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OK, with that out of the way, about a couple of months ago I saw a very interesting documentary from the P.O.V. (in PBS at http://www.pbs.org/pov/ ) regarding women who play american football. The film is called "True-Hearted Vixens " which is follows a couple of women as they “. . .want to play professional football. Make that full contact, NFL-style, smash-mouth football. True-Hearted Vixens follows the fortunes of two women and the teams they play for during a six-game exhibition tour of a start-up Women’s Professional Football League. With their dreams tied to the league’s success, the women grapple with powerful social stereotypes, the league’s business practices and their own changing expectations of success.”
Very interesting documentary and if you want more information about purchasing the documenatary you can check it out at http://www.pbs.org/cgi-bin/pov/search/search.cgi?keyword=football .
Now this piqued my curiosity and did a quick search via google, which gave me the following results:
Women’s Professional Football League http://www.womensprofootball.com/
Women’s American Football League
http://wafl.homestead.com/index.html
National Women’s Footbal League http://www.nwflcentral.com/
3 PROFESSIONAL LEAGUES FOR WOMEN IN AMERICAN FOOTBALL!!. What!?
Which brings me to the point of the my posting:
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For any professional league teams to succeed it must have a large pool of talented players from which to pick from. Just how big is that pool of players for american football among women in the U.S.?!
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How many programs are there available for women to play american football from pee-wee to college in the U.S.?
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Which of these leagues has had the most success with their franchise?
BTW, a contest winner for the most contrived team name must probably go to Biloxi Herricanes.
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