After being disqualified for breaking a tournament's 'no girls allowed' rule, her team had her back

[niyad]

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After being disqualified for breaking a tournament's 'no girls allowed' rule, her team had her back.


For the past two seasons, 10-year-old Kymora Johnson has played basketball for the Charlottesville Cavaliers.

For years, Kymora wanted to be part of a team, and as soon as she was old enough, Kymora's mom, Jessica Thomas-Johnson, signed her up. Kymora has played point guard for the Virginia-based team ever since and played with them in the national championship tournament each of the past three years. And while the first two trips to the tournament went without a hitch, things didn't go so great this time around.



Photo from Jessica Thomas-Johnson.


On Aug. 1, 2015, Kymora's team, the Cavaliers, beat the New Jersey Shoreshots 47-45, or at least, that's what everyone thought.

After the game, however, tournament officials told Cavaliers coach Joe Mallory that the team had broken a rule and that the game would be recorded as a 1-0 loss.

The Cavaliers had been disqualified. And the reason? Kymora is a girl.

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http://www.upworthy.com/after-being-disqualified-for-breaking-a-tournaments-no-girls-allowed-rule-her-team-had-her-back?c=upw1&u=dc6e49724e45c2466b3cb50c36d8937eed73f02a

[PoliticAverse]

1. Let the lawsuits begin. n/t

[Journeyman]

2. She wasn't a girl at Tip Off? . . .

Wow, the full story is even more infuriating.

[niyad]

3. nor, apparently, during the interviews. you are correct, the story is infuriating.

[Journeyman]

4. No evidence for it, but it seems a bit of sour grapes from the losing team . . .

Had she been disqualified at the beginning, the rest of her team could have made a decision to play without her, or stand with her in solidarity. Either way, they all would have gone home feeling proud of themselves. Now, they still have their pride, but with a bucketload of resentment towards adults mixed in.

[niyad]

5. that was my first thought as well. especially since she has played in this tournament the

last two years (the rule change is new this year--and one wonders why)