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BrightKnight

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36. Yeah, the scale of the response is the issue for me.

Reply to crimycarny (Reply #23)

Mon Dec 21, 2020, 03:46 PM

Dec 2020

I suspect the the response for most athletes would be more like what happened to Mayfield. She probably has a point that they held her to a higher standard because she was a woman.

With just the hands I am tempted to say it was a dexterity issue but with the facial expression it was not.

It is an important life lesson that a single little wrong choice at the wrong time can have a huge impact on your life.

Also, most young college students make some bad decisions.

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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