NEW YORK – The NFL announced last night that, starting in 2012, the league will allow women to play.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made the announcement to a group of reporters outside the NFL headquarters in New York City early Wednesday evening. He said he hoped the decision to include female players would convey the NFL’s more “feminine” and “progressive” sides.
“Times are changing,” said Goodell, “the military is about to allow women into combat. If women are going to be fighting on the battlefield, how can we stop them from participating in football. It’s not fair The NFL is open to all players now – regardless of gender.”
According to the new rule book, each NFL team must be composed of equal parts male and female players. Of those female players, 75 percent must be active at all times, and every active female player must touch the football at least once during a game.
Feminists are applauding Goodell and the NFL. They have long accused the National Football League of being sexist and bigoted. Fairness on the Field, a women’s rights group in Chicago who once sued the NFL for discrimination, has been lobbying the league to change its gender policies for decades. They are counting the NFL’s co-ed rule as a major victory.
“We couldn’t be more ecstatic,” said Kate Hohner, the group’s president. “The National Football league was once considered a bastion of masculinity. That women can now participate in it is a huge step for gender equality.”
According to sources inside the NFL, the so called “co-ed rule” will take effect at the beginning of the 2012 season. That means that the upcoming Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers will be the last NFL Championship played by all-male teams.
The league will hold an NFL combine for women in April, said one NFL spokesman.
Deloris Green, a 30-year-old weightlifter from Marietta, Georgia, is planning to tryout as a walk-on running back for the Atlanta Falcons.
“I’m gonna get out there and show those guys what a real lady can do,” said Green, who clocks an impressive 4.50 on the 40-yard dash and can squat press 350 lbs. “If they could draft a sissy-boy like Tom Brady into the league, there’s no reason they wouldn’t pick a woman like me.”
Despite its overwhelming acceptance amongst women, the NFL’s decision to go co-ed does not sit well with some the league’s male fans. These NFL purists feel that football is inarguably a man’s sport.
“This is absolutely ridiculous,” said Jon Bovary, an irate football fan and male chauvinist from Detroit. “Once they let women play in the NFL, they’re going to have to let everyone play – children, animals, midgets, inanimate objects. Where will they draw the line?”
Overall, the new co-ed rule has received positive reactions from the league’s corporate sponsors.
In support of the rule change, the Reebok Corporation has partnered with the National Football League to launch their “Beauty and Grace Factor,” a line of pads and jerseys made exclusively for female football players.
Riddell, the equipment company that provides helmets and supportive undergarments to the NFL, will also produce a line of jockstraps and athletic cups designed for women.
According to a poll taken by National Football League, over 88 percent of active players say they approve of new rule change. However, they did raise some relevant concerns.
“Will we have to share our locker rooms with the female players?” said Steelers quarterback, Ben Rothlisberger. “Because if we do, that’s totally cool with me!”
This will be the last all-male Super Bowl… so enjoy it!
Guess what I say? I can’t wait to see GOOD female players. Give them a chance…
This has to be a joke!! lmao!! If they wanna play football they should make their own league.. Like the wnba..
They do have their own league they used to practice after my team when i played semi pro. it was the sorriest sht ive ever seen in my life LOL
What's the penalty for making a girl player cry?
how do i sign up to be a part of the combine in april and are women allowed this fall or next fall…meaning 2011-2012 or 2012-2013 season
LOL are u a fcking moron? no woman on earth will EVER be good enough to play on a boys middle school team let alone a highschool team. waht the hell is going on in america these days?
all u dumb ass tricks need to know ur roll. yall suck. get it through your head. bend over, suck my dck, have my kid, and shut the fck up
You rock. my goal is to be the first female to play in the super bowl, but it looks like i might not be first. Girls shouldn't get special treatment, but we shouldn't be denied. For all those guys out there, i haven't even joined my middle school team yet, and i'm already getting crap about why i shouldn't play. Guys can do cheerleading, why can't girls do football?
Because men have to register for the draft as soon as they turn 18, and women don't. Society can not move forward until women are not only given equal rights, but equal punishments and all sorts of things they don't want.
Women already have our own league, you idiot: the WPFL. And the reason that we don't want to be ghettoized into a separate league is because there's no money in it – as is proven by the fact that nobody knows about the WPFL. There's only room for one league in this country.
No theres only room for mens leagues. Theres 25-30 professional mens leagues and everyone who plays football knows about them. women suck dck at football. you belong nowhere near a football field u guys turn the game into a joke. and if any dude ever tells your good or you "throw like a man" its just because hes trying to fck u
Is this real?
