female sports managers

What form the harassment took would have a major impact on my response. The term "sexual harassment" has been used to mean anything from a slightly off-color joke or remark to assault.

Then there's 'sexually explicit' --- would that be R rated or p*rn?

If a woman signs on to work with a football team and is offended that they suffer from testosterone poisoning and make s*xist comments...well, shock-bloody-horrors. I'm "offended" that a woman regards herself or is regarded as such a delicate flower that she must be protected by law from such things or can't handle the situation herself.

However, there are still boundaries and lines that should not be crossed. If this situation crossed those lines, then she's well within her rights.

If you don't choose a female, you are being discriminatory, if you do and someone cuts a **** in front of her, you are harassing her.

Win-win, huh?

That **** business cuts both ways!

Fergie Jenkins dausghter managed a pro team here and she did okay.
Another female managed a Blue Jays A minor team here. When they left she was hired by the Jays to work with them. She did a great job while here.

I have placed many female students as Athletic Training Students with baseball. For the most part, the young ladies are accepted and treated like any other team member.

I have had several female managers over the years and they have all pretty much worked out. You can't just get any girl to do it. They have to know what the male atmosphere is about.

When I choose one or one comes up to me I sit down with them and tell them how it is. I try to let them know as honestly as I can that guys are a different breed and that she is coming into their world. Then I stress to her that if she ever does feel uncomfortable about anything to tell me and things will get taken care of. I did have one girl I had who I could tell was visibly upset one day. I asked her what it was and she said she was mad at one of the guys. My first thought was that one of them went too far but she said it was more of a personality issue instead of anything improper. She would not tell me who it was and told me to drop it. I kept pushing to find out who and what the problem was and if she wanted out but she it was no big deal and still wanted to keep managing. I talked to her about a year later and she told me the reason she didn't tell me anything is because it was a personality issue with a guy and she knew I would have dropped the hammer on him and it would hurt the team and she didn't want that to happen.

Most girls who do want to be in this situation understand what it's like. They are willing to put up with stuff they normally wouldn't put up with.

When I was playing baseball and football in high school, baseball in college and now coaching both sports - my friends and I would make fun of each other, cut farts in front of one another, insult each other's manhood, cuss each other out and other stuff. That is a guy's world. If girls want to be a part of it they have to accept certain things.

By no means do they have to put up with stuff that does cross the line.

Our HS daughter is the team manager for the Varsity wrestling team and the track team. I was always a little worried about how she would deal with crossing into male territory. Then one morning I was taking her to meet the bus for a wrestling tournament and she wanted to stop at the store for a soda on the way. In the store were several members of the wrestling team. She place herself between the cash register and the door, then she began to tell this HUGE boys how they all knew that snacks before weigh in were not allowed & that she would be collecting all snacks from them before they left, and would return them after weigh ins that morning. To my shock they all handed their food and drinks to her some with a snarl and one will a b word, that she responded to him with "you say that like its a bad thing & you know you'll love me later when you're not running to loose that soda weight." He smiled with a yeah I know and all proceeded to the bus. My schock turned to amazement.

I later heard how that same boy that used the b word jumped in and "protected' her from a fowl mouthed kid from another school.

I love that they really do take care of each other.

Need gal with very thick skin. Played pickup ball extensively as an older teenager with guys. Had a guy come up to me one day with a feminine hygene pad and ask me what is it used for?! [Right in front of about another 16 guys.] Told him its used about once a month by a girl for about 3-4 days to keep her underwear clean. Got him a playboy magazine the next day and told him to read it. Hope his parents didn't catch him with the thing, being ultra religious and all.