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Re: The IPF rules aren't valid

Posted By: Garry Holmen
Date: Tuesday, 20 December 2005, at 6:42 a.m.

In Response To: Re: The IPF rules aren't valid (Larry "Iron" Smith)

> Apples and oranges! There are natural
> restrictions like age (Grade School, Jr. High,
> High School, College, Pro's with a few barriers
> blurring there with some high school graduates
> going straight into professional sports. Wrong
> in my opinion.)

Maurice Clarett tried to challenge the 2 year from high school limitation in the NFL last year. He won at the lowest level and lost wtice on appeals. The Supreme Court refused to listen to his case.

The whole thing was based on the Clayton Act and anti trust laws (and the NFL is a more clear black and white monopoly then the IPF is in powerlifting)

Seems like Nectar's post has precident.

> There are gender restrictions that are both
> fair and unfair.

It's not even athletics in Augusta... it's about membership. Augusta National has never had a woman member in its 69-year history, and didn't admit its first African American member until 1990. So what? It is a private club, and it is protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.

I think it's wrong, you think it's wrong. There is still no legal case where one can force a private organization to take you as a member. In fact it's protected from such legal action by the highest legal document in the USA.

> But to tell an amateur athlete he can not
> compete where and when he/she wants is very
> arbitrary at best and would most likely be
> successfully challenged in the USA.

History indicates otherwise Larry.

Garry

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