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Dighton-Rehoboth girls field hockey team forfeits game due to male player

By Sophia SzaboMelanie DaSilva,

1 days ago

DIGHTON, Mass. (WPRI) — The Dighton-Rehoboth girls field hockey team has forfeited their upcoming game under a new athletic policy that was passed in June.

Somerset-Berkley has a boy on their team, which is allowed under state law when a school doesn’t offer a male alternative for the sport.

After a Dighton-Rehoboth field hockey player was seriously injured by a male player’s shot last season, the district’s school committee passed an updated policy allowing teams to opt out of a game.

Dighton-Rehoboth Superintendent Bill Runey said, “There are times where we have to place a higher value on safety than on victory.”

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well

15h ago

this is not a new law, this has been a law for decades. the equal rights amendment from 1979 it has not been a problem for decades and people are just now getting upset with it because of the anti trans agenda being pushed. this anti trans agenda is now negatively affecting people who aren’t even trans.

Maria G. Ferreira

18h ago

That’s BS

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