Mixed teams could it/ will it happen

[Blue Hefner]

they couldnt compete against men at that physical level,'''but''' it would not surprise me in the slightest if the FA or whoever brings in a rule sometime that every side must include 2/3 woman in the starting 11

I’d be very surprised by that

 

[MCFC1993]

Honest question here Take the best women’s team in the world what level of English football would they hold their own?
IMHO Conference would just be about right

To answer the OP Never

They wouldn't even get into the semi-pro leagues; North West Counties etc...

Plenty of fit amateur teams would also beat them/give them a game.

The physical difference is just far too great in football/most sports.

 

[Thomas Hearns]

Will never happen.

The best women's national teams struggle to compete with 15-16 year old lads, the strength and speed difference, it's like watching a different sport.

Are 15 year old lads stronger and faster than full time women pro athletes who presumably benefit from the finest sports science available ?

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Is there any sport where women would beat men? For football no woman's team would beat any professional man's team. That being the case there's no argument for mixed teams.

 

[Ribchester]

From an equality balance then when will women’s football start allowing men to play in their teams

 

[Brightwell’s left peg]

I expect Karen will wake up with a sore head and will regret posting that when she was clearly very drunk.

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Ask yourself this;

Of all the issues in the world, is segregation of gender in professional sport really worth discussing?

For fuck sake give it a rest

 

[MCFC1993]

Are 15 year old lads stronger and faster than full time women pro athletes who presumably benefit from the finest sports science available ?

Yes is the simple answer, even at that age lads have started to physically develop beyond women.

Women's 100m world record is 10.49 set in the 80's (& heavily suspected to be illegal; too much of a tail wind), current 100m runners, not really close to it. They would have all had access to the finest sports science available.

15-16 year old males at the top of their age groups regularly run under 10.50, in fact the record is around 10.15-10.20 (can't find the actual record but can find plenty of times like it), most of these males wouldn't have had access to the top sports scientists, maybe some sports science though.

 

[Thomas Hearns]

Yes is the simple answer, even at that age lads have started to physically develop beyond women.

Women's 100m world record is 10.49 set in the 80's (& heavily suspected to be illegal; too much of a tail wind), current 100m runners, not really close to it. They would have all had access to the finest sports science available.

15-16 year old males at the top of their age groups regularly run under 10.50, in fact the record is around 10.15-10.20 (can't find the actual record but can find plenty of times like it), most of these males wouldn't have had access to the top sports scientists, maybe some sports science though.

Not sure about them regularly running anywhere near 10.50

At the 2018 youth olympics only 4 men ran sub 10.50

The UK U17 record for 100m is 10.42

 

[the talisman]

Details aside, I think this pretty much answers the question.

FC Dallas under-15 boys squad beat the U.S. Women's National Team in a scrimmage

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/ne...-the-u-s-womens-national-team-in-a-scrimmage/

And there we have it. Wouldn’t be fair on the women to expect them to play against men. Look at the pictures in the link, that U15 kid is towering over the women.