Comments on: Never mind the throwing gap http://www.wendyparker.org/2012/09/never-mind-the-throwing-gap/ Discoveries, rants and comfort-food cravings of a sports omnivore. Tue, 21 May 2013 10:38:35 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bern http://www.wendyparker.org/2012/09/never-mind-the-throwing-gap/#comment-10703 Bern Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:37:18 +0000 http://www.wendyparker.org/?p=4748#comment-10703 Well Said. The most frustrating and counterproductive aspect of the denial of the well documented post-puberty physical differences between the sexes is the ongoing and substantial injury risk that female athletes are being subjected to without their (or their parents) knowledge. The exponential risk of ACL tears to young women athletes is completely unacceptable. The documented fact that there are so many female kinesiology PhDs in academia who continue to ignore the obvious for political purposes would be humorous if it wasn't so sad. The institutionalized corruption of academia on this issue is mind-boggling. Our friends at the University of Minnesota have been in the forefront of this denial of reality going back to Sokolove's book review in 2008. We're going to be pushing for a parent acknowledgement / disclosure form to be nationally adopted for grades 1 - 12 female athletes that calls out the risk to them and forces the issue to be addressed on a national basis. If you or any of your readers are interested in being involved they should step up and say so. Either way we believe that when the facts come out, as Lucy used to say...There's gonna be alota 'splainin to do". Well Said. The most frustrating and counterproductive aspect of the denial of the well documented post-puberty physical differences between the sexes is the ongoing and substantial injury risk that female athletes are being subjected to without their (or their parents) knowledge.

The exponential risk of ACL tears to young women athletes is completely unacceptable. The documented fact that there are so many female kinesiology PhDs in academia who continue to ignore the obvious for political purposes would be humorous if it wasn’t so sad. The institutionalized corruption of academia on this issue is mind-boggling.

Our friends at the University of Minnesota have been in the forefront of this denial of reality going back to Sokolove’s book review in 2008.

We’re going to be pushing for a parent acknowledgement / disclosure form to be nationally adopted for grades 1 – 12 female athletes that calls out the risk to them and forces the issue to be addressed on a national basis.

If you or any of your readers are interested in being involved they should step up and say so. Either way we believe that when the facts come out, as Lucy used to say…There’s gonna be alota ’splainin to do”.

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