If there’s women on a men’s team it’s a co-ed team.
Yes, she is, but the writer is off:
// She must be fleet of foot, agile, and able to take a hit. Defensive back can be a physically demanding position. But so can combat in the US Army, where women are increasingly showing they have the physical attributes necessary to get the job done. //
I guess the writer hasn’t heard about the dumbing-down of military standards.
Refraining from jokes....can’t help it....what position will she really play?...does this include touch football...stopping....stopping...
she is in for one RUDE awakening first time she gets seriously knocked on her little butt...It is a stunt and a stupid one at that.
A girl could be an extra point and short field goal kicker. They have nearly the same strength in their legs as boys but have less than 50% of the upper body strength.
She will never play in a game where there is any question of the outcome.
Combat, tackle football—gee, there’s nothing women can’t do.
Next up: Women writing their names in the snow ...... heh
LOL, D-back?
In college?
First sweep, she’ll be broken in half.
And when she has to keep up with an End running fly?
C’mon.
Publicity stunt.
they’ve changed the rules many times in the army to get some women to pass tests the elites want them to pass.
in football they won’t. she’s going to get physically damaged and there will be lawsuits.
“a new normal?”
hahaha.... that is hilarious
And for the record, more power to her. If a person wants to put themselves out for a sport, they have my respect. If she isn't able to do it, that will become obvious, and if she is able to do it, that's great.
I have no doubt that somewhere in the world, there is a girl who would make the top 100 on some decent college football team. The odds dictate it -- there is enough variation in ability that SOME girl somewhere is going to be muscular enough to do it. And nothing should stop them.
......but then reality reared its ugly head.
Even a DIII team will run roughshod over any high school team. Players are very strong and very fast. Many could play D-I if among other reasons they had better coaching from Pop Warner through high school.
After her concussion, we’ll be hearing about her family’s lawsuit against the university and the critics complaining she should never have been allowed to play.
We had a woman in our men’s corporate basketball league. Same result.
</I>Come on. By the time she graduates the NFL is going to be two-handed touch below the waist.
Just ain't enough of her there to take a hit trying to bring down a wide receiver or worse, a running back at full speed.
The arms and neck just ain't there on her.
She didn't make it 2 weeks into the start of high school football.
She was a great athlete and talented quarterback, but the guys had grown up in the summer between middle and high school and were so much stronger and faster that she got so beat up so bad she had to quit before she was permanently injured and had to quit track and field and sports entirely.
She moved on to girls team sports and did great and was also state champion in several track events .
The reality is that very few women can compete with men physically in areas where strength, speed, agility and endurance are required.
It's just simple biology .
As far as the whole , “Ginger Rodgers did everything Fred Astaire did - backwards and in heels”, go watch Fred and Ginger dance on YouTube.
Ginger was fabulous but Fred was in a league of his own when it came to timing and athleticism.
So are they just putting her on the team for PR, knowing that she could never possibly play? Or has she shown any ability to even be of help on the scrub team in practice? My guess is she couldn't even be a Rudy-level scrub, and will be on the team, slowing everyone down in sprints, and forcing players to take it easy on her in the tackling drills.
I notice a complete lack of objective information about size, weight and 40 time. If a 5 foot 6, 130 lb. guy came out, he'd be a joke. As I think this is.
And, just to add, I have no problem with a girl playing on a boys team. But, she better be as good as the guys, and not just be added on the team as a stunt. That I do not agree with. If there was ever a girl who won a starting position and did go, I'd say, "You go, girl!" I have yet to meet or hear of a single female who could do it, though, from 10th grade on. Moochelle might come close.
But against the drop-kick, they're SOL.
Strange way of saying that she won't be on special-teams, which I assume was the intent…