Women's tackle football? Yes, it's real and the Bay Area has its first professional team

[RandySF]

FAIRFIELD, Calif. (KGO) -- The Bay Area is welcoming another women's professional sports team as the Golden State Storm begins its inaugural season in the Women's National Football Conference.

The Storm joins recent additions to the Bay Area's women's professional sports scene, including Bay FC in 2024 and the Golden State Valkyries in 2025.

It is the 16th team to join the WNFC, the Women's National Football Conference, which is in its seventh year. The league features women's tackle football, a sport not typically available to women.

Brandi Ransom, a wide receiver for the Storm, commutes two hours several evenings a week from her job as a research scientist at IBM in San Jose to the team's practice field in Fairfield.





https://abc7news.com/post/womens-tackle-football-comes-bay-area-golden-state-storm-begin-inaugural-season/18782159/

[hlthe2b]

1. I wonder if the defensive players will start bulking up like men's NFL players...

The latter is what makes me cringe watching NFL (not that college football doesn't have some pretty big players, but by the time they hit NFL, they are semi-running tanks). The injuries are so severe and constant...

[Auggie]

3. Video at the link: check it out

Looks like the answer is yes. Winning means getting big, strong, and agile.

[oberle]

2. Washington DC has a full contact team also

The Washington Prodigy

[Brother Buzz]

4. Laney Field (Laney College) is the same piece of real estate where the Oakland Raiders started out

Only it was called Frank Youell Field.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. This Happened Before

A woman that worked for ESPN, now I think for their betting platform, played professional tackle football.
Her name was Marks. I think her first name was Anita.
Pretty sure she was a QB. She used to regularly guest on KJM on ESPN radio & often talked about being a football player.
Not sure how big that league got or how long they lasted, but women's full contact football has been tried in the past.