Female football players

I'm all for females playing male sports- that's why we have bad-ass women's lacrosse and soccer and basketball, etc. (Men, if you're rolling your eyes, this next part is for you.)

But if women aren't SMART enough to be on the football field, what the hell does athletic ability have to do with anything?

An Evansville High School teenager and her mother are asking a federal jury to decide whether school coaches and staff discriminated against her as a female freshman member of the football team.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Madison, also asked for compensation for pain, suffering, mental and emotional distress and expenses after the girl, Ivyanne Elborough, broke her clavicle during a high school football practice.

By telling her to practice without safety equipment, football coach Ron Grovesteen caused the girl to be injured, "which made her unable to participate in football, crushed her dreams of becoming the first professional female football player, caused her to miss school, go through surgery and other medical procedures," the complaint said.

Whoever was stupid enough to play without the proper equipment should not have been playing. She should have taken that issue up with the appropriate authorities before putting herself in a situation capable of harming her.

No specific amount of money is sought. "We want a jury to decide what would be a fair amount," said Madison lawyer Andrea Farrell.

The teenager, who is now entering her sophomore year, is still receiving medical treatment for the injury she received after school staff made it difficult for her to access her safety gear before practice, according to the complaint filed by the girl and her mother, Deborah St. Aubin-Elborough.

Unbelievable. I rule the plaintiff an idiot and incompetent to partake in athletic activities. Go join the cheerleading team or something. If you break your clavicle that way, you got no one to blame but yourself.

Or if all else fails, sue McDonalds for hot coffee if you want someone to blame for your own idiocy.