Mission: The goal of …Because I Played Sports is to bring a voice to women’s sports online. As former athletes, we promise to do what we can to bring as much as we can to achieve gender equality in editorial coverage of contemporary female athletics. We’re here to vocalize what many sports editors are ignorantly missing… females.
Welcome. We’re glad you’re here.
Megan Hueter
Editor-in-Chief
I’m an ex-basketball player who went professional in something other than sports.
Now in my mid-twenties, I started this blog because I realized that by participating in sports as a kid, I was setting myself up for successful opportunities later in life. Leadership, hard work, teamwork, the value of diversity… on the basketball court is where I learned about all of it. And that opportunity is something that every girl deserves, and is something worth fighting for. I strongly believe that by simply listening (and I mean really listening) and paying attention to those who are succeeding and how they’re being portrayed, you’re learning about yourself and empowering your abilities beyond measure. And if you can bring those qualities to the table, you’ll always have a seat.
(Disclaimer: the thoughts an opinions on this site are mine and mine alone, and do not reflect those of my current employer, Edelman PR, or any clients or previous employers).
I love your site! Great job!
Let’s post an article…because parents ruin sports for their kids. The past, 5 or 6 days, have been hell for me. I had an unsportsmanlike, disrespectful, immature, outburts by many of my 15-18 year old boys at our last swim meet. Because of their behavior, the severity of it, the amount of people effected by it, and the ridiculousness of it, I benched them for one of the our relays at our championship swim meets, which was this past Tuesday. I cannot even tell you, the backlash, the ridicule, and the gossip, stemming around this event. You’d think parents would have the same idea of unacceptable behavior. So ridiculous!
Miss you!
Od –
We are definately products of our evironment. Bo benching those guys, you taught them that their actions have consequences. You also were telling those parents that their kids did something wrong. Which they need to understand. I’ll look for more research behind the effect parents have on their kids, and I totally will write a post about it.
Meg
Hi Megan,
It’s very nice to see you! I’ve noticed comments you’ve made on other blogs and agree that we should all unite to promote each other. Check through my blog and tell me what you think. I cover a women’s football team in my area and every other sport you can think of. I include men as well, but focus on women all of the time. I’m a fan of all things sport so all athletes are discussed at my site. (I’m at apryldelancey.blogspot.com)
Keep up the great work!
I am so glad I found BlogHer today. You have a wonderful perspective on what’s happening in women’s sports today. I hope you will take the time to see what I am doing. I would really like for you and other bloggers to share your ideas as I develop and grow my site.
Sheila
hi,
found your site googling erin donahue and thigh i have never been “sporty” so to speak, i really think what you’re doing is terrific. keep up the nice thoughtful writing.
jane
Hi there,
I am a regular reader of your blog, and just wanted to stop by and let you know that I included you on my Top 5 post for Blog Day 2008.
Please feel free to stop by and comment. And we’d love to see your Top 5 post for Blog Day too! (better late than never!)
http://www.horsepowerandheels.com/blog/2008/08/blog-day-2008.html
Hello!
A friend perusing your site alerted me to your August posting, and kind comments for the song I wrote that was inspired by some top notch women I’ve been blessed to get to know . I wanted to drop a line and say thank you!
BTW, baseball has been a great metaphor for my life skills…
You have a great site & keep up the good work!
Bob Coine
Heartland Studios, Inc.
http://www.Heartlandillinois.com