Troy Vincent: My daughter wanted to play flag football in high school and couldn't. Pennsylvania must expand opportunities for our girls to play the sport I call 'football for all.'
Troy Vincent: My daughter wanted to play flag football in high school and couldn't. Pennsylvania must expand opportunities for our girls to play the sport I call"football for all."
She also excelled in youth football — flag football. By the time she got to high school, Desiré had dropped the sport — not by choice. Opportunities for girls to play varsity football were extremely rare, and exclusively tackle football, in the early 2000s. College scholarships? Competition at elite levels? Nonexistent., including girls, women, people with disabilities, and anyone who can’t afford all the equipment required for the full-contact version of the sport.
The NFL and its clubs are all in. Together, the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers have helped fund pilot programs and generated enough buzz to establishacross Pennsylvania, meeting a key requirement for sanctioning. For the first time this May, girls’ flag football will be part of the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association’sthe opportunity to play varsity football
It’s my hope that the opportunities Desiré could not chase on the gridiron, simply because they didn’t exist, will soon be available to young women statewide.
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