Can the mods do something about the garbage posts on the boards or are they hell bent on subjecting more young female athletes to cyberbullying? It appears to be the letsrun tradition after all.
I'm not going to quote the posts here. But I am going to remind you of the following women who had out of this world prodigious talent-- who suffered setbacks sometimes so severe it derailed their careers due to....PUBERTY?! nope.
Eating disorders.
Mary Cain
Molly Seidel
Brie Oakley
Elise Cranny
Katie Rainsberger
Amber Trotter
I only name them because they have been open about their struggles.
I really wish that this website and these mods would take what goes on on these boards seriously and listen to the scores of female athletes screaming from the rooftops about how damaging some of these anonymous posts actually are. Don't dismiss them. None of the mods themselves are women or high school/college girls. None of them understand what it is like to read anonymous posts calling you names and what that can actually do.
And no, it doesn't make you WeAk to be hurt or affected by it. And if you yourself have not been a subject to posts calling you names, you have no right to object.
So stop referring to puberty as a "s***tstorm". Stop calling AMATEUR teenage athletes rude names based on their appearance. Let their performances tell the story.