Comments on: Female kicker to take part in regional scouting combine

By: stercuilus65

stercuilus65 — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:22:28 +0000

The Giants should sign her then Eli could split costs with here on feminine hygiene items!

By: tformation

tformation — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:50:35 +0000

I remember a woman from the WMLS trying out as a kicker for the Chiefs years ago… when there still was a thing as the Women’s Major League Soccer in the U.S. She didn’t make the team, but the Chiefs gave her a tryout.

And with the photo op of Goddell sitting with that little girl football phenom in the super bowl, I’ve got a feeling the Goddell’s not opposed to the idea of women players in the league.

However, this woman has to make a team. If she can’t, well, that’s football for you. She’ll have plenty of male counterparts who also can’t make a team to keep her company.

I wish her well. It would be interesting to see. If it happens.

By: amanistumor

amanistumor — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:11:55 +0000

I thought Kickers were girls already in the eyes of the rest of the team… meh.

By: azarkhan

azarkhan — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:42:12 +0000

So how long before she starts taking her clothes off for commercials, a la Danica Patrick?

By: bronco1991

bronco1991 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:33:38 +0000

I hope she’s hott! But doesn’t she realize there’s a lingerie league?

By: darocnessmonsta

darocnessmonsta — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:29:02 +0000

I agree with the comment about men cant play against women so why should she be allowed to play a mans game if she really wants to play tell her to play for the lingerie league!!!! only makes sense

By: hoosiercolts

hoosiercolts — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:25:29 +0000

She wouldn’t necessarily have to make tackles. Look at my Colts. Pat McAfee does all the kickoffs and Adam Vinatieri kicks field goals and XP. It really could be only about her leg. The rest of her may be inconsequential.

By: fwippel

fwippel — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:24:49 +0000

My guess is Rex Ryan has her number on speed-dial.

By: indytom87

indytom87 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:22:51 +0000

People used to say the same things about Danica. Let her try out. At the very least, she will be a marketing coup for a team that signs her and she will single-handedly sell the most jerseys in the NFL.

By: mojosmagic

mojosmagic — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:18:34 +0000

Aren’t at least half the kickers in the league female?

By: jwcarlson

jwcarlson — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:16:42 +0000

Waiting for Florio’s “Silberman Rule” article where he starts calling for the league office to require each team try out a female kicker during the off season. You know, to be fair and all.

By: stlpimp

stlpimp — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:31:52 +0000

Roethlesberger hopes they steelers sign her so be can lock her in the bathroom with him…..

By: steeelfann

steeelfann — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:18:55 +0000

The more I watch this league, the more I am convinced they are traveling the path of Barnum & Bailey circus. So much about creating news, about being Politically Correct. Concussions. Unions. Arrests. PED’s. Whatever happened to good ole football?

By: dionoil

dionoil — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:13:40 +0000

My daughter would be devastated. She’s convinced she’ll be the first female in the nfl.

By: Canyonero

Canyonero — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:42:21 +0000

What dressing room would she use? That’s not a small issue.

Would all stadiums have to upgrade/change/add to their locker room areas? Just the teams on her schedule? How would that get financed in a way that doesn’t give every OTHER team an advantage?

Equality (assuming it’s possible) is one thing, but the NFL is a business.

By: tbtrojan

tbtrojan — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:25:26 +0000

While this is a great feel good story it’s a waste of time and potential nightmare if the near impossible happens.
I mean what is the point of having a people at the combine that isn’t going to get picked up by a team let alone be drafted?
IF and it’s a massive IF she manages to get on a roster can you imagine the problems? Hazing is bad enough between the “boys” you throw a female in there and all hell breaks loose. What if she takes and misses a FG or does a kickoff, is she meant to tackle a full grown male athlete running at speed?

By: blackqbwhiterb

blackqbwhiterb — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:23:28 +0000

The ghost of George Preston Marshall-” When the WNBA allows men to play basketball, I’ll hire a female placekicker!”

First the scab ref, now a kicker…. Maybe some of you college boys should try out for the school softball team, just to make a point…

By: seanb20124

seanb20124 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:51:58 +0000

What a cute story, see a lifetime movie in the future

By: llcamino

llcamino — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:42:26 +0000

I think a certain coach for the Jets will be paying very close attention to her foot.

By: arizonasdj

arizonasdj — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:56:01 +0000

Ok so most people are stating the obvious like her having to make tackles or grab a blocked kick and getting pancaked….but what about before and after the game in the locker room? I don’t see a team creating a separate locker room for her to dress and undress or shower

By: rodgersrodgersheisking

rodgersrodgersheisking — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:47:57 +0000

All you guys saying she couldn’t tackle… y’all need to watch women’s rugby. There is some brutal happenings when those ladies walk between the lines!

By: beavertonsteve

beavertonsteve — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:07:03 +0000

I saw the Gramatticas attempts to tackle, would this be much worse?

By: mlmeier

mlmeier — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:05:15 +0000

I wonder how Chris Culliver feels about this…

By: packmanfan

packmanfan — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:53:13 +0000

If, by some crazy chance she ends up playing in the NFL, maybe, just maybe she won’t be able to boot the ball into the end zone and maybe the teams she plays against will be able to run the ball back more than take a knee.
Yeah.
We would return back to the good ol’ days of kick off returns while embracing new times with a chick playing.

By: stercuilus65

stercuilus65 — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:17:09 +0000

While her teammates put the pads on she will put the pads in.

By: asublimeday

asublimeday — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 07:10:33 +0000

“This is an extremely high pressure kick, and it is week 6, meaning she could experience the period-symptoms she displayed in a crushing week 2 loss, missing the kick wide right and then crying and devouring a gallon of ice cream at mid field.”

By: ammarradhi

ammarradhi — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:49:40 +0000

Don’t see it ever happening, but could you imagine the first time they would hit the showers after practice……awkward

By: therealraider

therealraider — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:45:48 +0000

So a soccer mom trying out at a regional combine, Is considered pro football talk?

By: pooinyourface

pooinyourface — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:42:27 +0000

A football field? Now thats a weird a looking kitchen.

By: korikill

korikill — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:27:23 +0000

Yes.