Lauren Silberman 1st Female to take part in Regional Combine

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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000140423/article/female-will-compete-at-regional-combine-for-first-time?campaign=Twitter_atl_rosenthal

RuskieTitan · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:11 am Post subject:

Good for her... but would any rules be changed? Kickers don't usually face contact, but sometimes on blown plays / big returns find themselves in the thick of it.
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Jetsman82 · Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Posts: 20510

They've let those European soccer players in for years now, so I'm sure she'd do fine.

minutemancl · Joined: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 14596

I'm all for women in the sport. If they can hold their own, in this case, kick very well, why not give her a chance on a roster? She sounds extremely intelligent as well.

Age shouldn't be an issue. Kickers last forever anyway. Interested to see how she does.
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The LBC · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:49 am Post subject:

Anyone else having flashbacks to Kathy Ireland in Necessary Roughness?

This makes me want to call my mom and get hold of Peter Tuiasosopo ("Manumana the Slender") who she used to work with at McDonnell-Douglas when he was a union steward.
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49erjunkie · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:01 am Post subject:

Couldnt be worse than Akers. Good for her.
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24isthelaw · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:05 am Post subject:

Is she gonna be officially listed with all the prospects in the results? Or is this just a purely ceremonial thing?
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hornbybrown · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:07 am Post subject:

Anyone know if she can kick a goal from 50+ yards? If she cant this goes no where. If she can who knows.

But what happens when a Kick return man breaks clear and she has to make a tackle?
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SwiftTexan · Joined: 15 Feb 2011 Posts: 4345

When I coached youth football - we had a squad one year where our best defensive player was a girl - with a helmet on she was just a beast of a linebacker and nobody seemed to care. This was a 11-14yr old league. When she was old enough to go to high school - they said the rules prohibited her from playing High School ball. She protested it and took it to the school board and everything but nothing came of it and I don't think she ever played again. It was a shame - she really loved the game and was a pleasure to coach. I think she ended up playing field hockey and rugby so she had a reason to hit people but I don't think she enjoyed it as much.

My point is - I think girls should be encouraged to play football if they want to, just like I think boys shouldn't be deterred from doing things traditionally classified as "feminine" if that's what they choose to do. Notwithstanding, I don't think we're close to having a female in the NFL and a more viable option would be to slowly build up the female presence from pop-warner onward and hopefully one day have a viable women's league (NOT Lingerie Football League). It will take forever and may never be as popular but I think it's a more viable option than making the NFL co-ed.

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Malik · Joined: 18 Dec 2011 Posts: 8736

It's cool. But until women can play high school or college football it's not really going to happen outside of specialty stuff like kickers, punters, and maybe KR/PR.