95% of those that return to play after the first time are male.

I have invited alot of ladies to play, have had roughly 100 (give or take a few) that have gone out to try it once over the past 20 years, of those 100 or so, I know of only 3 that still play. The gents seem to take to the sport at a much higher percentage, roughly half of the gents I have invited are still playing.

The numbers just are not there to support such an outlandish idea as the guest commentary suggests.

-Evil Bob

[Bront]

Ok, so a minimum of women on a male team. Does that mean that the Fem Fatales need a guy or two on their team then? If not, why the double standard?

[shartley]

Originally posted by Bront
Ok, so a minimum of women on a male team. Does that mean that the Fem Fatales need a guy or two on their team then? If not, why the double standard?

I touched on that a little in my post. Valid arguement.

[JT2002]

Originally posted by Fred
Political correctness: Why America is going down the tubes.

---Fred

the sad thing is that for the most part thats true . political correctness is a bunch of bull, i mean, most people arent politics, so who the f cares? (feeble mind trying to think of something to write bout how gh3y "political correctness" is.)

[demonguy8]

I think that Ill go volunteer to play as the "quota guy" on fems.. (mmm surrounded by paintball chixx... *drool)
O but wait femmes is an UN-PC name since the team would have the quota guy (ie me) on it, so it would have to be changed... how about Persons Fatale? I dunno doesnt have the same ring too it (not that it would matter cuz the team wouldnt win a game with me on the field, and thus noone would notice us anywayz )

[aaron_mag]

Originally posted by shartley

APG hits a demographic, it is that simple. And almost every industry has similar magazines.
....Ahhhh, the cycle goes round and round.

I can agree that it is not a publication for everyone, but it does well with its target audience, and is not a joke.

It is amazing! I disagree with Shartley vehemently on so many things but there are other things that we are in total agreement. They have a niche and they operate on a particular business model. Nothing wrong with that...

[alkafluence]

Originally posted by SampsonFBC
I wonder if she's ever considered that there really aren't that many women paintball players out there? I guess she likes the idea of a lot less teams. I think she has personal issues

Alot less teams, will be what happens. Look what happened with Title IX and sports in college. Don't get me wrong, I totally support opportunities for women to play college sports, but what Title IX did is to cause colleges to cut alot of men's sports. Especially wrestling.

Basically, there are 3 main ways to comply with Title IX for colleges to ensure equality of conditions for male and female athletes.

A. Intercollegiate level participation opportunities for male and female students must be provided in numbers substantially proportionate to their respective enrollments ("Proportionate Athletic Opportunity"); or
B. Where the members of one sex have been and are underrepresented among intercollegiate athletes, the institution must show a history and continuing practice of program expansion which is demonstrably responsive to the developing interests and abilities of the members of that sex; or
C. Where (A) and (B) above cannot be met, an institution must demonstrate that the interests and abilities of the members of the discriminated gender class have been fully and effectively accommodated by the present athletics program.


Unfortunately, a number of lawsuits have made it, so that the only way to escape the lawsuits is to comply with section A. In doing this, it has caused various men's sports to be removed.

IMHO- if something like this were to be implemented in paintball, the exact same thing would happen. (the number of overall teams would drop, dramatically)


So instead of ensuring compliance the result was as follows: About 400 men's college teams were eliminated during the 1990s, as schools attempted to meet standards requiring a ratio of male and female athletes similar to the overall student population.

As of late there has been alot of discussion about re-evaluating Title IX. http://enquirer.com/editions/2003/01...TitleIX31.html