Comments on: Oldham: We Want A Lady! Wait, No We Don’t.

By: Toby

Toby — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:55:51 +0000

Yet they have no problem employing hit and run murderer Lee Hughes…shit yeah, wouldn’t want to ridicule the league.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:22:45 +0000

If I recall, there’s an entire WPS league, and like others have said, there are rules against co-ed teams, so why is this such a big deal?

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:29:28 +0000

Thanks, Shazback. I wasn’t aware it was actually in the FA rules. I agree with you – I hope there’s a challenge, and that it comes from a player of Marta’s quality, because it really would be good for the game.

By: Marco P.

Marco P. — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:13:48 +0000

In the end, this is just another lame attempt by a nobody-president to get its club name in the news. Gaucci-Prinz ring any bells?

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:06:07 +0000

Ha! So if they were in talks, does that mean she was actually considering it?

By: Shazback

Shazback — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:34:03 +0000

Ian, actually there is a rule in FA regulations that stipulate that all players must be of the same gender.

However, leaving aside that technicality, all four comments here are relevant. The average in womens’ teams is relatively low, but that is party due to the lack of training that is availible (if you’re the female Pele, you’re likely to never express half your talent), but also due to certain physical differences between men and women, in particular in relevance to muscle volume.

I hope one day a woman will challenge the various regulations to be able to play on a man’s teamn and prove to be a valuable player. That will truly be a great day for football.

By: Cerberus

Cerberus — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:08 +0000

The ability differences between the sexes is not as severe as we’re lead to believe. She will be playing on a men’s team one of these days and I will be one to tune in.

By: Yevy

Yevy — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:03:25 +0000

This is an old idea that sounds interesting in theory but is not plausible in practice. The research has been done and the simple fact is once men hit puberty they leave women in the dust in terms of athletic ability. In track and field the results of 15 year old boys begin to surpass women’s world records. A good U-17 boys team would wipe the floor with the best women players you can find. It is not a knock on Marta’s abilities to say that she would not stand a chance on the same pitch with male professionals.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:30:09 +0000

i would be really interested to see a girl play in league 1 or anywhere against the boys

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:45:31 +0000

Marta could play circles around a good proportion of League One players, and some egos would be seriously dented. I think you’re right, that this deal was canceled not because it wouldn’t work, but because it might just. If she wants to play with the boys, she’ll find some team that will take her, and I for one would be interested to see it.