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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 3114806, member: 591"] I don't know what she said exactly, but my argument would be that it was probably something racially insensitive - which is, I believe wrongly - equated with being racist. I have seen nothing in her past record, teams, former player's behavior, etc. to suggest she is "racist" in the traditional meaning. A lot of old, common expressions are or sound racist, both of which would suggest being racially insensitive but there is a world of difference in the 2 cases. As to the medical issues - I suspect it will turn out that she did not do anything that was not "ok" with the team doctors - which leads to the question, did she pressure them to OK something or were they doing their job. If the Doctor says one thing and the player doesn't agree (for example, a concussion) does the coach have to take the player's word over the doctors? And I have read numerous cases of coaches encouraging players to play through pain provided that the Doctor said they could not hurt themselves further. If the player says no, I don't see that the coach can apply any "blame", but I don't think this is uncommon at all. [/QUOTE]