Would Kerri Strug have been a hero if she refused her last vault?

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Jul 27, 2021
1:43:05pm

Dan All-American

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If you are not fully mentally dialed in in Olympic gymnastics, you can break your neck.

Sandstone Cougar Overall Decent Guy

7/27/21 1:38pm

This assumes we can flip far enough over to actually land on our heads.

Sea Chicken

7/27/21 1:40pm

Odd that there isn’t more withdrawals or broken necks, then.

Corn Pop

7/27/21 1:41pm

Back when BYU had men's gymnastics, there was a guy in my dorm who was on the team

Indy Coug

7/27/21 1:42pm

I also knew a guy that that broke his neck at BYU

Turd Ferguson

7/27/21 1:47pm

It can and does happen. A neck injury ended a family members gymnastics career.

Sandstone Cougar

7/27/21 1:46pm

That’s not the argument. Severe injuries can happen in most sports.

Corn Pop

7/27/21 1:52pm

It is the core of the argument. I respect any athlete in any dangerous sport who makes that decision. To rip on an

Sandstone Cougar

7/27/21 2:06pm

Yeah its very interesting, if all she could think about was how she was going to

BYUFootballisBack

7/27/21 2:14pm

She is arguably the greatest gymnast of all time, doing tricks NO ONE has done

cougfan03

7/27/21 2:29pm

She is free to quit but shouldn't be lauded as a hero for it

BYU Fan

7/27/21 1:42pm

Depends on the situation.

violetjazz

7/27/21 1:44pm

But then, just two days prior she had the top over all score in preliminaries

Dan

7/27/21 1:46pm

You consider she could be in a worse mental state now than when she competed at preliminaries?

violetjazz

7/27/21 1:47pm

Sure she could be a bit more stressed mentally day to day

Dan

7/27/21 1:53pm

I'm not sure you or I can speak on how easy it would be for her to compete while not mentally all there.

violetjazz

7/27/21 1:57pm

Well that point is hard to argue

Dan

7/27/21 2:24pm

But it was in NO way better for the team. They drop the lowest score for

Adwight

7/27/21 1:47pm

Unless she goes out their severely injures herself and now her teammates have to

BYUFootballisBack

7/27/21 1:52pm

they don't drop the lowest score - they just make the 4th team member compete

The Shazad

7/27/21 1:52pm

I am pretty sure this is inaccurate.

violetjazz

7/27/21 1:55pm

Yep - no one is talking about her teammates who competed, it's all about her

BYU Fan

7/27/21 1:57pm

Media darlings has a whole new meaning now

stoils

7/27/21 2:12pm

Why does the sexual orientation of the soccer players matter?

violetjazz

7/27/21 2:21pm

It matters because it gets clicks

stoils

7/27/21 2:28pm

Really? Who is the most famous female soccer player right now?

violetjazz

7/27/21 2:39pm

The only one on the news is Megan Rapinoe

stoils

7/27/21 2:44pm

That’s the wrong answer, try again. Objectively it is someone else.

violetjazz

7/27/21 2:45pm

I haven’t seen another US women’s soccer player on a tv in a couple years

stoils

7/27/21 2:48pm

RE: I haven’t seen another US women’s soccer player on a tv in a couple years

violetjazz

7/27/21 3:19pm

Pretty sure I was taking about “media darlings” not fame

stoils

7/27/21 3:26pm

You said clicks.

violetjazz

7/27/21 3:40pm

I thought it was pretty clear

stoils

7/27/21 4:12pm

How many headlines about Rapinoe mention she is a lesbian?

violetjazz

7/27/21 4:14pm

Once you push your agenda far enough, everyone knows at some point

stoils

7/27/21 4:30pm

You didn’t answer the question.

violetjazz

7/27/21 4:44pm

Did you expect an actual number? The answer is a lot. And in interviews

stoils

7/27/21 4:47pm

I expected you to look it up and realize it’s very few.

violetjazz

7/27/21 4:53pm

Hot take: I just googled Ellen Degeneres

stoils

7/27/21 5:19pm

*only break your neck in the team competition, not the individual.

Thrill

7/27/21 1:42pm

Would Kerri Strug have been a hero if she refused her last vault?

Dan

7/27/21 1:43pm

It’s not before my time. But if she had refused, she shouldn’t be judged as Biles has here.

Sandstone Cougar

7/27/21 1:44pm

I agree

Dan

7/27/21 1:49pm

Not to mention the fact of the gymnast from Russia, who tore his achilles 3 mon

Adwight

7/27/21 1:52pm

Delete

Dan

7/27/21 1:54pm

she is still doing the individual stuff. Just bailed on team stuff

fulano

7/27/21 1:52pm

If that is the case, it makes Biles look worse IMO

Dan

7/27/21 1:56pm

I would be interested to know the age of everyone responding to this thread.

Falco

7/27/21 1:58pm

Older

Sandstone Cougar

7/27/21 2:05pm

That’s a shame

Falco

7/27/21 2:10pm

I am sorry your faculties have diminished in your advancing years 🙂

Sandstone Cougar

7/27/21 2:11pm

Burn. Hey I get it. Some of us were raised different from others.

Falco

7/27/21 2:20pm

Well over that age for me

Dan

7/27/21 2:10pm

Under 30. You don't quit

reddead

7/27/21 3:59pm

You can break your neck in football or wrestling or cheerleading or x, y, z

reddead

7/27/21 3:59pm

Why don’t you ask her teammates what they think? Their answer is going to be different from yours. Perspective.

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