No to Dr. Phil
Feb. 22, 2008 @ 4:32 p.m. by Joannaby joanna
If you can believe it, Gary Musselman of the Kansas State High School Activities Association, said no to the Dr. Phil show.
I’m personally in disbelief. That’s like saying no to an armadillo cracking peanuts by the roadside. (OK, I think I failed at mimicking a hokey saying of his, but, whatever.)
Musselman told me today that he’d been called by the Dr. Phil show to appear on it and talk about the situation regarding the female basketball official and St. Mary’s Academy. If you missed it, check out the previous blog posts. In short, St. Mary’s wouldn’t allow the woman, Michelle Campbell, to officiate a boys basketball game because they don’t believe in women having power over men.
Musselman has talked to many different media outlets, including Good Morning America, but he turned down Dr. Phil. He said the assistant producer was speechless. He paused, paused, paused after Musselman’s response. I guess there aren’t many who turn down the big man who went to high school in Kansas.
The whole situation surrounding St. Marys has been difficult, and I feel for Musselman for having to deal with this, especially because it involves a school that’s only approved, not a member. The KSHSAA board will meet March 11 to discuss whether to revoke St. Marys’ status as approved or if it will put stronger language in. Who knows what will come of it.
Fact is, something needs to happen. Discriminating against gender is a serious issue — thus laws that guard against it happening.
All right, back to wrestling. Derby’s Blake Long just won his match. His opponent at 189 pounds was DQ’ed for his fourth penalty — he kept locking his hands.
February 25th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Musselman is an idiot for doing this. Anytime Kansas has a chance to prove it is not a state filled with inbreded buffoons, we should jump at the chance to prove “yes there is intelligent life out here.”
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