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[QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 1726829, member: 127"]
Uggh - try it then. Besides the point, it was men who changed the rule on the size of the ball women use. When playing in college in the 70's, we used the same ball as men. Women also ran their own league (AIAW) from 1972 which had their own tournament, rules (including a shot clock well before men). Then the men decided to take over in 1982 and have women's collegiate sports under the same auspices as men under the beloved NCAA. They then determined in order to make money off the sport, to change the size of the basketball so it would be a more attractive game to the men hoping women could then dunk.

Forget that centers in womens basketball are the equivalent of men's guards (SU's are usually taller) it should be a non issue but it was men who forced women to use the smaller ball and for women who played during that transition , it wasn't that easy either.

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Above is a link to the history of the AIAW vs NCAA
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