by GIMNEPIWO » Sun Mar 03, 2019 8:18 am
So DD's are long out of school ... It was always their choice and not mine what they did or didn't play. Pretty much it was softball first then swimming and volleyball after that ... They did all play in the powder puff football games once a year ... Aside from that, the only thing they knew about football was to bring me a beer while I'm watching it and at halftime we will go in the backyard and toss it around ... Done. But since then, one DD has played some co-ed indoor rec flag as an adult.
Fast forward to this past November ... One DD calls me and says a gal she knows from her gym said she should join her football team "it's a good work out" ... DD looking to stay in shape over the winter figures "WTF, why not?" Turned out it was a 'semi-pro' women's football team and to fund raise money she recruits 2 other of the DD's ... Now all 3 tell me they are playing tackle football - full pads ... My first thought which I told them was "you're gonna get killed" ... But, they're adults, so ... Their 8 game season starts in April, a few scrimmages this month ... Through out the North East ... The first thing their friends were asking them is "are you in the lingerie league?" ... Like me, they did not even know women's tackle football was a thing ... So, yes, I guess I 'let' my athletes play other sports.
"For the strength of the pack is the wolf, the strength of the wolf is the pack" Rudyard Kipling