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[QUOTE="cabbie191, post: 2231405, member: 417"]
This is a link to an article on Danica Patrick and the challenges she sometimes faces for her decision to not sign fans' autographs:

[URL="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2715426-danica-patrick-responds-to-booing-fans-im-a-person-too-i-have-feelings?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_medium=referral"]Danica Patrick Responds to Booing Fans: 'I'm a Person, Too. I Have Feelings.'[/URL]

Occasionally on this forum, we have threads about the culture of UConn's WCBB program as it pertains to how our players and staff present themselves to the public, and how uniformly courteous they are to their fans.

I can't speak to what kind of life Patrick has - I have to imagine being a woman in a field so heavily dominated by men has to carry some extra burdens, and being a professional athlete is hard enough as is.  But I find her statement that her job is to drive cars and not sign autographs to be disappointing.  Maybe if I were in her shoes I'd feel different.

But certainly on face value seems to be an opposing culture to what UConn's staff strives for.
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