InterGender Sports

~~Cuthbert~~ · 10-17-2016, 05:48 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

The US women's soccer team would run circles around the US men's soccer team. If women have the same physicality as men to go along with the talent and skill why wouldn't it make sense for them to be able to join male dominated teams? You are pretty much just saying that women are weak and have no place with the big boys.

You know nothing about soccer.

I am convinced this is a wind up. You are not this stupid.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 10-17-2016, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

You know nothing about soccer.

I am convinced this is a wind up. You are not this stupid.

Yeah, I was gonna say that too. I honestly feel that way about Canada because our men are ****e and women are top 10 in the world. US, not so much.

The Batlord · 10-17-2016, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

The US women's soccer team would run circles around the US men's soccer team. If women have the same physicality as men to go along with the talent and skill why wouldn't it make sense for them to be able to join male dominated teams? You are pretty much just saying that women are weak and have no place with the big boys.

To run circles around them they'd have to be faster than the men, and women are not faster than men. They are not as strong, not as aggressive, and are mostly inferior in any physical way that counts. It's not sexism to accept facts.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 10-17-2016, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

To run circles around them they'd have to be faster than the men, and women are not faster than men. They are not as strong, not as aggressive, and are mostly inferior in any physical way that counts. It's not sexism to accept facts.

I think I posted this before but I actually know a professional female footballer. She plays for a team in the English second tier. I have played against her and I'm miles better than her and I only got to a decent amateur level.

I guarantee me and ten of my mates would beat a pro women's team. Fitness might be an issue, but give us 8 weeks to stop drinking and a half decent tactics plan and you're looking at a cricket score.

djchameleon · 10-17-2016, 05:21 AM

So are you saying that there aren't any female players that have the skill and talent to compete in popular male sports? Sounds a bit sexist imo.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 10-17-2016, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

So are you saying that there aren't any female players that have the skill and talent to compete in popular male sports? Sounds a bit sexist imo.

Yes.

djchameleon · 10-17-2016, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

No. I'm saying that it's a fact that women are naturally smaller than men, and when you look at professional sports it's very hard to be small and successful in your sport. By starting intergender sports not only would you diminish the already dwindling number of supporters for women's sports, as they would move on to watching what is currently "men's" sports, but you're also taking away the opportunity for thousands of females who just wouldn't be able to make it in the pros. Here's a chart of average sizes from the UK http://www.arts.ac.uk/media/arts/res...sults-Full.pdf, and if you don't think size matters in sports then you just aren't watching closely enough.

There are plenty of small and successful male athletes in any given sport especially basketball so size doesn't really matter in b ball as long as you have the skill/talent to match. Adding women to male dominated sports won't take away from all the women players in their league. Especially when as you say they don't have the skill level to compete with men because of their size. There are some women that are larger and can match men point for point.

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

You know nothing about soccer.

I am convinced this is a wind up. You are not this stupid.

Yes I don't follow football as much as you do but I do know a few things. Women's US team gets paid far less and has had more victories and championships under their belt. While the Men's team gets paid more while sucking ass. Every world cup they are in they end up getting eliminated quickly. Same goes for Olympics but they do have an awesome ass goalie. Too bad he doesn't have a strong team to back him up.

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Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

I am actually for intergender sports. It will put a stop to the silly idea that women can compete with men athletically. Nobody can complain either because it's completely egalitarian.

You just want it so that it can fail like you think it will. If they have the same level or skill/talent. Why can't there be a female version of Lebron.

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I wonder which sport it would matter least in. Golf? Tennis? Baseball?

Physical size would matter less in most team sports and all of the ones tha you listed.
The only sport where physical size would truly matter would be something like Olympic Wrestling. Any sport/competition where there is a one on one test of strength possibly but on the other hand there are female body builders that would be able to toss some wrestlers

**Janszoon** · 10-17-2016, 05:55 AM

I wonder which sport it would matter least in. Golf? Tennis? Baseball?

Ninetales · 10-17-2016, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I wonder which sport it would matter least in. Golf? Tennis? Baseball?

I don't know about golf/baseball, but I don't think tennis would work. Even Serena wouldn't be anywhere near competitive in mens tourneys (it was a while ago, but she got beaten pretty badly by ~200 rank mens).

And I know for hockey, the womens' Olympic team played all around Canada against local AAA clubs, and did alright - winning record if memory serves me. So that's not bad but that's the best of the best women in the world against non professional teenagers. There has been a woman that made it to the NHL so there's that

~~Cuthbert~~ · 10-17-2016, 06:40 AM

Deej they have had success in women's competitions. If you want to make a point about success you need to have the women's team play in the same competition.

Also don't move the goalposts. I don't care about wages and that's not your argument.

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~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Deej they have had success in women's competitions. If you want to make a point about success you need to have the women's team play in the same competition. Also don't move the goalposts. I don't care about wages and that's not your argument.