Hayden Fry – A Man’s Man — and Not Crazy About Pink, Either
Trying to win is wrong too, but that’s another article. This pink thing is bonkers. I can hardly write about it without losing it. Pink in men’s sports is a powerful message that you are a wussy! Everyone knows that.
I saw it first hand at a High School football game last year. The team from my daughters High School is normally blue and white. Last year, Ashton Kutcher, bought the team pink jerseys to support breast cancer awareness. Ashton is a grad of the school. He thought he was doing a good thing for a good cause. Nope!
I mean the cause is good, everyone loves the Save the Ta-Tas thing, but no one thought of the psychological issues of teen-aged boys playing football dressed like a Barbie Doll! Our team was Pretty in Pink while the opposing team, who were the Tigers, showed up Back in Black! They had black pants and black jerseys and black helmets with orange numbers. It was like playing the devil’s spawn dressed like cotton candy. They destroyed us. I was praying that our guys would change into their blue uniforms at half time, but they did not. It was a slaughter. So hopefully, we are all aware enough about breast cancer to never wear pink uniforms again.
Back to the two women lawyers pissed off about Hayden’s pink lockers. “The use of pink to insult men is a sign of an underlying problem. It’s both sexist and homophobic because it reinforces a notion of masculinity that’s focused on being heterosexual. I conclude that tradition is not just wrong, it’s illegal,” said Jill Gaulding.
Do they want all boys to be gay? Or it’s illegal to be masculine/heterosexual? Really? Is that the goal here? Better get those darn cheerleaders in short skirts off the field then. All that does is promote heterosexuality! I mean I’m pretty sure there are still a fair number of teen boys that notice the cheerleaders and feel that age old desire to dominate every other boy in the room. Then maybe little miss cheerleader might want to form a legal, state-recognized, marriage-like relationship and procreate!
For now, the visiting locker room is still pink in Iowa City. I for one hope it makes Nebraska feel like a bunch of little girls so we can take them down! When asked, Coach Ferentz, who was trained under Hayden, has said the visiting locker room in Kinnick Stadium is more pink than ever. Thank God we still have a man’s man coaching in Iowa. He’s proud to be one of Hayden’s boys. The multi-lettered angry women of the world haven’t totally sissified every man on the planet! At least not yet! I implore you … fathers of boys … make them men! Leave pink for the girls.
Image: Iowa Hawkeye coach Hayden Fry; author Asolsma1988; Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication