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     In the article, Bob Cook states, "Near Columbus, Ohio, a 12-year-old girl named Makhaela Jenkins, who has grown up playing football with boys, wants to play on the school team. The Liberty Union-Thurston school district is telling her she can’t." Makhaela, a girl who can compete with any other boy her age, should be able to play football. It is unfair that she cannot play now that she has the opportunity to play for her school when she has been playing all her life with boys. In the article, Monica Maeng says, "I don’t treat them any differently. They’re to be treated as guys. They’re playing a man’s sport," said David Lopez, 15." David, a fellow youth football player, does not care if a girl plays with him or not. He feels that if a girl plays football she should be treated as an equal, which is only fair. Females or not, whoever it is is expected to play at the highest level they can. Zach Mayo also says that, "Rebecca Green of Fuquay-Varina High School attended workouts all summer and is hoping to play outside linebacker for the Bengals' JV team this year. I attended the Bengals' practice on the first day of contact and watched her go head-to-head with the guys. She took some of them to the ground." This is prime eye witness evidence that some girls can compete with guys. This girl cannot be the only girl out there that can challenge the dominant male force in football.
     Monica Maeng states, "Girls on football teams don’t get to play quarterback or other star roles because they aren’t physically able to beat out the guys." Boys generally do not like the idea of girls being the star of the team, so girls are limited to what they can do. Even if they are really good, boys will refuse to let them have the opportunity.Bob cook says in his article that, "According to the National Federation of State High School Associations, as of 2011-12, the latest data available, 1,804 girls in the United States played for their high school tackle football team." These girls rarely played in a game, but at least the girls are actually on a team; however, Makhaela is getting totally denied the right to be on the team. This is a violation of Title IX, which states, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance… ”