Could Women Play in Men's Professional Sports?

Are They Good Enough?

With Candace Parker the star of the WNBA and Anthony Parker, her brother, in the NBA, it raises a question. Are women good enough to play in men's professional sports? The quick answer is no. But it's a million-dollar question. Maybe someone should pay Anthony a million to tell us? Here is a breakdown of women and their disadvantages when it comes to sports. There have been as many facts as possible gathered to give someone an idea of whether women can compete professionally against men.

Many women have the same amount of body volume and size when it comes to physical attributes. The main factor though regarding women is that they lack the physical strength of a man. This eliminates women playing football and most of the women from playing basketball. Football is an extremely physical sport and it would be extremely tough to match the physical level of play. Basketball is also a very physical sport. That said, there are a few WNBA players who would have NBA GM's salivating for their athletic services.

Now baseball might be a different story, if only because there are a number of successful major league players that do not have large amounts of strength. And there is less involved as far as trying to match athleticism face to face as in the other sports. A few skills that are involved in being a professional baseball player are timing, and coordination. Women, though lacking strength, have no problem matching timing and coordination.

This represents another question. Are professional softball players good enough to play in MLB? The general consensus would be no. But after further looking into it, some of the pitches in softball are equivilant to a fastball in the major leagues. Many of the softball athletes in women's softball also have equal strength to some of the major league players.