What would we have to change to make women's (American)football viable?
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Women would be able to wear the present uniform of footn&#92;ball but would have to add protective padding for the chest area. As far as attititude  there'd have to be a general turnaround in thinking of women as being  meek,breakable to them also being strong and aggressive since those are the qualities dominant in football. Women shouldn't have to do anything except play good football in order to be respected and taken serious in the sport.  What I wouldn't want to see is women football players copying the mannerisms, like grabbing behinds for example, of the male football players.When women enter a up until then a male dominated sport or career choice they should still  be women and not women attempting to play football  by acting like men
255904
Hopefully that won't happen now. The league has a very nice balance with 16 teams in each conference and with each conference having four 4-team divisions. Adding a teams (or teams) would screw that up again, not to mention putting the league at risk of overexposure.
277223
I asked a similar question a little while ago and gave my opinion there.  Too many prima donnas in the NFL now.\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap3y6jZbWBApPgdvsonTpf3sy6IX?qid=1006030103286\n\nPS\nIf I want to watch a girly catfight, I'll watch some rugby there Dr. Evil szubudaj.  With all it's faults, I'll gladly take the NFL.
566405
Neither!!! They dont allow women to play in the NFL!!!
78582
Well there goes the guys again thinking that we ladies can be tricked into doing something we are either not interested in or don't understand or don't want to understand...\nBut in all fairness.. If you really want her to be really interested and not pretend interest. take the time to give her the rules, background on players you think are great or suck and why, their injuries, you have to see it from our view, if all we see is grownmen smacking heads we think "OK guys have fun, catch you later".. But if we are involved with the rules and see an injustice on the field of a player we know just got hurt in a previous game, we're going to root for the underdog ... Is any of this sinking in, or does it sound like too much work to do to have your girl really care about your fun thing you already understand?
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Check this out...\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_rules_football_womens_leagues
824628
Ever see women play football?\nWrestling?\nBoxing?\nBaseball?
773055
Yes and No\n\nWhat it needs is a 8 - 12 team playoffs.  You could still keep the traditional bowls just have them be the quarterfinals (gator, cotton, holiday, insight. yada yada yada) bowls, then the semi's could be the other "bcs" bows  (rose, sugar, fiesta and orange) and then the championship game could be at a different spot each year (just like they do now).  \n\nDivision IA football is the only major college sport that rely's SOLELY on it's voters and computers to decide the (national championships/who get's to go to a championship game).  How rediculous is this?\n\nThe NCAA is way to scared to try and disrupt the bowl system but they could still keep it intact.\n\nShorten the regular season, get rid of the conference championship games (BIG 12, SEC, ACC didn't even have championship games 10 years ago, big 12 wasn't even around 11 years ago!)\n\nWhat it all comes down to (big suprise) is money.  The conferences don't want to give away their big money they receive via sponsorships (Big 12 & Dr. Pepper).  Also the smaller teams in these conferences (Kansas, Baylor) require the money distribution it receives from the championship and bowl games.  However, you could construct a viable monetary distribution system with the playoffs and remaining bowls (because only 12 teams will actually get into the playoffs - the remaining would play in regular old-school bowl games) and still make everyone happy.\n\nThe regular season would be even more important because it would count on it to get into the playoff and more teams would have a legitimate shot of possibly wining the national championship.  Mr Boston College, a playoff helps you out the MOST!  Most college coaches (AP writers votes do not count towards BCS score) do not think boston college has a legitimate college football team.  LIke Pete Carroll said earlier this year, he doesn't even pick the teams.  He just goes off of name recognition.  So, with a playoff system devised w/o the use of a computer and solely on AP writers and Coaches votes you could have a larger pool to pick the playoff competitors from.
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To accomplish what you want; you're going to need to use a lot of stereotypes and spin. Like men's and women's land speed gaps are decreasing ... women runners are becoming as fast as men. Women notice details better than most men; therefore women and men in combination security patrol teams are best. Women are global thinkers unlike men who logic in a linear fashion and primarily only use one side of their brain. Women are more social therefor better apt to master foreign languages. Women sharpshooters are some of the best in the world. Women are smaller in general and can be more stealthy. Less materials are needed to cloth them, so its more economical to have an all womans SEAL Team. Stuff like that.
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Err... why the hell should we? \n\nWe've already got Mcdonalds, thats more than enough americana for anyone, thanks.  Anyway, cheerleaders would get laughed off the pitch at proper footie games.
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It's good to see a lady interested in football.  Most guys  love it when a woman enjoys and can talk football.\n\nThe team with the ball (Offense) gets 4 tries to move the ball at least 10 yards.  If they do, they get all their downs back again and will continue to try to move the ball to the endzone and score.  If they don't, then the other team gets the ball and it's their turn to try to advance the ball.\nIf the team hasn't moved the ball 10 yards by their 4th down, they will usually (almost always anyway) drop-kick (Punt) the ball to the other team.  They do this because most punts will go 40 to 50 yards and so that makes it that much farther the opposing team has to go to score.\n\n\nSome reasons why the the direction changes: (Just to simplify, let's call the team you like "The Browns" and the team you don't like "The Steelers".)\n\n1) Touchdown or Field Goal.\nExample: The Browns just scored a Touchdown.  \nAfter a score the Browns will kick off to the Steelers.  The Steelers run back the kick as far as they can.  It's now the Steelers turn on Offense and it's first down.\n\n2) Interception.  \nExample: Steelers on Offense and Browns on Defense.  \nThe Steelers attempt a pass and the Browns catch it instead, it is now the Browns ball and they switch to offense.  Brown's ball and 1st down.\n\n3) Fumble. \nExample:  Steelers on Offense and Browns on Defense.\nIf the Steelers player drops the ball while running with it and the Browns are able to get it, it is now the Browns ball and they switch to offense.  Browns ball and 1st down.\n\nWell these are some basics.  Hope it was helpful.
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i would say it has been "my experience" that women dont like sports because they dont fully understand them ... if you can sit down with her and explain stuff in a calm and very imformative way .. and answer ANY AND ALL questions she may have ... and when she begins to gets it just let her go with it .. then include her ... give her a drink of her choice wether it be soda or a mixer ... and then try and make it fun ... just dont brush it off as whatever ... ... \n\nDarryl Reeves\nDemopolis, Alabama
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They can't, not in 2006 anyway. The USA plays less than competitive teams to rack up qualifying points. This means lack of better competition. They will not improve, no matter how talented there players become in the future while they play teams that are less competitive than themselves. Better to play a few friendly games and lose to the greater sides and learn something and have your experience grow than to win against feeble competition and have your standard of play remain the same. Just my opinion.
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Pros - the women will stop their bitchin (or maybe not)\n\nCons - Entertain us the way men sports do with some real talent, slam dunks, drive it 300 yds, 150 mph serves, body checking, 55 yd field goal... get the ratings up, the money will follow...
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yes i think it should...i mean it seems as if america has been born to think that men are the dominant gender for sports. i think that it is time that women can be reconized! i am all the way with softball being a famous sport.
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I think girls should be aloud to play football. Some are really fast. So they could play wide reciver or running back. Some girls are also really strong so they could probably tackle too.
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You could use the exact same system that the use on all other levels of collegiate football.  Just a thought, seems to work for them so it most likely would work in the big boy league.  It wont happen though due to money.