Why are sports teams segregated by gender?

[Elwood P Dowd]

107. This statement indicates you simply don't know what you're talking about.

"You can argue it's the result of the difference in height, but we'd have to know how much height actually affects the capability in a particular sport. The fact that many basketball players are tall doesn't really tell us how important height is, since we don't really know if they are good players because of their height, or if they were encouraged to participate in basketball more because of their height which lead to them being good players (to me, it looks like the evidence indicates that height isn't as important as many make it out to be)."

Male athletes are not only much taller, but heavier, stronger, faster, quicker, etc.. The top male athletes also have much higher muscle mass and much longer arms. Even a collection of the world's best professional female basketball players would get slaughtered competing against an average NBA team. How can a 6-4 170 pound female forward defend and out jump a bigger, stronger, faster, quicker, 6-10 and 260 pound power forward with a 35 inch vertical leap? It's the same in football. They simply do not have the size, strength, and speed for that sport. How can a 6-0 and 200 pound female match up with a 6-6 and 325 pound offensive lineman that can bench press 500 pounds? She couldn't and would get body slammed to the ground in short order. How can a female athlete that runs a 4.7 in the 40 yard dash cover an NFL receiver that runs a 4.3 in the 40 yard dash? She simply cannot. You need to go stand on the sideline of a college or NFL football scrimmage. I think you would be shocked compared to what you think you see from a far away grandstand seat or on the TV.

Women and men simply have different body designs, and all your words can't change reality.