Been thinking lately about ladies football. It certainly seems to be getting popular, and some of the players are really quite good. Some of them are not so good mind you.
I got to thinking about the 1992 TV Drama , 'Born Kicking', which was filmed at QPR's Loftus Road, and used QPR's first team strip at the time.
The idea behind the show, was the notion that within Ladies football, comes a player, Roxanne Reddy (played by Eve Barker), who happens to be so good, so very good, that she has the chance to play alongside and against men. There are some legal issues around whether she'd be allowed to do so, but she's such a good player that all obstacles are overcome, so that she can in fact join the men's team.
Already nowadays, we have female match officials and reasonable adjustments are made to accommodate their privacy when getting changed, showering etc...... and often fans will tease them about their ability to officiate, but that's reducing all the time, and rightly so.
But thinking about female players, my question is, if a female player came along who was good enough, strong enough and wanted to do so, would she be allowed to play in the FL?....... could changing room issues be overcome? Would current anti-discrimination laws allow it to happen?.... Would the footballing authorities support her efforts to join a men's team? Would lawyers take up her case if necessary?
Basically, could 'Born Kicking' really happen in this day and age, if a real life Roxy Reddy came along?..... would there be so much money involved in sponsorship and other exclusivity, that the money would be so great, it would somehow be MADE to happen?
A top class, female player in a male team, we'll say for example, Aston Villa..... could it happen? Should it happen?
We're talking about a female player equal to her male counterparts in every way. Could it happen? If not, why not?
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BORN KICKING.... female footballer in men's team?
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