This is a sample guest message. Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
Exactly what I ahd in mind...(Please take what I'm about to post as a joke - nothing intended)... I wouldn't mind coaching and having a femaleDE "on that week of the month" - making sure her husband calls her up before the game to have her "pumped up against the male species" 
I agree with you. I'm one of the very few people I know who often prefers watching women's basketball to men's basketball because, as an overgeneralization, the women often seem more sound in their fundamentals and teamwork. (I've also coached both guys and girls basketball, and generally found that the girls responded a lot better to coaching since they didn't already think they knew everything.)But still, any mens' NCAA team would crush any women's team in a head-to-head contest. They're just much better athletes.
She doesn't have to have the distance and accuracy required. She doesn't have to be one of the top 4 or 5 at her position. There is one woman who has currently played a down in college football, and she was a FOURTH STRING KICKER. The team was up by a ridiculous amount, and was ridiculously close to the end zone, so they just trotted her out to kick as a publicity stunt.From a league where the Arizona Cardinals played a "home game" in Mexico City, I do not think that such a publicity stunt is outside the realm of possibility at all.
Yep.
She was also a super nice person in addition to being a great basketball player.
Oui. My paternal grandfather immigrated from Quebec.
Again, I think you (a bunch of you) are missing the point. I am not saying "compete", or using the word "equal". I simply stated a female to play a down in the NFL. Shoot, they had a amputee play at the college level. Are you trying to tell me they could find anyone better? What about the autisitic team manager who played the last 4 minutes of the basketball game? What about the mentally handicapped kid who scored a touchdown in the highschool football game?This is not a shot at any of the players, simply that you cannot overlook the "awe" factor when answering this question.
The above post gets
Also, as he said -- toughness would not be a factor -- many women are plenty tough.
sure anything is possible.doesnt this belong in the free for all forum, by the by
On one hand, it's hard to believe that the No Fun League would pull this kind of publicity move. Even if as described with the college girl, a team was up or down by a bazillion points and she comes out for the extra point/short FG given the seemingly iron clad godd ole boys network that seeems to dictate the way the rules work, I can't seem them loosening them for this. Ask me again when we see pink footballs or goal post for Breast Cancer awareness week, and I may feel different. On the other hand never is a long time.
Well then it's a special question. Of course, anything is possible, especially when you factor in the marketing value. A midget might even play RB for the shear purpose of having the QB throw him for the first down. I apologize that I assumed a certain level of intelligent discussion (i.e. "ever" as in a reasonable timeframe, vs. a time when the Earth will be overrun with aliens and humans will be kept as pets and for food.) Since I now understand the intent of the question, I think it's important that you know that the world is coming to an end. The sun will run out of hydrogen and all life will cease to exist.
No pun intended to height challenged people... but you had me laughing out loud at work... just the mental image...Well then it's a special question. Of course, anything is possible, especially when you factor in the marketing value. A midget might even play RB for the shear purpose of having the QB throw him for the first down. I apologize that I assumed a certain level of intelligent discussion (i.e. "ever" as in a reasonable timeframe, vs. a time when the Earth will be overrun with aliens and humans will be kept as pets and for food.) Since I now understand the intent of the question, I think it's important that you know that the world is coming to an end. The sun will run out of hydrogen and all life will cease to exist.
I feel like an ### for taking you seriously.
ETA: "special" substituted for the word reflecting a lack of mental faculties?
For a woman to make it in the NFL as a kicker she would need to be able to handle kick off duties (getting the ball into the endzone) as well as be VERY accurate on FG's up to 40 yards. I don't think we'll see a female kicker who can hit consistent 50 yarders, but it's a position that is more mental than physical so there is a possibility.
Not necessarily. Denver opened last season with 3 kicking specialists. I think Indy had 3 on their roster at some point, too. She wouldn't necessarily have to kickoff *AND* handle figgies- she could easily just do one or the other.For a woman to make it in the NFL as a kicker she would need to be able to handle kick off duties (getting the ball into the endzone) as well as be VERY accurate on FG's up to 40 yards. I don't think we'll see a female kicker who can hit consistent 50 yarders, but it's a position that is more mental than physical so there is a possibility.
I think its only a matter of time before some like a Mia Hamm or Abby Wambach says they'd like to try out for an NFL team. I doubt very many teams would want the bad publicity of saying "no." At that point, if chick "X" can out-kick a Gramatica or Cortez, it would be pretty hard for a team to say no.
I don't doubt that the physical abilities of women will increase over time, but it's also going to be true that the physical abilities of men will also increase over time. Genetically, women cannot and will not catch up to men physically. It's a fact that needs to be dealt with and moved on from.Besides, even if one day there was a woman or a few women who were physical freaks and able to play in the league, there's no way they could be anything other than a deep backup, or practice teamer. That's BEST CASE scenario. And no NFL owner or coach would dare to bring a woman onto a team, because it would disrupt team chemistry, immensely. After those rape allegations made at that college with the female kicker, I don't think a coach/owner would want to (rightfully so) risk anything, or else they'd be sued for millions and millions.
which is why i voted yes ......
I can only guess that he's talking about the Libero. All they can do is play defense in the backcourt, and that is sometihng women can do as well as men. Other than that position (which is a relatively recent rule change and one I've never been fond of), women are nowhere near the same level as men in volleyball.
Irrelevant, because playing in the NBA requires a different skill set. We don't say that Adam Vinatieri can't play in the NFL because he's half the size of Ladanian Tomlinson or the starting nose tackle of the Eagles. NBA players play both sides of the ball and are in constant contact with other players. If someone touches a kicker on the field of play, half the time it's a penalty.
You have to remember, less than 100 years ago it was well-known incontrovertible truth that women were intellectually inferior to men, and always would be. You're assuming our present-day understanding of genetics is all that will ever be understood. And you're assuming that human genes will never be modified, naturally or artificially, in the future. Both are probably bad assumptions.
Do you really think, 20 or 40 years into the future, if a female athlete has shown she can compete for an NFL spot, that the entertainment audience will be OK with "she could play but we won't let her since she might get raped"?
True, but most teams won't. Denver doesn't mind having a kickoff specialist since they have a kicker who can hit 60 yards FG's. Teams would be unlikely to have a specialist to go with a short range range kicker.Not necessarily. Denver opened last season with 3 kicking specialists. I think Indy had 3 on their roster at some point, too. She wouldn't necessarily have to kickoff *AND* handle figgies- she could easily just do one or the other.For a woman to make it in the NFL as a kicker she would need to be able to handle kick off duties (getting the ball into the endzone) as well as be VERY accurate on FG's up to 40 yards. I don't think we'll see a female kicker who can hit consistent 50 yarders, but it's a position that is more mental than physical so there is a possibility.
