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In reply to the discussion: A Middle Finger Cost Me My Livelihood as a Woman Athlete [View all]Ms. Toad
(34,128 posts)30. She was deliberately flipping the finger at someone -
Watch her actions, watch her face. Whether she knew the person she was flipping off had a camera isn't clear. But it is disingenuous to suggest her behavior was not directed at the person holding the camera.
I agree - it was ridiculous to take away her scholarship. But I have no tolerance for gaslighting at this point.
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More common with some musicians, Johny Cash even did it once, but it's not unheard of.
Zipgun
Dec 2020
#29
"And I don't think the same thing would have happened if I were a male athlete. " Sez it all ...
marble falls
Dec 2020
#12
No harm, no foul. Of more import: Was there ever a time the refs called traveling in the NBA?
marble falls
Dec 2020
#20
I saw a male World Cup player sent home for flipping off fans, but that's a different issue.
RandySF
Dec 2020
#21
It was a split second and she turned the bird sign into a peace sign. What an overreaction. Fingers
iluvtennis
Dec 2020
#19
How many times have we seen a male athlete crab his crotch and pull up on it as a taunt?
crimycarny
Dec 2020
#23
"A Middle Finger Cost Me My Livelihood as a Woman Athlete" is a bit over dramatic
Snake Plissken
Dec 2020
#27