Pursuit of gender equity [in high school sports] can go too far

Article here. Excerpt:

'Minnesota isn't the only state that's grappling with this issue. A high school boys tennis team in Pennsylvania was forced to forfeit five matches this spring when state officials learned that one of its doubles player was female. In New York and New Jersey, the past five years have been filled with debate (and some lawsuits) about rules that specifically prohibit girls from playing with boys in contact sports like football or hockey, while leaving the door open for them to fence, play tennis or run cross country on boys teams, provided that their schools don't have girls teams in those sports. (In New York, the rule cuts both ways — a boy can play field hockey or volleyball on a girls team.)
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It would be easy to point out that Aney's presence sent one Century boy to the sidelines, but by all accounts, the Century boys team wanted Aney on the squad. They recruited her, and a senior team captain happily sacrificed his own playing time in order to see his team make it to state.

That's noble and entirely praiseworthy — but what will happen if and when a great female player bumps aside a boy who's been biding his time, practicing hard and waiting for his chance to play varsity tennis? He wouldn't have the option of trying out for the girls team the next fall.'