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Women in Gridiron Football
Many people usually don't think females can hold their own in gridiron football. Some people may have their best memory of women in football with the popular Lingerie Bowl. That is not what I am going to discuss in this blog post. I'm talking about actual, lace-em-up, tackling gridiron football- just like the boys do.
Some people who follow college football may remember a young lady named Katie Hnida, who was a field goal kicker for the University of Colorado Buffaloes. She would later transfer to the University of New Mexico Lobos. Katie Hnida became the first female to play NCAA Division 1 football when she played back starting in 2002. A later woman would make her mark named Sarah Fuller (also a kicker) for the Vanderbilt University Commodores circa 2020.
In 2023, a woman in NCAA Division 3 school Shenandoah University became the first female non-kicker to play college football. Haley Van Voorhis played safety for the Shenandoah Hornets against the Eagles of Juniata College. Her team won that game 48-7.
Here in the Houston area, I recall a radio personality named Julie Takahashi who played for a local women's football team called the Houston Energy. This team would play their games at The Rig in Pearland, Texas, USA; usually home to the Pearland High School Oilers.
Could a Big Breakthrough for Women Happen in Gridiron Football?
Imagine the following things happening in top-level college football, professional arena football, or even the NFL:• a female quarterback
• a female quarterback who leads her team [of males] to the postseason
• a female quarterback who wins a championship for her [male-dominant] team
• a female offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, and/or even head coach of a playoff/postseason team
• an all-female coaching staff
• (perhaps) all-female offensive line, defensive line, special teams, two of the three, or all three... against an all-male team
Many of these concepts may seem far-fetched, but these are things that would certainly make female football fans happy. It would even be something of a cool story for males to want to get excited about. We have seen loads of feminine breakthroughs and trail blazers in many different arenas. Seeing such breakthroughs in gridiron football would be amazing.
Women's Football Leagues
I will briefly share some leagues that feature women's gridiron football. You can click on the headers to visit their official websites (if offered). Let me further expand this topic.
Women's Football Alliance.
The Women's Football Alliance (WFA) is one of the longest-running leagues dedicated to women's gridiron football. It was founded in 1999. Like certain collegiate athletics leagues, the WFA has divisions of competition. The WFA has an incredible 60 teams in this league. So you are probably sure you will find a team in your area in the United States.Here is a sample of WFA Football:
^ WFA 2021 Promo
X League.
Unlike the WFA, the X League is an arena gridiron football league for women. There are only eight teams in this league spread across the United States. It was founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League. It was rebranded in 2013 as the Legends Football League. Its current name, the Extreme Football League (or X League), was established in 2020. The league has had here-and-there seasons. Some years had no season of X League football. As one can tell by its former names, this is a league lots of males (and perhaps some females as well) would love- a league with women passing and tackling in lingerie and in protective football gear.Here is a sample of X League football:
^ X League | 2022 Season | X League on FAN PASS | LA Black Storm Highlights
These were the only two still-running leagues I could pull up. There were some women's football leagues others, but these leagues went defunct, so I didn't include them. Final thoughts coming up...
Women In Gridiron Football: Gridiron Football
Many sports fans usually discredit something like women in gridiron football much like how some dismiss the WNBA vs. the NBA. Some think the game of gridiron football is best played by males. Just the fact that women play gridiron football as competitively as the men do is worthy of praise. It is about expanding the sport and perhaps inspiring future generations of female football players. Even with the *male-dominated* realm of gridiron football, at least females shown they can play this sport as well as any male can. If women shown they can be great basketball players with the likes of the WNBA, women can also show they can play on or around the same level as males. Girls can play gridiron football just like the boys can. Put some respect on these ladies' names and give them their flowers. It's all about GIRL POWER to gridiron football!
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