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getagrip_already

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34. I agree i was an over reaction...

Reply to Turin_C3PO (Reply #33)

Mon Dec 21, 2020, 12:04 PM

Dec 2020

It's not clear whether it was a sexist response. I'm NOT saying it isn't. But it's just as likely the schools patience is wearing thin with negative publicity over self inflicted errors. For all we know this was just the first infraction after a policy change.

Action. Reaction. Think before intentionally offending.

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A Middle Finger Cost Me My Livelihood as a Woman Athlete [View all] RandySF Dec 2020 OP

watched the video Skittles Dec 2020 #1

Totally blackballed. lpbk2713 Dec 2020 #2

I Never Heard About This ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #3

I never heard about this. efhmc Dec 2020 #4

I went to the link ellie Dec 2020 #6

It would be the Tweet of the Day. TheRickles Dec 2020 #7

Who flips off a camera "in celebration?" luv2fly Dec 2020 #5

Who cares? Yeehah Dec 2020 #9

I certainly am not going to lose sleep over this. Kaleva Dec 2020 #16

I had the same question. Is not "flipping the bird"... 3catwoman3 Dec 2020 #10

She didn't say she flipped off the camera lunatica Dec 2020 #13

Watch the video. Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #18

But what is the behavior? LisaL Dec 2020 #24

She was deliberately flipping the finger at someone - Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #30

Agree. cwydro Dec 2020 #37

If you are an underdog I totally see flipping off the naysayers... Tommymac Dec 2020 #17

More common with some musicians, Johny Cash even did it once, but it's not unheard of. Zipgun Dec 2020 #29

Where is common sense? The punishment ought to fit the crime. PatrickforO Dec 2020 #8

Yep. LisaL Dec 2020 #11

"And I don't think the same thing would have happened if I were a male athlete. " Sez it all ... marble falls Dec 2020 #12

Number Of People Hurt: Zero ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #15

No harm, no foul. Of more import: Was there ever a time the refs called traveling in the NBA? marble falls Dec 2020 #20

That's Where I Was Going ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #25

I saw a male World Cup player sent home for flipping off fans, but that's a different issue. RandySF Dec 2020 #21

I keep thinking of brock turner. niyad Dec 2020 #22

There Were Going To Expel Him ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Gilbert Moore Dec 2020 #14

It was a split second and she turned the bird sign into a peace sign. What an overreaction. Fingers iluvtennis Dec 2020 #19

How many times have we seen a male athlete crab his crotch and pull up on it as a taunt? crimycarny Dec 2020 #23

Yeah, the scale of the response is the issue for me. BrightKnight Dec 2020 #36

"A Middle Finger Cost Me My Livelihood as a Woman Athlete" is a bit over dramatic Snake Plissken Dec 2020 #27

I'd guess the coaching staff was disappointed with her before this incident Klaralven Dec 2020 #31

Rationalizing completely unfair actions by the university Yeehah Dec 2020 #32

well..... getagrip_already Dec 2020 #28

It was a sexist reaction. Turin_C3PO Dec 2020 #33

I agree i was an over reaction... getagrip_already Dec 2020 #34

When did flipping the bird become a celebratory gesture? MineralMan Dec 2020 #35