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Human Rights amendment”; Kiproper mix? Mark Bryson Chronicle Staff There has been much talk the past few weeks since Ontario's attorney general announced an amendment would be made this fail to the Human Rights Code to allow women to compete with men in any amateur sport. During his announcement of the change, Ian Scott said the proposed change will allow women an avenue to complain if they feel they have been dumped from a team strictly on the basis of sex. While the move is being applauded by most women's groups across the prov ince. something overlooked about the amendment is it will work both ways. In other words, men will also now be eligible to compete with women in individual or team competition. The changes will affect community athletics, school and university sports and any other competitive amateur sports. " --. 1' J-_e.n.. Al-..“ To. .... In Waterloo, Rio Caron, deputy direc- [or of Community Services for the city, says he is not sure whether it is even an issue. "A good many of the sports are those in which there should be no problems. I think soccer is a good example of that. The biggest problem will be in the heavy contact sports and in those the very exceptional girl athlete might be able to compete but for the most part 99 per cent can't and I don't think 99 per cent of them would want to." said Caron He admitted there t-ould be problems in the older age groups but said t'ommon sense will likely prevent it and people would only participate in what they t-ould handle When asked about the possxblmy of boys playing in girls icagues, Caron was less agreeable, "Roy, wouldn't that be a problem I haven't really given much thought to it and I don't imagine many sports organi rations have given thought to it either I can we a boy who has a very low level of skill playing with the girls and mayh- vnjoying " more." he said, ' ..,v,...,. __ ___"'" -, While Caron seemed to fool there would be very little problem with the idea. heads of Waterloo sports organiza tions disagreed. Mary Lou iGei. president of girl's minor ringoue. said there could be sore spots, - _ - . . o~,!, __ --- _:_|'r “It could end up backfiring on girl's sports as lar as the boys taking over But personally I think it will even out because I don't think there will be too many girls who want to play hockey and I can‘t so" it 'ettttttt the other way because of the certain amount of peer pressure involved." she said Israeli did not feel that ringette or hockey would lose players to each other because of the decision. iiiiFs 2iiiiiirToiitiaii president Keith Clayfield was dead set against the decir sion "i don't know if I appreciate it too much but we'd have to go along with it, Girls minor softball should be left as girls minor softball. You can definitely run into a lot of problems with it." said (‘layfield He felt the changing arrangements at an allrstar level was the obvious prob lem but added that he felt the girls just wouldn't be as good, especially as they advanced in years, A point that Clayfield brought up concerning coaches is something that has not received much attention, "ICs hard enough now to control Is-year-old girls on the bench with their boyfriends sitting behind the bench. Could you imagine them playing on the same team? I know I wouldn't want to coach under those circumstances," said Clayfield. those He said his executive has not looked at the matter yet and would deal with the "problem" it it came to them - . . - :J__A lint. WW.-." .. .V Wm, Waterloo minor hockey president Hob Kempel said the ruling will have very little affect. "Really it will not affect us at all because the Canadian Hockey Associa lion made the ruling last year that girls could play with boys until the Peewee age and we had none ttpvir" said Y.ptr Me said the league executive has not given much discussion to the who: but personally felt that girls capable of competing should be allowed, Michael Rowe, minor soccer presi pol I, Chronicle Staff The focus of much of the attention in the ongoing debate of whether girls should be allowed to compete with the boys is 12-year-old Mickey player Justine Blainey. A skilled rearward. Blainey earned the right to play for the Toronto Oiympies minor Peewee A's, but was later cut strictly because of her sex. Her appeal to the Supreme Court of Ontario was put on ice Mood-lg until iGi." ri UitGaiiA gave the Ontario Hockey Association time to me at" Mutts and aunt]. . Justine current focus of ruling dent. was more worried about adminis trating the decision than anything else. “Once again it's the government making the decision and a bunch of volunteers having to implement them, Politics in minor sports is bad enough now. so you can imagine what this is going to add to it." said Rowe. His organization currently allows co ed play uptil age 10 but doubts whether there will be a heavy influx of girl players after that age because of the strong girl's league in Waterloo and the obvious skill difference Blainey and her lawyer contend the decisions infringes on the Charter of Rights an_d F'reed?my.. _ "Ed also are battling the current Ontario Human Rights Code which allows sports discrimipatftn. - The fact that Ontario Attorney Gem eral lan Scott has proposed an am- mendment to the code that will no longer allow discrimination on the hula one): at the atiMtett. sports level is of little eoeMeqttettce to Halsey us it will likely be passed too late for her to play an seem. Until a decision ls reached. Ma will be forced to doattrtate the me we: t.ia=".r.d 1 '" --‘" in: could backfire a.” "'"s?_l-l,,!,l k",ii(Jj'ii,"'"iii"i"" An amendment to allow women to compete with men in any amateur - - - - A ..:_ _ -u “nu..-" _.,_ _ sport may have tar-reaching eff- tects on minor sports such as these, says a sampling of Water- loo minor sports executives. "The "twat-old girls team in Water loo is super, But if you put them up against the boys. they'll get rrunrhed." said Rowe, One thing that does annoy Rowe is the argument about problems arising be cause of changing into uniforms. Wildcats, a girl's hockey pun; 1;"; Emu“; 3131:1713: Ahy Yeowell 's,.. and Colleen Adams of oringevlile't an-sur soccer team are tteintilterret! "c.iii,or. me "i, iashroom at a soccer field in Waterloo and then maybe rd admit it could cause problems. Each organization said their constittr tions would have to be changed to accommodate the amendment. many weeks. 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