Boys participating in girl's sports

Recently in class, we discussed whether or not boys should participate in females' sports teams. A lot of times, some high schools have eliminated sports because of Title IX (or simply do not offer the sports to boys) so many boys have turned to competing with girls on their teams.


In class, we watched a video that showed a boy competing on a girl's field hockey team. The boy was a hockey player looking for a sport to work on his skills in the off-season; field hockey seemed to be the perfect choice for him. Too bad field hockey is only offered to females in the United States. Despite this fact, he still joined the team and was one of the star players. Most of his female teammate's parents were extremely upset about this. Some of the arguments against him joining the team were that he would easily injure the girls but at that point of the season, there was not one incident. Many were also upset because he was taking playing time away from their daughters that were now sitting on the bench because he was a starter. Although this may be true, he was good enough to play over them; the coach of the team was quoted saying that she would give her team the best shot to win playing the best players, even if they were a boy.

I agree that boys should be able to compete with girls in high school, as I also agree girls should be able to compete with boys. This should only be if the sport, or equivalent to that sport, is offered at their high school. Therefore, boys should not be able to compete in girl's basketball if boy's basketball is offered. If there Isn't a volleyball team offered for boys but there is a girls team, males interested in the sport should be able to play. It's the only fair way. People argue for girls to compete on boy's teams, why shouldn't boys be able to do the same if they are not offered the sport?