Friday, September 12, 2008

The Next Great Basketball Player?

If you haven't heard already, the next basketball superstar is living on the West Coast. Jamie Nared is so skilled, she's having a hard time finding a team to play on. She was recently kicked off a boys' team for being too good.

The 6-1 twelve year old is currently playing on a travel team with high schoolers. The story of this talented girl is told in this NY Times Play article.

Possibly even more interesting is that it took the threat of a lawsuit to clear the way for her to play once again against boys.

Let's see: Division I Coaches; Lawyers threatening lawsuits; leagues resurrecting arcane rules; parents on television. Sounds like a game to me.

Take a look at this video from ABC's Good Morning America to meet a youngster who, at least so far, has stayed away from the chaos being generated by the adults around her.


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