What is going too far in a sport especially soccer? Well, I'm sure most of you have seen this video of this NCAA women's soccer game but if you haven't just watch this real quick. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k52QWFeP7OY.
Ok, so now after watching that here are my opinions on what I feel about this girl Elizabeth Lambert. First of all, I understand that this is a tournament game and competition is at an all time high, but the actions taken by her are for one unsportsmanlike and for two these actions should never be done by a girl. Yes, it is amazing to see the passion this girl has for her sport but pulling a girl down to the ground by here hair....THAT'S ABSURD! I feel as if this girl should be suspended from playing NCAA soccer for her actions taken place in this game. Even watching that video you can see that former gold medalist Julie Foudy makes comments on her far out playing style. Someone might ask me "well what is too far?" Well personally I feel like the slide tackling she made was not too bad because you will see that in mostly any competitive soccer match but I felt like the hair pulling, the punch in the face, and the kicking the ball into the opponents face were taking it too far.
Just from looking at the picture that you posted, it looks like the recipient of the throwdown could have suffered whiplash! I wonder if there will be any lawsuits from that game, especially after all the coverage that there was? I definitely agree with your assessments of what was taking it too far!
ReplyDeleteI agree, she definitely took it way too far. You can expect to see aggressive play in a tournament game, but this girl looked like she should be fighting in the UFC rather than playing soccer. I also agree with what you said about the slide tackle being more acceptable in soccer but pulling the girl down by her hair, the punch in the face, and how she kicked the ball into the other player's face were just completely taking it way too far.
ReplyDeleteI agree she was so out of line with her actions. I am also surprised that this action came from a girl. I also agree with you on her taking it too far with the actions of punching and hair pulling.
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