Female kicker to break NFL gender barrier (1 Viewer)

[Fleur de Lies]

This may be the dumbest reply I have ever read.

Thank you for contributing literally nothing to the discussion. I hope that you can sleep better at night for having made such a worthless post on the Internet.

 

[mr.t]

Well then why didn't she try out? It's essentially an open tryout. Anyone can attend if they want to. Someone trying something new for the first time was just a publicity stunt? Guess we can call the achievements of Rosa Parks, Christopher Columbus, and Neil Armstrong the biggest publicity stunts of all time then.

Let's compare a female kicker to sailing to a new world or going to the moon or breaking a segregation barrier. After all, it is just as important.

 

[Fleur de Lies]

Let's compare a female kicker to sailing to a new world or going to the moon or breaking a segregation barrier. After all, it is just as important.

It is if you simplify it enough. The point I was making is that this person was the first to do something. Stop getting stuck on figures of speech and use your head for more than a hat rack.

 

[TheRealJRad]

Lots of people move from kicking a(n English) football to a(n American football). Every kicker we had on the high school teams was a soccer player switching over to play kicker. It takes practice but it is by no means difficult to do.

She practiced it and got injured in doing so, wound up having a poor tryout and having to see a trainer. How on earth can you spin that into a "publicity stunt"?

Perhaps you missed the start of the thread where it was stated "Lauren's father said she had no background as a kicker but had made a 40-yard field goal before, which encouraged her to attend the Regional Combine, even if the odds are stacked against her."

She had no other kicking background besides making a field goal before.

 

[Fleur de Lies]

Perhaps you missed the start of the thread where it was stated "Lauren's father said she had no background as a kicker but had made a 40-yard field goal before, which encouraged her to attend the Regional Combine, even if the odds are stacked against her."

She had no other kicking background besides making a field goal before

I'd read in other articles that she'd played soccer before, which is why I said that earlier. If that's not the case then it wasn't very wise of her to put herself into this kind of a position, but it is what it is. It's still no grounds to say something equally unwise like, "maybe she should be in the kitchen, I've got some mayo if she'll make me a sandwich".

 

[the-commish]

Suppose-- just suppose-- Lauren did make an NFL roster. I know it's not going to happen, but just suppose. What if she actually made a game-winning FG. High fives would be OK, but the tendency to slap one's butt in the excitement...? Sexual harrassment?

 

[max]

They should have added a laugh track to the combine for her ten yard kickoffs. Way to make an *** out of yourself

That stated, I have nothing against a female kicker if she is one of the thirty two best in the world.

 

[Hercule]

She supposedly made two kicks and left.

 

[nolaspe]

Well, that lasted long...
Injury ends female kicker's NFL tryout quickly - NFL - SI.com

 

[pirttihirmu]

Where should women be?

Paavo Pulkkinen: At home. Women have ruined the world.

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[SuePrudhomme]

She supposedly made two kicks and left.

And after reading the article, I see that neither kick even reached 20 yards.

I'm all for people breaking barriers, but come on...that is just embarrassing. I actually resent it a little that she did so poorly. Way to make women look feeble and foolish, lady. Thanks a bunch. I'm sure the next woman who actually takes sports seriously and might have legitimately wanted to participate will thank you even more now that people will automatically assume she's a publicity-seeking jerk, too.

I'm a little surprised at how strongly annoyed I am at this woman. I guess I expected her to be competent, at least. If she was truly too injured to try, then sit down. Don't go out and do...that. Ugh.

 

[SaintsIn2009]

You're not very smart, are you? The point remains that anyone could have done it and she happened to be the first to do so. That the media jumped on it with both feet like they always do with anything vaguely controversial is in no way her fault. Get over it.

Ok now you're just getting ridiculous. Give it up already. You're obviously being blinded by your own female glasses and can't look at both sides of the argument to see where others are coming from, and your the one asking people if smart or not. Smh

 

[St. Geezy]

She supposedly made two kicks and left.

Looks like a case of combine stress got to her.

 

[Groovepro]

if she was an actual, practiced kicker, it would be a different story. if she was someone who kicked in her HS, played on pee wee leagues, was in punt pass kick competitions, played flag football, actually knew, understood and loved the game, i would be more in her corner.

she never played before, has no technique, never worked with someone to help her technique through intense training and tries to come out. she only got the nod to even get a spot at combine due to being "a female trying to earn an NFL spot".

that is the same as guy who never played football or any organized sport, but can throw a football with bad technique 60 yards and decides he is going to entire the combine to be a qb because "it isn't that hard".

there are legitimate female football players out there who train to learn to kick, who make it a life's passion/dream of playing higher level football. this girl is NOT one of them and i agree with some others that it actually takes "women in the man's world of sports" back a little bit.

 

[Bill]

She supposedly made two kicks and left.

Looks like a well executed onside kick to me.