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Texas Woman Tackles Boundaries on Pro Football Team
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 3:58 pm
by dead_poet
Whoa.
While women have played kicker in pro football, Jennifer Welter has broken new ground by becoming the first female running back on a men's team.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/photo/texas ... eam-n37671
Re: Texas Woman Tackles Boundaries on Pro Football Team
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:06 pm
by Funkytown
Whoa is right. That's pretty cool. It really cracks me up how tiny she is compared to her teammates.
Re: Texas Woman Tackles Boundaries on Pro Football Team
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 6:03 pm
by PurpleMustReign
My God, she looks like someone I would NOT want to piss off.
Re: Texas Woman Tackles Boundaries on Pro Football Team
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:43 pm
by NextQuestion
I've always wondered when professional sports (the 4 majors) will have women players. There are great players in the WNBA and I'm surprised it's never happened.
Re: Texas Woman Tackles Boundaries on Pro Football Team
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:12 am
by Eli
Eventually, maybe. It could easily be decades away from happening, though. Some 5'2" 130lb woman playing on a 4th tier arena league football team doesn't mean much.
I see the NBA as maybe the last major league in which it will happen. There are just too few jobs available, too high of a skill requirement, and it's become too physical of a game.