There is a line in all sports between playing hard and dirty ... the line generally is crossed when you intentionally put the health of your opponent into danger in an unnecessary manner
The author basically loses any argument that she is trying to make when jumping on the comment by Foster of "take it like a man" and noting how sexist it is" ... it shows a distinct lack of understanding of what that phrase means. Also doesn't help your article when you say that you have never played any kind of contact sport