Really this isnt that bad i dont see what you all have against women just because they are girls doesnt mean they cant hit i knw this for a fact I play on a lacrosse all star team and we played a canadian team that had 2 girls on the team and one of them put me on the ground 3 times (my team never let me live that down) and i know a girl that plays Highschool RUGBY and if you know sports you know rugby is 10 times tougher than football since theres no such things as pads
First of all if you got layed out by a fckin girl thats ur own problem. you are probably a sht athlete. and 2nd rugby is af ucking joke. its not even comparable to football u fcking dumb as$ moron
Yeah. If they want to play pro football they can make their own league that will magnify the reality that there's no viable market for female professional sports teams outside of doubles in tennis–just like the WNBA is did.
They do have they're own league. It is called the Porn Football League.
All of you must be guys. I can't believe that you really think that. I agree with you 20%, why would the world want to watch women prance around and screaming everytime they bust up their nail polish. I agree with the article, they should also make a womens wrestling team too. Females shouldn't have to put up with all of this negativity towards them. 90% of men are sexist pigs
ur a fuckin moron lol
Are you serious? The NFL is without a doubt a mans sport. The women who can squat 350 big whoop! Kids in high school can squat that. And she really thinks she can take a hit from james harrision of the steelers? I do not discriminate on anyone but this is too much. Nfl athletes are the elite athletes right next to ufc and mma fighters and women can’t fight men. If a women does come in the league and is an impact she is either a great kicker or she takes more steroids than Arod! And let’s be honesty there are certain levels a women can’t take her body unless she is taking testosterone. This will also make women a target for other players to prove they don’t belong
awesome but they should have their own league
I think they do. It is called the porn football league.
That isn't true, because everybody knows this is a fake news site. Of course it's a joke!
This is either untrue or not fair. I believe women should be allowed to play but it is clear men r better then women so why make the team even. Stupid
Hey, are you from the 1950s or something? Men are not better than us, NFL is a lot more that running and jumping on who ever has the ball. If we break it down to the cellular level there's no difference between female muscle and male muscle. Theoretically a female with X pounds of muscle mass will be as strong as a male with X pounds of muscle mass. Although Women are designed to carry more muscle in the lower body, so we will probably have stronger legs and glutes and he could have stronger arms/back/chest.
i like the idea of knocking over women and fondling them in public as a sport. wow
women are allowed in the nfl legally but no one has ever even tried out as fare as i know
yes this is completely true, as was bat boy and the angel tht got shot down by that duck hunter. did no one see the title of the page???
If a woman is willing to physically train herself and is able to handle the pain and injuries to come, I invite them to play. Women are very misjudged.
Misjudges? lol ive never seen a women who is good enough to play on a middle school team. and you get bitches on here talking about they want to try out for the fcking NFL.. people in america live in a dream world
lol this is fake…
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY FAKE.. LIKE ALL NEWS ON THIS SITE. BUT ID ABSOLUTELY LOVE TO SEE A WOMAN GO UP FOR A PASS AND GET WHACKED BY A MALE DEFENDER WHILE IN AIR. SHE'D BE DEAD ON THE SPOT AND WOMEN WILL FINALLY REALIZE THAT NO, YOU CANT DO ANYTHING A MAN CAN DO!!!!
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Of course this is fake – LOL! Women are weaker, slower and more prone to injury. You would have to have quotas period! BTW, women are still banned from ground combat too.
not true… women are allowed to fight on the front lines, and women are not weaker, slower, but they are more prone to injury. I don't think that you can have another being inside of you for 9 months, bleed for a month, run up and down in heels, and endure breast cancer, so for you, i think it is more appropriate to say that women should not be allowed into the nfl because of CHOICE, and smelly locker rooms, slapping on the butt, hitting on the field, and others. So definently you are not a women and not a real man.
glockster, Are you an idiot or a KKK member?
you are either an idiot or you just have an hamburger brain. Fact: Did you know that women could survive starved for longer days than men? Review your biology courses then come back here to discuss, otherwise you have no right to say idiotic things you just said about women. Women are lionesses, goddess, and muses. They are stronger than they themselves know.
women can survive longer with no food due to a higher fat percentage.
They could do better then some men I've seen in the NFL.
If roughing the passer is stringently enforced to protect quarterbacks, what about a two hand touch rule for women, ha ha. It’s a brutal sport ladies! Don’t sacrifice your beauty, femininity and fragile frame. This is the NFL{Nay For Ladies}
A woman can do whatever a man can do a lot of times even better. Like it was said if a woman train for a sport they can do it. It really p’s me off discrimnation of the sex. Its common sense I clearly wont tryout for the nfl because I know I cant play because I choose not too, but a woman that loves the sport as much as a man and have trained as much as a man can take whatever a WHACK MAN COULD!!!!! ughh!!! I cant wait to see these ladies show these immature men what a woman can do. To all the men that actually have a rational brain and isnt sexist hats off to ya!
Women belong in the kitchen,
you belong in the oven