Man denied tryout with WNBA’s Fever sues league

[ironman]

John Massie, a forklift driver for a local Home Depot, claims his civil rights were violated when the WNBA refused him a tryout. David Isaacs, Massie’s lawyer, says the refusal is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “Section 703 of the act states it is against the law to fail or refuse to hire an individual because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The only reason Mr. Massie was refused a tryout was because of his sex. The WNBA clearly violated Mr. Massie’s rights, and if they do not allow a tryout, they can expect to pay him a considerable settlement.”

:P

[dv6y]

Awesome.

[Fishbone]

Only in Indiana

[BurnKU]

Originally posted by dvyyyyyy@Feb 24 2004, 09:31 AM
Awesome.

Agreed

[kconn]

grote.... I thought this kind of thing was reserved for Fridays.

[Fishbone]

How did this get past the editor?

Added Massie, “I really don’t understand why the WNBA is making such a big fuss about letting me tryout. I bet half those so-called girls on the team have bigger schlongs than I’ve got.”

[ironman]

Originally posted by kconn@Feb 24 2004, 09:34 AM
grote.... I thought this kind of thing was reserved for Fridays.

It's more of a test.

[lazydaze]

Anyone know the WNBA by-laws?

Is is stated for Women, I would imagine it is considering the title.


I am not sure how to feel about this. Two words come to mind


Petty
principled

not sure which one applies.

[davhaf]

Originally posted by pgrote@Feb 24 2004, 09:25 AM
John Massie, a forklift driver for a local Home Depot, claims his civil rights were violated when the WNBA refused him a tryout. David Isaacs, Massie’s lawyer, says the refusal is a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “Section 703 of the act states it is against the law to fail or refuse to hire an individual because of his or her race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. The only reason Mr. Massie was refused a tryout was because of his sex. The WNBA clearly violated Mr. Massie’s rights, and if they do not allow a tryout, they can expect to pay him a considerable settlement.”

:P

What a bitch...

[ironman]

You can think of it as the Kitna hair thing; if you remember that.

[kconn]

Well, I hope he gets his tryout. And if he does, I'm next.

The key is to get in the league early, before the real players start coming out.

Make your bucks, then go back to your day job.

[BurnKU]

Originally posted by kconn@Feb 24 2004, 09:42 AM
Well, I hope he gets his tryout. And if he does, I'm next.

The key is to get in the league early, before the real players start coming out.

Make your bucks, then go back to your day job.

Men entering that league is probably the only thing that could keep it from folding.

[kconn]

When I was at Northwestern, we had an excellent women's team, and a really awful (as usual) men's team.

There were certain people who enjoyed speculating whether the women's team could beat the men.

I always wanted to slap some sense into those people.

[lazydaze]

Originally posted by kconn@Feb 24 2004, 10:05 AM
When I was at Northwestern, we had an excellent women's team, and a really awful (as usual) men's team.

There were certain people who enjoyed speculating whether the women's team could beat the men.

I always wanted to slap some sense into those people.

Now I understand your support of Barnett.

[kconn]

Oh really?

I would venture to say that you don't at all.

edit: The more I think about it, the more I would like you to explain to me how the two are related, putting aside for the moment the question of whether I was making a legitimate post in this thread.