Comments on: Why Women Should Be Allowed To Compete

By: Jordan rodwell

Jordan rodwell — Wed, 09 May 2007 00:26:04 +0000

i think it would be great letting women play with us men, because it would make it more interesting, and it would also turn me on when women tackle me, and maybe i’d slip a few stinkers in.

By: djroc

djroc — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:37:50 +0000

Women’s sports are so sloppily played, I hate to watch women’s basketball. It is a travesty to sports to even have females on the field

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:17:20 +0000

I think that everyone has lost sight of the question

"Should women be allowed to compete?",,Is that not what fueled this article?

The answer is, yes, they should, and they are. There was a kicker for the University of Colorado a while back, and this particular kicker was missing the aforementioned "1-6 inch flap of skin". If this girl was good enough, she would havbe entered the NFL draft, however she was terrible, and only caused controversy for the team, with an alleged rape. She was, however given the opportunity to compete at the elite levels.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:54:38 +0000

I also have to add:
I throw shot put, and as a freshman guy, I can out throw the best varsity girl in California.
I do not know any other sport that best demonstrates strength, and intensity, and also as correlative to playing on the line in football.
I have never seen any female compete with as much intensity as a male, and intensity is what football is all about

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:48:18 +0000

I have still not seen any law or clause that specifically bars women from trying out for any major sports league. I believe women should be given an adequate opportunity to compete with men, and I believe they are given the opportunity, however are unable to compete, physically. And in the WTA(womens tennis association), the winner of each slam is now making just as much as the men's winner. So much for, "not being given equal wconomic opportunities"

   so, if someone can show me any written document, barring women from trying out for any major team sport, I will picket on Bud Elig's, or David Stern's doorstep.

I also happen to find Laura Moncur to be nlinded from logic, by her feminist views

By: Norman

Norman — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:50:03 +0000

Has anyone really looked at other factors like who created sports, who mostly watch sports, who play sports more, who’s more likely to be aggressive and competitive towards one another(if this element wasn’t there then sports would be nothing)? If most women had the same killer instinct like most men, then this sport equal thing won’t even be discussed, but since there’s a hand full of females like this (and we know what that’s about and it’s not the “L” word. It more about the chemicals), and the majority rather be female, Houston there’s a problem, and will continue to be one as long as men and women are different. Another point. After seeing the NBA, NFL, why do I wanna see a copy cat version anyway even if the women are imitating men? I don’t think listening to stories about the women schooling dudes ,or getting the best of men, or exploiting men to make the women game look good on t.v., and daddy training daughters in man’s ways will cause me to tune in either. I will be more like what, I know I definitely won’t tune in for that stuff. Somebody think that would work, how? The battle of the sexes is really to showcase women and gas up little girls. How long will that last with a mostly male audience (give or take few “Captain Courageous” who feel the need to be a sucker)? Plus the jacked up message saying it’s cool to forearm females and put your nuts in their face cause it’s “just a game”? Bleep out of here. We know sports are blueprints for war. C’mon now. I don’t care if a female get hurt because if she’s doing the same thing as men against men, then she might receive the same effects as men. To each their own, PEACE

By: L . M

L . M — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:18:45 +0000

im a girl and i always thought that some girls are
equally skilled as boys but i think that we should be reasonable .. i mean a girl can skateboard just as good and many times better than guys and thats a fact, but just imagine a really good football player (girl) being checked by a 300 pound male. she could die!! it doesnt matter how skilled she is, i mean she could be as fit as the fittest girl but still get hurt. I think that women should be able to compete with and against men in every sport in the world except where her physical well being is threatened. If theres a woman out there who can take a cold knock out from some 300 pound guy.. go 4 it im all for you!

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:18:17 +0000

I am disgusted by some of the stuff that I have read on here, even from some of the girls (Theresa Shawiki). That sounds like ignorance to me. I know that on average women have not proven/ have not been given a chance to prove that they are just as good as men. I am writing a paper for my college class saying that there should be an ESPN dedicated to womens sports 100% of the time, and when talking to my male peers, they all jeered and laughed at it. Maybe the reason that women are not allowed to play with the men is because of society – women have always been told that it is wrong for them to be strong, to “act like boys” and be competative and tough. They get called tom-boys, which has a negative conotation. Maybe when that kind of ignorant thinking stops, women will have a true chance and will be able to play sports like football, and act barbaric like the men (since when is it ok for men to act one way and for women to be held to a different standard?). It is people saying things like “Nobody wants to watch them” (Theresa Shawiki) that gives girls the mentality that it is not ok for them to compete with boys, that they shouldnt even try, and to think that it is our OWN SEX saying that and being deragatory to women really blows my mind. I hope when I have kids that they don’t have to face this kind of mentality. Let them play. See what can happen.

By: Nickole

Nickole — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:24:54 +0000

I think that women should definetly be able to play with men in sports. I myself play on an all boys team (besides me) and I am just as good as everyone else. Well, maybe not the really good players but I'm better than some and just as good as most. If people want to say that women arent as good as men in any way, then they can. But my grade 8 class covered discrimination in class and saying that men are better than women in any way is discrimination and is just as bad as calling someone a nasty name if they're black!

So I hope that everyone realizes that and that you think before you say something deragatory about women. If you think about it, who's the stronger gender? The one who has to watch football or the one who has to carry around a baby for 9 months?

By: Treham

Treham — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:24:02 +0000

I think guys are just dumb for saying that they’re better. Almost every girl in my school says that we can easily keep up with you boys. I’m doing a report about how women should be able to compete with boys in professional tennis. I have a lot of support. So you boys can stop saying that you’re better!