What are the risks of playing high school football for a girl?

I <3 Chocolate: What are the risks of playing high school football for a girl?
I just recently learned that girls could join the boy football team in my area. So next year I’m planning on playing, yes I’m a girl, and all my friends, well my guy friends that are already football players say I will get squished even though I know I won’t. But I just want to know are there any serious risks for girls that play football? Because I’m serious about joining next year and I want to know if something could go horribly wrong.

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Answer by whistler879
getting squashed like a bug is a risk

Answer by celeb
the boys will talk trash in be jealous to have a girl on there team,they will be making a lot of jokes that might hurt sometimes but if your serious about playing you should not care what people think,get in shape if your not run alot an practice

good luck!

Answer by ~♥LI’L TsUnaMi™♥~
Nothing for you. Now you’re getting plenty of attention and as long as you keep getting the attention by saying you’re going out, you’ll keep planning it. Once the attention is gone, you’ll shut up.

Answer by SpanKy
Embarrassing the guys on the team.

Go for it!

A couple years ago in California there was a backup QB for a highschool team who threw for 1000 yards and 28 touchdowns…guess what, she was a girl!

Answer by Munkstump
Well, I would look up the wonderful stories about violent , depraved, perverse “hazing rituals” that some young men distribute to their new team-mates. Make sure these practices do not happen at your school.

Answer by Ralishev
Hope you are a kicker or qb with plenty of protection. Good Luck!

Answer by Ryan L
it is football so unless your built like a man u will get hurt if u get hit alot (be a kicker to be safe) ,but if you want to do it go for it.there is a big risk of getting injured. when my brother played football there was a girl on the other team and he didn’t know she was a girl. she got the ball and he tackled her, long story short, they had to take her to the hospital in a ambulance,he felt pretty bad when he found out. but its your choice, if you want to do it build alot of muscle to reduce your chance of injury.

Answer by ~♥LI’L TsUnaMi ™♥~
Same as they are for a boy..