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Football

ProfessorGAC

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5. This Happened Before

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:40 PM

Saturday

A woman that worked for ESPN, now I think for their betting platform, played professional tackle football.
Her name was Marks. I think her first name was Anita.
Pretty sure she was a QB. She used to regularly guest on KJM on ESPN radio & often talked about being a football player.
Not sure how big that league got or how long they lasted, but women's full contact football has been tried in the past.

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Women's tackle football? Yes, it's real and the Bay Area has its first professional team [View all] RandySF Mar 29 OP

I wonder if the defensive players will start bulking up like men's NFL players... hlthe2b Mar 29 #1

Video at the link: check it out Auggie Mar 29 #3

Washington DC has a full contact team also oberle Mar 29 #2

Laney Field (Laney College) is the same piece of real estate where the Oakland Raiders started out Brother Buzz Mar 29 #4

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