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Yes, they should play No, women shouldnt
Debate Score:153
Arguments:61
Total Votes:205
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 Yes, they should play (43)
 
 No, women shouldnt (31)

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Women playing In the NBA with men.

If a women had the skill, can they play in the NBA not WNBA?Cool

If child can play together, why not adults?

 

 

Yes, they should play

Side Score: 75
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No, women shouldnt

Side Score: 78
2 points

If a women has the amount of skill playing basketball as a man, she should be able to play in the NFL with men. The United States is a free country, where sexism should not be allowed!

Side: Yes, they should play
The Phantom(453) Disputed
4 points

If a women has the amount of skill playing basketball as a man, she should be able to play in the NFL with men

The NFL is football...

Side: No, women shouldnt
bubless1(2) Disputed
1 point

The NBA is a privately owned league they can do whatever they want.

Side: No, women shouldnt
ahodder621 Disputed
1 point

I understand your point, i just have a differnet opinion than you.

Side: Yes, they should play
Sitara(11080) Disputed
1 point

Discrimination is not a right .

Side: Yes, they should play
1 point

I agree with the writer of the last argument. Girls have as many rights as boys and if they want to take their chances playing with them, they ahould be able tooooo!

Side: Yes, they should play
Lynaldea(1231) Disputed
1 point

Yeah, I do not believe women would last too long in the NFL; hard hits, explosive plays, lack of physical talent and skill, they'd get hurt too much and we all know we need women in this society to progress. :D

Now the NBA is a different story, I could MAYBE see that happening in about 50 years from now. Women are fine playing with themselves in the WNBA. There is no reason for women to go to the NBA. And this is not about sexism or freedom, it's about facts and how particular female and male bodies react and act towards particular sets of skills and strategies pertaining to the game.

Side: No, women shouldnt
Sitara(11080) Disputed
3 points

What the Hell kind of sexist bullshit is that?! If women can fight besides men in war, they can play on the same damn team.

Side: Yes, they should play
That1Samurai(3) Disputed
1 point

I get the skill point you are making but just think, the average hight of an NBA player is 6'6'', while the average hight of an WNBA player is 5'6”. This is pretty much the same as saying that female boxers should fight with the male boxers. Or that we should alow NBA players to play in the WNBA. There gets to a point where it is more about keeping the players safe than trying to keep things equal. Not trying to sound sexist but women are more often than not smaller and weaker then men. It just wouldn't be safe.

Side: No, women shouldnt
2 points

If women can fight beside men in war, they can play sports together. To say otherwise is sexist.

Side: Yes, they should play
possum1(37) Disputed
2 points

Women and men are as equal as eachother. They can rightly fight side by side, but there are some things that one gender does and the other just can't do. Women easily posses the skill to play, but physically they just couldn't hack it playing with men in the nba. Men are overwhelmingly taller on average too! It's not sexist!

Side: No, women shouldnt
Sitara(11080) Disputed
0 points

You are wrong. That is very sexist, now get in the kitchen and make me a sandwhich! ;) .

Side: Yes, they should play
2 points

I think it makes sense to let women play any sport with men as long as no special treatment towards either is happening. If a women proves to be as good of player as any of the other guys she should at be considered.

Side: Yes, they should play
Undecided(6) Disputed
1 point

I think that if a woman can be proven to be as good as an Nba player, she should be able to play. But since we have not seen this, they should not be able to play. today, there became a new leading scorer in the WNBA with somewhere in the 7,000s in scoring, while in the NBA, it is in the 30,000s. I know points is not the whole story put the NBA is a very physical league COMPARED to the WNBA, which is a very physical league as well

Side: No, women shouldnt
Undecided(6) Disputed
1 point

I think that if a woman can be proven to be as good as an Nba player, she should be able to play. But since we have not seen this, they should not be able to play. today, there became a new leading scorer in the WNBA with somewhere in the 7,000s in scoring, while in the NBA, it is in the 30,000s. I know points is not the whole story put the NBA is a very physical league COMPARED to the WNBA, which is a very physical league as well

Side: No, women shouldnt
2 points

Of course. And I'm pretty sure they are allowed to.

I mean, can you imagine the ticket sales if a team had a woman that could legitimately compete in the NBA?

I don't think that woman exists right now though. I don't see a girl in the WNBA who would even make the cut at a major college to be honest.

But if they did exist yeah, why shouldn't they be allowed to?

