Should girls be allowed to play on boys teams if a girls team or co-ed team doesn't exist or visa versa?
924019
If there is no girls team, then they should be able to go on the boys team. That wouldn't be fair if there was just a boys basketball team.\n\nMost schools have boys and girls basketball, baseball (boys and softball (girls), and volleyball is typically a girls sport in school, but boys should be able to play it too.\n\nLacrosse is separated, as well as other sports. And I know that they never let men join our gymnastics team ,which was so stupid! On our football team, they HAD to let the girls join even if  they were bad. That I thought was dumb, because I would hate to be put on a team without knowing I earned it...\n\nIf there is no girls, they should be able to join the boys, otherwise they need to make a girls and boys team.\n\nPeace!
1096813
Because guys are obsessed w/ sports????\n\nAs a girl, there's nothing stopping you from playing.  In fact, you have an advantage.  Everyone's expectations of a girl's fantasy managerial skills might be pretty low.  If you do badly, no harm done & you regroup to try again next year.  If you kick some tail, you turned some heads & get some well deserved respect.  Nothing to lose.... not being chauvinistic, just giving a highly generalized opinion.
846350
they should let guys play volleyball and have guy teams
513397
doh ... come on ... girls do like football too ... havent u seen any match of brazil where samba is being danced in the gallery. those girls do enjoy their game and they do love football ... thats why girls are asking who wud win the world cup ... caz they r excited just as much as boyz are to see the new champs ... and plus they hav a plus point ... ;) if the winning team is their home team then they might start flirting with the players ... lol
256237
YES, girls can play soccer better than boys. and NO, only superman can be both goal-keeper and striker at the same time.
351874
Why not?\n\nI've played rugby with a men's team...and I survived, although they gave me a run for my money, lol.\n\nTo play devil's advocate, though, they (the rule-makers) are probably just trying to make sure its as fair as possible, since (I'm assuming you're talking about a junior team, not like a college team?) guys tend to be a bit larger/ stronger (yes, its hard to admit sometimes, but its genetics, you can't argue!) and they (yes, the rule-makers again, lol) just want to make sure you're as safe as possible.  Consider that its a co-ed league and one school decides to enter an all-guys team to compete against your school's half-and-half team.  Would one not have a controllable potential advantage?
140739
kids need to be kids - they dont need to be forced to play sports - there is nothing wrong with allowing them to run around in the yard, if you have a basket ball hoop on your garage thats cool too... but when you divide into teams and make it "sports" its just wrong... let your kids be kids for a chance..\n\ngo for a walk
1146991
who would? they should go to a girls cup before being alowed to play with men... tut tut tut..ENGLAND
1069804
i am a girl and it really pees me off when girls ware the shirts just for world cup!! i love football and always have, i played for bristol rovers womens team. i am still a girly girl, but i love the sport and ware my footbal shirt when ever i want. come on england!!! ps i actually stand with all the lads singing the songs and watching every second of the game and get funny looks from other girls coz i know too much about football! that probably sounds really sad, but never mind lol! :)
504728
I'm not a coach, but both of my daughters cheer.  I attend 3/4 or more practices a year.  One thing that I have learned is that if you have a really good base, you've got something.  One year, one of the girls couldn't do the toe touch, no matter how hard she tried.  To compensate, they did a pair toe touch.  The girl lifted another girl who did the toe touch.  If she's willing to keep trying to learn the tumbling, then add her to the team.  Her other attributes will be an asset to the squad and her downfall can be worked around.
43449
It is unnatural to keep boys and girls seperate.  They will end up lacking certain social skills
648616
if your daughter played for 5 years she should have no problem getting on the team just tell her to play her best. If they have more than one day for the tryouts make it to all of them. The coaches want someone who they know will show up and want to play. My son just tried out for a traveling team. he also played for about 5 years but the team he played for before traveled but he did not need to try out so he just finished three days of tryouts for the team and we are now waiting to find out if he made it. Good luck to your daughter they are looking for kids that are enthusiastic about playing
198261
The least number would be 6 but in case someone is sick or can't play you might want to have substitutes. Also if you have enough for two teams that's nice because in practice you can see how you play against another team. This can help you play better. But really all you need is 6 people.
781694
If a female has the equivilent skill and apptitude of a male sportsman in thier chosen sport then I dont see a problem with it.As far as I'm concerned as long as the person as such is dedicated then why not.
1050519
It's perfectly OK to play ball with the guys. And no they won't all consider you the "friend type" rather than the "girlfriend type". The ones you play ball with might consider you "one of the guys" for a while, but eventually they will notice the girly girl side of you. (I played football with guys in high school)
161534
it's not one side game.both boys and girls love playing with eachother.a girl-boy breaks your heart,so u make the next girl-boy pay for it.and it goes on and on...so do not trust anybody and don't believe his-her stories.just act like u believe,but be sure to keep something in advance if things go wrong so u won't be the only one being played.
133771
Your friend is wrong.  Girls can play basketball, too.  There's absolutely nothing wrong with playing basketball. I'm a girl, and I LOVE basketball.  Playing and watching.  So I suggest to not listen to your friend, and do your own thing, follow your heart.