Super Bowl XLIII

This past Sunday we witnessed the forty-third iteration of the biggest event in sports, the Super Bowl. I found this perfect for this week's blog, because, well, there were no women playing. Of course, women can't play on the same field as men because of safety and other reasons. However, this does not negate the fact that most sports in general, especially those of great physical exertion, have always been associated with men. Steps are being taken in the right direction, as women's leagues are forming, though they struggle to stay alive.

So why, seeing other sports such as soccer and basketball make progress in women's competitive sports, is football taking so long to change? Could it be that the sport is famous and people are afraid that change will drive away some of its popularity? Could it be football's root in a male dominated traditional way of life? Maybe people haven't seen women as capable of performing in such a contact-based sport. Whatever the reasons have been through the years, it's highly unlikely that sports like football will stay male exclusive for much longer, even if much longer happens to be fifty or even a hundred years. I'd count on it being much sooner, though.