I'm not overly concerned about it. If it were to really catch on, it would be a good thing in terms of encouraging people to participate in physical activity.
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It's peer pressure. They look at the other kid's talent and what's our kid doing Sports is so big, so much attention is paid to it. When you walk into a high school, what's the first thing you see A trophy case and pictures of the athletes. You don't see pictures of average students.Peter Roby
By doing that, we can start to eliminate violence against women - because we're starting to personalize it and not continuing to objectify women.
Peter Roby
What we would like to see is when a teammate walks into a locker room and wants to brag about his conquest the night before, that someone would have had their awareness raised around the issues of gender bounds to say, Hey, that's somebody's sister, that's somebody's daughter, that's somebody's friend that you might be talking about. That could easily be our loved one that we care about. And if we don't want our loved ones to be talked about in that way, let's not engage in that kind of conversation about somebody else's loved one.
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When you start to have success in athletics and get the adulation and praise that follows, that becomes quite an addiction. It gets you feeling better about yourself -- 'Maybe I am worthy.' That's why it may fuel that passion and drive to be great.
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On the other hand, you have an organization that wants to make sure they can do all they can to protect their interests and investments before they commit upwards of 60 million to a player. So I can understand why they would want to use every possible means to investigate that.
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We don't want people to assume that athletes on team sports are going to be more predisposed to a certain way of looking at life than those that aren't on team sports.
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