Side: Yes, they should play
1 point

IF the women has the skills, speed, strength, etc. to play equally or better than the men, then she should be able to play with them. However, if this is just a sexism argument and you think women should get to play because men do then I don't agree. The woman should ONLY play with the men if she plays like they do or better. Women have a height disadvantage and a lot of times men are more buff and more aggressive than women are. I'm a woman who's played basketball for years, I'm not being sexist I'm being honest. My stand on this is if the women plays "like a man" she deserves to play with the men.

Side: Yes, they should play
1 point

Yes women also have the same authority that a man has. The women treated equally and the woman also have the same guts to do. If the man does a sport the woman also have the same skill to play sport.

Side: Yes, they should play
1 point

Yeah, because a lot of people watch the NBA more, so if girls play in that, that would be more fair!!!!!

Side: Yes, they should play

I think so. It would be great to watch co-ed basketball games.

Side: Yes, they should play
1 point

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Side: Yes, they should play
-1 points

They should let them play on strict conditions. Like they could fucking strip at the fucking half time in the fucking match of fucking basket motherfucking ball!!!!!!!!!

Side: Yes, they should play
9 points

If we did that then we would have to let men play in the WNBA

Side: No, women shouldnt
pakicetus(1455) Disputed
3 points

They should merge the NBA and the WNBA, then we wouldn't have this problem

Side: Yes, they should play
bloisy2013(66) Disputed
2 points

no because women and men are completely different, if you think about it men are built for rougher stronger sports where as women are built for weaker harder sports which shows women are better at more challenging tasks therefore meaning men should be in the nba only and women should have thier own made sports like

something that benefits them.

Side: No, women shouldnt
1 point

So true. :)

Side: Yes, they should play
1 point

Now while this may make me sound extremely sexist if women played in the NBA they would be at a huge disadvantage. The average hight of an NBA player is 6'6'', while the average hight of an WNBA player is 5'6”.

Side: No, women shouldnt

No, they would get dominated given the size, speed and strength.----------

Side: No, women shouldnt
1 point

Yeah, this is all that there is too it.

The NBA wouldn't be the NBA anymore if you were to mix the two genders together.

I highly doubt the NBA wants that. They've got enough issues as it is running the NBA and making the players happy.

Side: No, women shouldnt
luck257 Disputed
1 point

well now that dosent make much sense, just saying that it wouldn't be the NBA anymore isn't supporting your argument really. although i do agree that that it would cause i bit a of a riff within the male nba players themselves :s go knicks!

Side: Yes, they should play
Gymnast(409) Disputed
1 point

No, because naturally basketball players are tall, so that could be better for boys. BUT, point guards are generally a lot shorter, and fast, and a lot of girls do track and stuff, so it's even because the girls would be really good point guards.

Side: Yes, they should play
2 points

How about a mixed nba instead?

Men are on average taller than women, so they have an advantage in basketball.

Side: No, women shouldnt
iamdavidh(4856) Disputed
2 points

If you took the 5 tallest women in the WNBA and they played the 5 shortest male B-college bench warmers in the State of Alaska, those professional women basketball players would lose by about a hundred in a regulation length game. Height is one of many problems for women in the NBA.

The point is if though. If there is a woman who can truly compete in the NBA, should she be allowed to play.

I see no reason why not. If anything that would help ticket sales I would think. I'd bet the NBA would not have a problem with it either, should this unicorn exist.

Side: Yes, they should play
1 point

Or they could just give teams height minimums and maximums

Side: Yes, they should play
iamdavidh(4856) Disputed
1 point

Meh,

Then you'd have amazing players, league MVPs even like Nash, Stockton, Isaiah Thomas, Iverson, a long long list who would be in the "short league"

Heights a huge advantage, but overrated generally in basketball. The NBA is the best of the best of the best of the best it terms of overall athleticism, so you get the super tall players. But for every 50,000 people over 6'6" only one is athletic enough to get to that level.

If you are putting together a team for a regular pickup game, I take the normal size athlete over the clumsy giant every time, and it's almost always a good pick.

Side: Yes, they should play
2 points

well in this case, we won't see the same spectacular and aggressive game between men, which we usually used to watch. I do not agree with the fact that women have to play with the men in the NBA. Men have a different weight and height class, and it will be not serious to watch the game between men and women.

