second, a female player must be used in the point after touchdown.
Since it’s a touch-only style of football, there is no blocking or contact allowed. And, sorry Tom Brady and Chad Johnson, there are no professional football players allowed, current or retired.
Los Angeles resident Amanda Warren drives down from her home near Beverly Hills every Sunday to play with the Green Tang Clan. She’s one of five women on the team.
Warren comes from an athletic background, having played basketball and volleyball in high school and college and pick-up football on Thanksgiving Day with her family.
Because men tend to be more competitive and tough, Warren said she feels less conscious playing football when there are other women on the team, lessening the fears of dropping the ball.
“If I drop the ball, it’s OK,” Warren said. “I’m not going to get yelled at.”
Her teammate, Holly Hines, joined the league in the first season and occasionally plays quarterback.
“Apparently, I’ve got a strong arm. I didn’t know that before,” Hines said.
Like her teammate, Hines played organized sports her entire life, but the majority of the members of the Venice league didn’t play in college or high school,” Wilson said.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 21, 2007. Read the original PDF.