Argumentative Essay: Females Should Be Allowed To Play Football

30 seconds left in the game, my blood pounding in my ears, I get down into position, body aching, breathing heavy, the opposing team’s center yells out, “Red 22, Red 22, Ready!?!?” I get lower, watching my target, the linebacker in front of me, like a predator and its prey. “HUT!” I launch forward hitting the lineman in front of me and keep pushing until he’s down, 20 seconds. I look up, scanning for the ball like coach taught me, even before I realize I spotted it I’m on the move, it's in the quarterback's hands as he looks for an opening but then he starts to run towards the end zone, 10 seconds. Even though I was not told to I sprint towards the red and black uniform. “God he’s fast”, that was all that was going through my head, well and
I had so many people oppose the idea even my parents. Heck, they still hate the idea, but I still fought and finally made it. 75% of my school doesn’t even know I am on the team, let alone on varsity. In a poll on Debate.org, there is a page for the question: “Should females be allowed to play football?” and everyday people can vote either yes or no and then leave a comment on their opinions. 82% of people agree that women should be able to play football if they desire to. An argument that one person that stayed anonymous was “it is sexist to not let women decide what they can and can’t do, we females know ourselves and what we are able to do, also america is trying to stop sexism but here these people who say girls can’t do it” (Debate.org). I’ve heard this from many people, the first year I tried to just learn about getting on the football team I was shot down by so many people I couldn’t count, but the more I pushed, someone would stand up and support me, and it would get me to the next person or group I had to challenge. Another comment brings up “It is against our human rights, and that men and women have equal rights.” This is totally true in so many ways. We are told that we all have equal rights, but what can a girl play a game with boys that a ball is being thrown around and it is a violation of the Constitution to deny a person any right to themselves. I completely agree with
They were the most vocal, including a comment, more like essay from a anonymous person “It's not a female sport, there is no place for women. Men are physically superior to women. They would bring the value of the team down. What happens when she gets hit? She could possibly die from the impact because women have such small frames. There isn't a woman out there built like a linebacker. Even people there size get injured. Women are more emotional than guys and they'll be intimidated. The mental aspect is just as important as the physical aspect. They will break down most certainly. Other guys will not want to play against her for fear of losing to a girl OR their morals. What guy do you know wouldn't have a problem tackling a girl? Come on now be realistic. It would destroy the sport entirely. What sports have better ratings? The male sports or the female sports? Look at women's baseball and basketball. It's not watched, nobody watches it.”(Debate.com) This quote is extremely offensive to women around the world, from all different backgrounds, this person dissed our physicality, mentality, and emotionality. If a guys playing against a girl in a game feel this way they shouldn’t even be on the field. Another person said this “Men don't bleed from