Girls Can't Play Football: Try Cheerleading Instead

My daughter wanted to play football and her daddy said he would fight for her as long as she wanted to play.  we found a way around them not letting her play because their wasn't an actual sport for her to play at the time so we suggested soccer or volleyball. when we came up with those options they couldn't fund them so that they had to let her play no matter what unless they could come up with something for her to do. I have pics posted on my other blog if you would like to check them out.

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I'm sickened by his comment.  Try cheerleading? No offense to cheerleaders, because there are many darn-talented athletic ones, but cheerleading is not a substitute for football.

I think she should have the opportunity to play if she so chooses, however I do worry about girls and boys playing together in a contact sport.  I watched my daughter's soccer team play the boys team. Every one was good spirted and the boys were pretty careful not to knock the girls around, but the sheer difference in size on a few of them was scary.  Sad to say one girl did get her leg broken but the game was not ugly in any way.

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Men couldn't handle lots of things. They couldn't handle a woman voting. They couldn't handle a woman owning property. Well they can handle it now. We can't let men's egos dictate what women can or can't do. The boys who did this need to be punished. Their team needs to pay a price. If the price is high enough, they will not do this anymore. Other teams will not do this anymore.

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A year ago I would have said yes... but now? My vote is "no".

My son plays football (he's 12), and he had a girl on his team last season. She was really good, and she worked her butt off, harder than a lot of the boys on his team. Anyway, the first game, they went out there and it was her extremely bad luck that day that they were up against a tough team. When I say "tough", I mean they played dirty and talked even dirtier. They swore at her on the line, called her names, and made it a point to take her out every play. The third play, they knocked her down and stomped on her so hard they broke her ankle... she had cleat marks on her leg. I got the story from my son, who never thought it was a big deal having a girl on his team, she had already proved herself in practice, and that was enough for him.

It's not the girls you have to worry about... it's the boys who can't handle it.

If she wants to play football, she should be allowed to play football!

What decade are we in, for crying out loud?

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That is complete crap. She should be allowed to play what sport she wants, especially if she is capable and asking to do it under the same standards. THere's no way keeping her out is legal! 

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How come this doesn't fall under gender-based discrimination?

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When I was kid growing up in Hartsgrove, Ohio just southeast of Ashtabula(read:small town that had never let girls play football before) I asked to join the Flag Football league and was accepted.  This was when I was in third grade and I am 28 now.  There really is no excuse at all for them not allowing her to play.  I think it was just the coach being a jerk.

Playing football for me was a great experience.  I wasn't treated like a princess and got to dress up in football gear.  I loved it.  I eventually grew out of that stage and wanted to be treated like a princess, so I gave up football.  Hey, I'm a girly girl and I admit it!

At least she had options and I'll know not to take my daughter to that coach's league.  Or my son for that matter when/if I have one.   We may live in Bula, but not everyone is like that.

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Loula

When my youngest played little league football there was a girl on the team who was everybit as good as the boys.  She hit hard, ran quickly and was an awesome field goal kicker because she also played soccer.

I think if the girl wants to play she should be able to try, just as a boy should be able to join the cheerleaders if it's his desire to do so.

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I absolutely think she should get to play. At 10, it hardly matters if she is a girl. So she has to change in a bathroom instead of the locker room. So what. Cheerleading hardly is a substitute.
I certainly hope when my daughter is ready for group sports she can do whatever she wants, even if its football.

She should definitely be given the opportunity to try out.  It's her choice if she wants to play with the boys.  I know there are some girls out there, especially at that age, that would really beat up on the boys too. :)

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