OT - CYO Philly ends 11 year old girl's football career

First women want to vote, then they want to wear pants, then they want to play at Augusta, and now football?!  What's next, no urinals in bathrooms because the ladies can't use them?!

~Herm

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I'm of the opinion that girls should be allowed to play contact sports with boys/men if they so desire, but with football, I only have one serious concer, and I'm not sure if it is really a concern or not so any insight on this would be intriguing. My concern with women and contact sports is with their boobs. I have little knowledge in this so bare with me, but i feel that their boobs, in football, for one would make it harder to put on shoulder pads. But most importatnly, there is no way to protect their boobs and they are obviously very important for women's health and easy to hurt, similarly comparable with men's balls... I feel like this is the most important subject to figure out, with size difference being a close second. What do you guys think?

all youth level "boys" is actually "co-ed" with a girls only league as well. I never had a problem playing teams that were actually co-ed until high school-ish when some referees were unable to avoid calling a very different game for the occasional player with a female name on the scoresheet and a ponytail; even then it was more about the referees than anything the girls did to the game.

I say let her play if she can earn the playing time.

For all those saying let her play would u be saying yhe same thing is a boy wanted to play on female field hockey team? See if were going to have equality then it should go both ways.

My wife played little league in NJ after her father complained in 1973.  Let 'em play.

The Philly CYO didn't end her career.  They didn't say she can't play football anywhere, ever again.  They said that she cannot play in the CYO.  That doesn't mean she can't join another league (which she should do if she loves playing football).

Should boys be allowed to play girls sports?

I thought that the reason we had boys and girls sports was to separate them.

I really don't understand why girls are allowed to play mens sports if the reverse isn't allowed.

It does not make sense.  And it's weird.

The question isn't whether boys should play volleyball, the question is whether a boy should be allowed to join an all girls volleyball team where the competition is other all girl volleyball teams.

I say she should be allowed to play football. And if the CYO won't let her play, join another league.

There are a few caveats I would make, however.

1. I really think there should be total equality in practice requirements. That is to say, she should do the same number of reps of pushups and pullups and laps and everything else for her position group.
2. There should be no favoritism in terms of hits . . . she has to be willing to hit and be hit.
3. The best players should play. If she is better, she should play. If she sucks, she should be on the bench.

There have been several girls playing on my son's football team. One was a linebacker, and did a great job. The other was a receiver and DB, and was one of the better players on the squad. She was a starter this last season.

I'm unclear on the whole boobs thing. Let me rephrase that:  I don't know details on boobs and football. For instance, I don't know exactly when boobs really start to develop:  11 years? 12 years? 13 years? I also don't know how vulnerable boobs are to injury. And I don't know whether large boobs are an impediment to playing well, or just appendages that are covered by pads and all.

I have only had one bad experience with girl's playing with boys. The problem was with a Little League baseball team two years ago. There were two girls on my son's team who were just terrible. They couldn't hit, couldn't field, couldn't run. They really had no business being on the team. But if you were on the team, you were guaranteed to play a couple innings. Guaranteed playing time makes sense if you don't care who wins, and it just is about playing a game. But if you are playing to win, you should be able to do whatever you can within the rules to win the game. If someone is slow and can't tackle well and can't catch well, they can be on the team, but they shouldn't see the field.

I have two girls and if they wanted to play sports with the boys and there's no alternative for girls, then I'd let them have at it.  If they're not physically mature for football, then I wouldn't let them play.  But I would say the thing if I had boys.  I would never tell my girls that they couldn't do something or play something because they're the wrong gender.