Was it wrong that I advertised my condo for sale this way:
1 bedroom condo, nice neighbourhood, west-facing unit overlooks athletic field where nearby high school varsity girls' field hockey and soccer teams practice most mornings, binoculars included, 1-car parking extra#elizabethlambert
I have to say, "a national debate about sportsmanship, gender roles, double standards regarding aggressiveness and news media coverage and the sexualized portrayal of female athletes" is the strangest euphemism for "erections" I've ever seen. #elizabethlambert
I'd like to spur a national debate on the use of the phrase, "spur a national debate." My position is that it's presumptuous, leading and borderline poppycock, but you may disagree.
Gawd, I hope there are no "WHY ARE OUR LITTLE GIRLS SO OUT OF CONTROL?" editorials to come out of this, but that's just terribly surreal wishing.
What's annoying about Lambert is that she's no different from any female soccer player over the age of 14, regardless of what Julie Foudy seems to be so enraged about in the prior SportsCenter clip.
Honestly, I think the worst part is the officiating. What happened to the refs? Tackling the player from behind should have taken Lambert off the field earlier, instead the ref turns a blind eye to that and gives her a yellow for a calculated stab at the ball/player? When he pulled that card, did he ... I don't know, decide that once he pulled out the wrong color he couldn't change his mind?
I love playing soccer, but girls are vicious and ruthless and without better officials on the field, these types of incidents will never go away.
So pull out the video cameras, boys, if that's what you like. There's plenty more where this came from at any female football game and there will most likely continue to be.
Lambert's retaliations and subsequent apology won't change that, but maybe it'll help bring better refs out for college games. #soccer
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What's the debate here, aren't we all in favor of this? #elizabethlambert
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@formerly Chief Wahoo: Of course we aren't! That's a terribly chauvinist thing to say, after all, we... #elizabethlambert
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What's annoying about Lambert is that she's no different from any female soccer player over the age of 14, regardless of what Julie Foudy seems to be so enraged about in the prior SportsCenter clip.
Honestly, I think the worst part is the officiating. What happened to the refs? Tackling the player from behind should have taken Lambert off the field earlier, instead the ref turns a blind eye to that and gives her a yellow for a calculated stab at the ball/player? When he pulled that card, did he ... I don't know, decide that once he pulled out the wrong color he couldn't change his mind?
I love playing soccer, but girls are vicious and ruthless and without better officials on the field, these types of incidents will never go away.
So pull out the video cameras, boys, if that's what you like. There's plenty more where this came from at any female football game and there will most likely continue to be.
Lambert's retaliations and subsequent apology won't change that, but maybe it'll help bring better refs out for college games. #soccer