Female Athlete Refuses Testing, Denied Membership

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Allison Rogers, 13, of Ethical Culture Fieldstone School in New York, has been denied a second season on her middle school football team because she refuses to retake a series of fitness tests required by New York state for participation in mixed-gender sports — required for girls, that is.

In an interview to McClatchyDC, Rogers said, “The school and the coaches know who I am. They knew who I was in seventh grade, they know that I’m athletic. It just seems unfair that I should ever have to take any of these tests, that any girl should have to take any of these tests.”

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