...the State Wrestling Tournament is underway here in Iowa, which, if you live in Iowa, you probably already know, unless you've been living under some kind of rock. 2 female wrestlers qualified for State this year- first two ever and today, Cassy Herkelman of Cedar Falls won when her male opponent Joel Northrup of Linn-Mar in Marion declined to wrestle her.
Now kudos to Cassy and Megan Black, the other female entrant for getting her done, knocking down a couple of gender stereotypes and getting to the State Tournament, but, while it's obvious Northrup agonized over his decision, I gotta throw it out there:
Really a matter of conscience? Or a little bit of disrespect because he didn't want to wrestle a girl?
I think it's a fair question to ask. The flip side of this debate is that if a girl is qualified enough to get to State and take me on, then yeah, I'd wrassle- see how good she really is.
So kids, thoughtful, agonizing decision.... or.... he didn't want to wrassle a girl?
Discuss.
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