Should women be allowed to play for the NFL and other "male" sports?

[Toastedturningtidelegs]

This is a poll and you won't believe  how many of these morons said yes

ccharles000  (1000+ posts)       Tue May-27-08 09:02 AM
Original message
Poll question: Should women be allowed to play for the NFL and other "male" sports? 
 Should women be allowed to play for the NFL and other "male" sports?

I think yes.
Poll result (78 votes) 
Yes  (39 votes, 50%) Vote
No  (16 votes, 21%) Vote
Don't care  (19 votes, 24%) Vote
Other  (4 votes, 5%) Vote



 

And you're an idiot for saying so http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3345296

[jukin]

Where do they come up with this kind of shit?

[formerlurker]

 

[Toastedturningtidelegs]

Lorien  (1000+ posts)      Tue May-27-08 11:56 AM
Response to Reply #10
70. Why don't you think that we women can make our own choices in life?
 we're not ****ing children. Besides, women generally endure pain better than most men do. The main reason most women don't engage in contact sports is our lower levels of testosterone, which leads us to be less aggressive. There ARE women out there who like to play football, and they don't wait for a man's permission to do so.

Yes there are Lorien..and they suck at it! I wonder how Lorien would endure the pain of being clotheslined by a 300lb lineman? Jesus they gotta worm their way into every male pasttime!

[franksolich]

Hmmm.

The lorien primitive, who's about to be called out on all of her lies about the Florida recount of 2000.

She must be a bitch in real life.

[Lord Undies]

I'm all for it as long as it is a choice all the way around, no forced acceptance is involved, and no concessions are made to redesign the job to suit the applicant.  This is the way I think about all vocations.  For instance, I did not sue when the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders rejected me.   

[Toastedturningtidelegs]

I'm all for it as long as it is a choice all the way around, no forced acceptance is involved, and no concessions are made to redesign the job to suit the applicant.  This is the way I think about all vocations.  For instance, I did not sue when the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders rejected me.   

If you would've gotten the boob job you woulda been right in there Undies

[dutch508]

Sure, why not.

Don't change the rules to fit them in, although.

 

[dutch508]

Bill McBlueState  (1000+ posts)      Tue May-27-08 11:05 AM
Response to Original message
58. Why not?
 It's odd that so many people are equating "women shouldn't be allowed" with "women may be unlikely to qualify."

Pro teams try to assemble the best players they can get with the money they have. If one of those players happens to be a woman, then why wouldn't she be allowed to play? To prevent a team from fielding its best players would dilute the competitive strength of the league.

Like I said, you find a woman who plays as well as Brett Farve played and I say, let her play.

[Lord Undies]

I'm all for it as long as it is a choice all the way around, no forced acceptance is involved, and no concessions are made to redesign the job to suit the applicant.  This is the way I think about all vocations.  For instance, I did not sue when the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders rejected me.   

If you would've gotten the boob job you woulda been right in there Undies

It wasn't the boobs.  Shaving my legs was the deal breaker.

[dutch508]

I'm all for it as long as it is a choice all the way around, no forced acceptance is involved, and no concessions are made to redesign the job to suit the applicant.  This is the way I think about all vocations.  For instance, I did not sue when the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders rejected me.   

If you would've gotten the boob job you woulda been right in there Undies

It wasn't the boobs.  Shaving my legs was the deal breaker.

They regected you because you wanted to have sex with them. I mean, even Debbie would have been like,

"Uh,...No...I have to...uhm....wash my hair...."

 

[Chris_]

If you want an example, look at the scintillating play of the WNBA.  Watching paint dry or even soccer is more exciting.

[stickyboot]

This is a poll and you won't believe  how many of these morons said yes

ccharles000  (1000+ posts)       Tue May-27-08 09:02 AM
Original message
Poll question: Should women be allowed to play for the NFL and other "male" sports? 
 Should women be allowed to play for the NFL and other "male" sports?

I think yes.
Poll result (78 votes) 
Yes  (39 votes, 50%) Vote
No  (16 votes, 21%) Vote
Don't care  (19 votes, 24%) Vote
Other  (4 votes, 5%) Vote



 

And you're an idiot for saying so http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3345296

Oh, God...not this again. You know, I'm a large, tall woman and in my youth I was pretty powerful and athletic. I was good at basketball and softball/baseball in particular, and a strong runner and swimmer.

But never in a million years would I have ever been STOOOOPID enough to think that I could have played at a man's level of competition in any of those sports without wasting the time of all concerned. And probably getting myself injured, killed, thoroughly humiliated.

