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I was sad to see he didn’t get pompoms and got to wear pants.

Excellent point. Needs more of this:

He looks like he’s having so. much. fun.  And I love that!

Good luck to him! It’s been years since I was there but I’m a little surprised that the folks in NOLA were that “accepting”.

He needs to be in a tank top and something like bike shorts and show as much skin as the women. Or put the women in black pants and white T-shirts. Nice to have a guy but nice is not enough. The women are much more sexualized than he is. 

Okay, wolf boy. Good job, you made a pun. Points for enthusiasm, you gigantic dork. :P

He needs bells....... SLAY BELLS!

Push not thine fat agenda.

or is a man on their team going to scream in their face, or never pass them the ball after their first mistake?

This is EVERYTHING!

I quit playing because of the meatheads on the opposing teams hitting the balls as hard as they could, deliberately aiming for MY HEAD. I actually got quite a few bruises. They did not do this to my male teammates.

when i was in law school, i played in a co-ed flag football league. i played rugby in college, and i was in pretty great shape. so i know my way around contact.

Assholes who take co-ed sports too seriously never had high school glory days. 

yeah that is lame. When we have our games, i certainly will try and game plan and direct play on the side of the field where the opposing teams slower or lesser skilled players are. Sometimes that person is a man, sometimes it is a woman. i certainly never just go after the women because they are women. I have been…

It’s softball...

I play co-ed flag football, which requires a play involving a female player, at minimum, once every three plays. It usually works out fine, but I’ve seen plenty of instances where men on another team are just dismissive as fuck of their players (which are usually girlfriends!). I’ve heard things like, “Guys, take more…

This is a really great piece, and got me thinking a lot about how differences in socialization have as much or more of a role in co-ed rec leagues than simple physical ability. I played in a co-ed soccer league in East Windsor, CT and they had a few rules in place that I didn’t see mentioned here that - that from my…

Great stuff. I’ve often noticed this as well. I tend to be competitive, so I may be one of those asshole men yelling at the ref. But I never yell at my teammate, and I certainly make my fair share of mistakes, so I try to play the ball to any one who is open, regardless of gender or ability. I’ve definitely noticed a…

Come on, ladies. It’s basic playground etiquette. When a guy goes studs up and shreds your ACL, it means he likes you. Duh.