West Point Blames Allowing Women On Team For Loss
PHILADELPHIA – Shortly after suffering their 14th straight loss to Navy, Black Knights head coach Jeff Monken was expressly vocal on who he felt dropped the ball.
“Women don’t belong in combat, damn it!” Monken fumed. “It’s a goddamn battlefield in those trenches. This is all [Ash] Carter’s fault.”
Indeed, since opening all combat roles – including special operations and service academy athletics – to women just last week, the Black Knights have been overwhelmed with enthusiastic female athletes seeking to prove they are just as capable as males of playing high school football at a collegiate level.
“We’re just here to prove that gender doesn’t matter, and that if we can meet the standard, then we should be able to play,” Black Knights quarterback Lucy Langford said.
“Of course, my eight year-old sister could meet the standard,” Langford quickly added.
With only one week to practice before today’s ugly loss, it was perhaps inevitable to expect any other result.
“This is why you can’t run th…
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