Plus size women needed for sports team?!

This week, a women’s football team out of Kentucky is advertising that they need women– plus size women!

It’s kind of nice that plus size women finally have a place in sports, and a respectable one.  The article (which you can read here) talks about bringing women together from all over Kentucky, including women of all shapes and sizes.  The best part is that the teams travels together, so players get the benefit of being social as part of the team.

Reading about football made me think about the gender gap that still exists between big men and big women.  Guys who are opn the offensive line have always commanded respect, to the degree that coaches are pushing some men to constantly get bigger and bigger.  How come no one ever encourages me to eat 2 Big Macs at once?  And in order to gain respect in the athletic world, do we have to play a man’s game?