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Paying to Playing, and the wide gulf between
This was for She Got Game . . . a very long time ago.
The premise of women’s football is that the women play by the same rules as the NFL, the same rules as the NFL, the same rules as the NFL. If you say it enough it’ll become a rollagraph of beseeching invocations that need only the occasional dip in the ink well to retone the vigor before the same rules as the NFL, the same rules as the NFL . . . 
It’s no different than anyone wanting to compete un equal footing. To practice and work and be recognized for your efforts, that’s something NFL players won’t ever really have without the taint of commerce. Playing for pay won’t ever bring the same satisfaction as loving the game so much you’ll pay to play. Just ask Matt Birk .
Posted by 1000monkeys on September 5, 2004 05:23 AM