Lauren Silberman's Tryout Likely A "Sham"
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Mejdy Jabr
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Sunday, March 03, 2013
A day that was supposed to be a proud one for feminists around the nation has taken a turn for the worse. Lauren Silberman, who had played varsity soccer in high school but had never kicked a football in an organized game before deciding that she wanted to play in the NFL, set an "ambitious goal" to kick "perfect 60 yard field goals." She supposedly had worked with a coach and practiced really hard every day.
Today, Silberman became the first female to tryout for the NFL, and according to Marcy Gonzalez in the piece above, she hoped that her "years of studying sports video games would give her a................. leg up."
... Sports video games? Are you fucking kidding me? Is the media this hungry for inspiration?
What she was doing should not have been celebrated in the first place. There are plenty of talented female athletes actually trying to break into the world of male athletics. This was clearly a woman looking to make a spectacle of herself and, in her own deluded way, mend herself into the very fabric of feminist history, for better or worse.
It's the kind of underdog story that will set back female opportunity in the NFL for years to come while offending both feminists and football players alike.
Via USA Today:
Sam Gordon, the future is in your hands now.
Today, Silberman became the first female to tryout for the NFL, and according to Marcy Gonzalez in the piece above, she hoped that her "years of studying sports video games would give her a................. leg up."
... Sports video games? Are you fucking kidding me? Is the media this hungry for inspiration?
What she was doing should not have been celebrated in the first place. There are plenty of talented female athletes actually trying to break into the world of male athletics. This was clearly a woman looking to make a spectacle of herself and, in her own deluded way, mend herself into the very fabric of feminist history, for better or worse.
It's the kind of underdog story that will set back female opportunity in the NFL for years to come while offending both feminists and football players alike.
Via USA Today:
Kicker Lauren Silberman, the first female to participate in an NFL-sponsored tryout, had her session at the NFL's New York/New Jersey Regional Scouting Combine ended by a leg injury -after only two kickoffs Sunday.
Silberman said she aggravated a quad injury she first suffered while training last week.
A former MIT student and club soccer player, Silberman pulled up lame after her first kick, which traveled only 16 yards and barely crossed midfield at the New York Jets' indoor training facility. Silberman landed awkwardly and hobbled a bit as the ball bounced at the 49-yard line.By the way, she wasn't kicking a field goal. It was merely a kick off. Good job; good effort!
@danweis23 They were kickoffs. I posted the video of one.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 3, 2013
After 3 mins, 16 secs of questions, Silberman says she's done talking. Gotta be honest, this feels like quite the sham right now.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 3, 2013
Their progress was stunted today. RT @conniescouts: Feel badly for serious young ladies that are or have been kickers in HS or college.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 3, 2013
Sam Gordon, the future is in your hands now.
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