Tuesday, December 15, 2009

another bench mark-Lembert


Now that was amazing. Did any one else watch that but me. What Elizabeth Lambert did was epic. I say epic because in history for as long as I can remember no athlete has did numerous attacks on their opposing competition. The most i've ever seen done to an athlete in soccer is a broken limb or a head butt by Zinedane Zindane in 2006. Which received a lot of controversy. To much attention personally. Lambert will definitely be the mark of violence in soccer for years to come. Yes the sport of soccer is a contact sport but yet what she did is uncalled for whether she or a male athlete at any level can or should do. At the same time I don't like the apology that she gave or for that matter any athlete that apologizes for their actions...
They don't mysteriously blackout or go into a trans. Fully capable is what the
y are mentally and as we can see physically. Some apologizes sound fake and I'd rather see them continue to play more fairly without a dear sorry letter, then to hear one and then play fair. Before this incident yes there was not that much coverage on the tournament and after it kinda was. Yet sometime things happen for a reason. In this case that little excitement it gave to the sport sparked the need for the sport to watched again. So Thanks Liz for being yourself on the field because without it what would we be talking about now... And no Im not condoning her actions or any dirty actions just know that it was not a mistake and can happen again with the right circumstances

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  1. I too thought of Zinedine Zidan when I saw the YouTube clip of Elizabeth Lambert. I could not think of a comparable action that I had ever seen by a male, let alone a female soccer player. What amazes me even more is that the video clips are still being shown--not only on sport stations, but even on mainstream news outlets, like Entertainment Tonight. Too bad that is what it takes to get coverage of women's sports!

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