With Candace Parker the star of the WNBA and Anthony Parker, her brother, in the NBA, it raises a question. Are women good enough to play in men's professional sports? The quick answer is no. But it's a million-dollar question. Maybe someone should pay Anthony a million to tell us? Here is a breakdown of women and their disadvantages when it comes to sports. There have been as many facts as possible gathered to give someone an idea of whether women can compete professionally against men.
Many women have the same amount of body volume and size when it comes to physical attributes. The main factor though regarding women is that they lack the physical strength of a man. This eliminates women playing football and most of the women from playing basketball. Football is an extremely physical sport and it would be extremely tough to match the physical level of play. Basketball is also a very physical sport. That said, there are a few WNBA players who would have NBA GM's salivating for their athletic services.
Now baseball might be a different story, if only because there are a number of successful major league players that do not have large amounts of strength. And there is less involved as far as trying to match athleticism face to face as in the other sports. A few skills that are involved in being a professional baseball player are timing, and coordination. Women, though lacking strength, have no problem matching timing and coordination.
This represents another question. Are professional softball players good enough to play in MLB? The general consensus would be no. But after further looking into it, some of the pitches in softball are equivilant to a fastball in the major leagues. Many of the softball athletes in women's softball also have equal strength to some of the major league players.
So this leaves the question, can women hit a smaller ball? There really is no way to know but coordination tests prove that they do not lack when it comes to coordination compared to men and therefore it would be extremely interesting if women were to get a chance to play against men in professional baseball. The chance of women competing in basketball and football may be impossible judging by the facts we know, but baseball is up in the air. Also, women have proven that they can compete with men in soccer, as there are co-ed semi professional leagues already and the women do more than hold there own. But, I digress, you have been given the facts and you have been given questions.
Maybe someday a league will be created to answer these questions. It would bring alot of attention and would have a huge fan base due to the fact that people always ask the question. Can women compete with men in professional sports? For now we will have to wait and see, chances are that will never happen but if it does, you've solved the million dollar question.
Many women have the same amount of body volume and size when it comes to physical attributes. The main factor though regarding women is that they lack the physical strength of a man. This eliminates women playing football and most of the women from playing basketball. Football is an extremely physical sport and it would be extremely tough to match the physical level of play. Basketball is also a very physical sport. That said, there are a few WNBA players who would have NBA GM's salivating for their athletic services.
Now baseball might be a different story, if only because there are a number of successful major league players that do not have large amounts of strength. And there is less involved as far as trying to match athleticism face to face as in the other sports. A few skills that are involved in being a professional baseball player are timing, and coordination. Women, though lacking strength, have no problem matching timing and coordination.
This represents another question. Are professional softball players good enough to play in MLB? The general consensus would be no. But after further looking into it, some of the pitches in softball are equivilant to a fastball in the major leagues. Many of the softball athletes in women's softball also have equal strength to some of the major league players.
So this leaves the question, can women hit a smaller ball? There really is no way to know but coordination tests prove that they do not lack when it comes to coordination compared to men and therefore it would be extremely interesting if women were to get a chance to play against men in professional baseball. The chance of women competing in basketball and football may be impossible judging by the facts we know, but baseball is up in the air. Also, women have proven that they can compete with men in soccer, as there are co-ed semi professional leagues already and the women do more than hold there own. But, I digress, you have been given the facts and you have been given questions.
Maybe someday a league will be created to answer these questions. It would bring alot of attention and would have a huge fan base due to the fact that people always ask the question. Can women compete with men in professional sports? For now we will have to wait and see, chances are that will never happen but if it does, you've solved the million dollar question.
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Who ever wrote this is a moron. You don't realize how amazing those athletes are. The best player in the WNBA would not even be able to get the ball across halfcourt in the NBA. U have no idea how good of defense is played in that league. No GM would be looking at a woman for her athletic services. Not one woman in the WNBA can jump as high as an NBA player. Not one woman is as strong as an NBA player. And not one woman has the speed of an NBA player, except maybe a post or powerforward. So how can you say that a GM would look at a woman for her athletic ability? lol
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