Side: No, women shouldnt
1 point

I agree with you:D also there one fact that women can not play againts men is that if in the opposite team playing super sexy girl and it could quite confuse players I mean men. They could not focus and the girl will always distract from the game:DDDdeee

Side: No, women shouldnt
1 point

They shouldn't play in the NBA because men are a lot more aggressive in basketball and could probably hurt the women just by being aggressive. I know I have been elbowed in the side area because a guy was driving to the hoop and I put my hands up and he elbowed me on accident in the side.

Side: No, women shouldnt
iamdavidh(4856) Disputed
1 point

men are a lot more aggressive in basketball

I'm getting bored of this actually, you can see more of my replies and comments for the reasoning why this is incorrect.

I did need to correct this though. Women who compete at this level are generally oddly aggressive. From my experience far far more aggressive than any male at this level. Why? I do not know, but this is my experience.

Side: Yes, they should play
Srom(12206) Disputed
1 point

Have you seen men play basketball? When I see women play basketball its not as aggressive as men's basketball.

Side: No, women shouldnt
Gymnast(409) Disputed
1 point

Maybe the women could hurt the men in some other way, so we're even...............................................

Side: Yes, they should play
1 point

I think they should be free to try out if they so choose, but no NBA team would sign in a woman. It's simply a mater of genetics. Men tend to be taller and poses a superior musculature for vertical jumping and sprinting. Certainly there are some female outliers (e.g. Magot Dydek standing at 7'2" [1]), but even at her prime she was only scoring 13.1 points/game [2]. Assuming she could still manage such an average against the taller and stronger players in the NBA, she still wouldn't even crack the top 250 players in the NBA career leaders list [3].

Let us also look at Sylvia Fowles (6'6"), who is considered to be the best player in the WNBA [4]. Her average is only 15.9 pts/game [5]. While that's certainly a good average, and one that is getting better each season, we're talking about a league where the average player is only 5'11" [1]. Moving up to the NBA means going against players who average 6'7" [6]. Even ignoring the difference in athleticism, there would certainly be a poor carry over and so even if it were allowed, it wouldn't happen.

1. http://www.wnba.com/statistics/survey_height_2003.html

2. http://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/d/dydekma01w.html

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Fowles

4. http://www.totalprosports.com/2012/07/11/11-best-wbna-players-right-now/#12

5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Fowles

6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_league_average_height,_weight,_age_and_playing_experience

Side: No, women shouldnt
1 point

In a time when anyone who possesses sexist views is rightly called a bigot, this is NOT about sexism. We know some women posses the skills and talent, but they just couldn't compete PHYSICALLY with a hench 6 footer. Imagine Shaq bearing down on you at 20 mph ladies!

Side: No, women shouldnt

No they shouldn't play because it will be lazy because we know who will win

Side: No, women shouldnt
1 point

We should let them play. However, integrating them with men's basketball is not right. It is not being sexist, it is being truthful for those women not to get hurt. The NBA would also become a sort of sex activity as well. Men and women together, that is simply going to produce some sort of seduction! The men are going to try and impress the women on the court instead of playing basketball for their team and for their own goals, not for the women! What is the point of watching anymore?

Side: No, women shouldnt
1 point

The girls would be obliterated I mean come one, how many girls can even dunk? Maybe two or three, they would be blown out of the water.

Side: No, women shouldnt
1 point

No, women should stick to WNBA. Men to NBA. It isn't insulting to say it wouldn't be fair for the women. Men and women are just different.

Side: No, women shouldnt
1 point

There are a few problems with this.

1: One that I feel like most people don't mention is the fact of women having sexual organs that men don't have. Yes, im talking about the breasts, and what's in between their legs. There would be a huge issue with separating men and women in the locker rooms. Along with the fact that those sexual organs could possibly get in the way when in the game.

2: Most men (not all) naturally treat women differently then they do to other men. It's not sexism it's just nature. For example a man might feel guilty if he were to seriously hurt a woman while in a sport. He might also feel the need to go easy on the woman, or he might feel embarrassed if he were to get completely wrecked by a women while in the sport. It just wouldn't work out that much.

3: Testosterone! Testosterone! Testosterone! They have the WNBA for a reason. Not to be jerks to women, but because of the magic word.... Testosterone! Men in the NBA are obviously going to be physically superior to the woman.

4. There is no real reason for a very strong woman to be in the normal NBA. Both NBAs are completely equal. One just has all the players with testosterone, and different sexual organs. it wouldn't make much of a difference other than being with a tougher group of individuals.

These are the reasons why I believe women shouldn't be playing in the NBA with men. However I am completely open to elaboration, and I might even be convinced to agree with you. Thank you for reading this.

Side: No, women shouldnt