I was reading an article earlier about a high school girl who wanted to play football. Holley Mangold was considered a big girl by most people who knew her. She was 5'9" and weighed approximately 310 lbs and also the sister of Pro-football player Nick Mangold. It was very hard for Holley because no one really supported her decision to play football. Since she was a young girl, she had always wanted to play. Her dad was against her doing this claming, "But girls just don't play football." When she went to the football coach and asked him his opinion the coach told tried to pursuade her to pursue a cheerleading career instead. Holley is a proud female athlete and explains how she does not care what people think about her size. She loves to prove to people that she is capable of overcoming adversity. Holley did end up making the varsity team at her high school and played in 10 regular season games that year. This was a pretty inspirational article for any athlete. It shows that even in some of the most physical sports that are said to only be for men, women are showing that they can compete, also.
-Andrew Force
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I found this blog to be interesting, I remember in class someone mentioned that there are no female football teams, and Kerrie responded back that they were..and she didn't mean the "lingerie bowl" that we see every year. After hearing that there were female football teams, I decided to do more research on it and found that there are so many independent leagues that are offered around the world. Independent Women's Football League is a non profit full tackle women's football league that focuses on creating a positive,safe,and fun environment for women who play football and fans that like to come out and watch. The IWFL was founded in 2000 by women who wanted to make the sport a household name. They currently have over 1600 women playing the sport for 41 teams across North America from Southern California to Montreal and Washington to Florida. (taken from http://www.iwflsports.com/abouttheiwfl.php) I think this is a very empowering step towards women in sport, growing up my sister always played football with my male cousins and uncles. Up until the day we talked about this in class, I never knew that there were leagues and that women are actually playing football. Like I said, its very empowering to see that any sports that are dominated by males, females are succeeding in as well.
Elaine Tee
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