Exhibition games for charity or something would be fun, perhaps, but for serious sports, this is a "playing field" that can never be leveled. It's not about feminism; it's about pragmatism.

[Chris_]

I say bring 'em on. Better yet, replace the whole Dolphins team with em. Maybe they can win more than one game.

[JohnnyReb]

High school team here has a girl for a kicker.......she's was just a freashman this year and was really pretty good. The team has sucked for years....politics being played by the coach to keep his job, winning team be damned. Well, they got a new coach this new and he's got one heck of a rebuilding job ahead of him. The girls older brother was the kicker but she's got the job for now. Someone said that about half the points they got this year was put on the board by her. .......but pro-ball...no

The girl plays soccer and has played soccer for years. I've seen her play soccer. She's not very big but she does have quite a leg on her.

[dandi]

Where do they come up with this kind of shit?

From sitting around high in their basements all day pondering, "What American institution can we screw with next?"

[Airwolf]

All it would take is for the first one to end up in a wheel chair or worse and the whole thing would tank into oblivion.

[Chris_]

High school team here has a girl for a kicker.......she's was just a freashman this year and was really pretty good. The team has sucked for years....politics being played by the coach to keep his job, winning team be damned. Well, they got a new coach this new and he's got one heck of a rebuilding job ahead of him. The girls older brother was the kicker but she's got the job for now. Someone said that about half the points they got this year was put on the board by her. .......but pro-ball...no

The girl plays soccer and has played soccer for years. I've seen her play soccer. She's not very big but she does have quite a leg on her.

Can she take a hit?

[DumbAss Tanker]

I'm all for it as long as it is a choice all the way around, no forced acceptance is involved, and no concessions are made to redesign the job to suit the applicant.  This is the way I think about all vocations.  For instance, I did not sue when the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders rejected me.   

Absolutely...any woman who can out-stat the male recruits should certainly be a first-round draft pick.  Of course no such woman has come forth....

[lars1701c]

Girls should stick to girls sports like foxy boxing, hot oil wrestling and such and such- Homer Simpson

[Chris_]

High school team here has a girl for a kicker.......she's was just a freashman this year and was really pretty good. The team has sucked for years....politics being played by the coach to keep his job, winning team be damned. Well, they got a new coach this new and he's got one heck of a rebuilding job ahead of him. The girls older brother was the kicker but she's got the job for now. Someone said that about half the points they got this year was put on the board by her. .......but pro-ball...no

The girl plays soccer and has played soccer for years. I've seen her play soccer. She's not very big but she does have quite a leg on her.

Can she take a hit?

I'm pretty sure hitting the kicker is a huge no-no, girl or not

[Chris_]

High school team here has a girl for a kicker.......she's was just a freashman this year and was really pretty good. The team has sucked for years....politics being played by the coach to keep his job, winning team be damned. Well, they got a new coach this new and he's got one heck of a rebuilding job ahead of him. The girls older brother was the kicker but she's got the job for now. Someone said that about half the points they got this year was put on the board by her. .......but pro-ball...no

The girl plays soccer and has played soccer for years. I've seen her play soccer. She's not very big but she does have quite a leg on her.

Can she take a hit?

I'm pretty sure hitting the kicker is a huge no-no, girl or not :p

Wrong -- if you touch the ball first you can cream the kicker.  And even then, if you are near the 10 you might as well go for it -- the penalty is only a few yards.

[Chris_]

Really?  I was under the impression that the kicker was off-limits. 

I don't remember where I read that.

[Chris_]

Really?  I was under the impression that the kicker was off-limits. 

I don't remember where I read that.

A member of the receiving team may not run into or rough a kicker who kicks from behind his line unless contact is:

(a) Incidental to and after he had touched ball in flight.

(b) Caused by kicker’s own motions.

(c) Occurs during a quick kick, or a kick made after a run behind the line, or after kicker recovers a loose ball on the ground. Ball is loose when kicker muffs snap or snap hits ground.

(d) Defender is blocked into kicker.

I have seen over and over again where the kicker has been creamed "incidental contact" when a defender skies and falls onto the kicker.  They never call roughness.

And, like I said, if you cream the kicker inside the 10, who cares?  It is a 4 or 5 yard penalty on a chip shot.

[NHSparky]

As much as I hate the Red Sox, I'd love to see a woman softball player go up and inside on Manny and have him charge the mound.

Then again, Dice-K throws like a bitch anyway.