Excellent article by linebacker Jordyn White on The Root, chronicling her football career and why she enjoys the game so much.
Special thanks to Jordyn’s teammate Allison from the DC Divas for the tip. ;)
Excellent article by linebacker Jordyn White on The Root, chronicling her football career and why she enjoys the game so much.
Special thanks to Jordyn’s teammate Allison from the DC Divas for the tip. ;)
9 comments
crystal Gillespie
I play tackle football for Beulah HIgh School been playin for 8 years now..im the only girl on tha team.. and no im not a kicker . im startin LINEBACKER .. and FULLBACK!..linebacker is my favorite ..i love definse…if you dont belive me thin come watch me play.or just look on my facebook and ask anybody and they will tell you .. i love football more than anything .. i think its amazing how when im on the feild people are like OMG thats a GIRL!!! …and some like mann they got a girl on tha team this gonna be easy ..then once they get hit they done…and thats wat i love about football is you can hurt boys and not get introuble for it …..they used to tell me i cant play but i showed them how hard i can hit..i sent boys home cryin before ..belive me aint nobody gonna tell me i cant do nun …so girls heres tha thing dont let anyone tell you that you cant do this or you cant do that …cause you can do anything you set yo mind too….
Jordyn Orlando
I play tackle football and its the greatest but since i am going into high school wont be able to play it SUCKS!!! but i am going to try out for the highschool team and kick some butt!!
gretchen
Alyssa that stinks. Usually when people are that rude it’s because they are jealous. The volleyball team members are probably wishing they had the guts to do what you did. Be proud of your accomplishments!
Alyssa Monaghan
i can see why theres not much of a following…when i played football and wrestling i was the only girl who did in at our school…i dont see why..and u kno all the girls laughed at me and the volleyball team made shirts that said “if volleyball was easy they’d call it football”…they did it just b/c i quit on them but honestly i mite of gone back to volleyball this year if it hadn’t been for that..they kind of ruined it for me now
Kim Hill
Great to she girls getting into male dominated sports we have girls that play touch rugby here in South Africa, but there isn’t a great following though.
shelbie
I play on my schools football team, many boys thought i wouldent make it through the year, but i knew i could, halfway through the season our origanal quaterback had a serisous ingury and my coach dicided to give me that postion, i felt so over joyed.All the boys on my team were stuned.This proves that girls can play football!
Ally B.
thats so true………. i play all on “BOYS” teams, hockey football, lacrosse, baseball, rugby, socccer, and every boy on our team knows that i could beat them any day. but when i first tried out everyone laughed at me thinking that me a hirl couldnt make it onto the boys team. This made mepush so had that i made the team. Every game we have at least one guy comes up to me and says “didnt you forget ur pompoms” or go talk to their coach saying “i can play i might hurt her.” and then i just go up to them and say im just as much as a boy as you so play me!!!! I practice as hard and as long as i can to proove that i am just as good as they are!!!
Alyssa Monaghan
I played also and it was my all time favorite sport but my mother won’t let me play now that I’m going into highschool. It’s so unfair. I love it more than anyother sport
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i did football and i am a girl! can’t we be equal!