Let the Sexists Forfeit

Declining an offer of a free won match because your opponent wants to forfeit seems completely nonsensical to me.

The difficulty is that it deprives players of experience,
and this adversely impacts their future.
Without documented statistics,
athletic scholarships might not be offered to deserving players.
And, honestly, the real motive beyond forfeiting these games,
even if they have a legitimate supporting reason,
is to prevent the female athlete from proving her ability.

I don't know about North Carolina,
but...
Well, let us suppose the woman in question is pregnant,
and miscarriages subsequent to a tackle.
In some states, the players who tackled her
could be charged with a felony.

If I were a coach, I would be hesitant
to expose my players to that risk.

Girls play other physical contact sports, like soccer, field hockey, and basketball. Why should this, or the issue of namecalling that you raised in another comment, suddenly be a special issue in football?

We have a strongly ingrained cultural idea of football as something that only boys can do, so we come up with excuses why only boys can do it. And that isn't right. If a teenage girl can play on a field hockey team or participate in a martial arts tournament, then she can play football just fine.

Every sport is unique to its own degree.
Namecalling in football is very different from namecalling in other sports;
in football, you use it to draw an opposing line offsides,
or to provoke an unsportsmanlike conduct call,
when you need the penalty.
Yes, women can play football,
but there are a number of points that must not be left to solve themselves.
I've only mentioned two of many "worst-case-scenario" possibilities;
if either of those were to actually occur,
the whole idea of women playing football, and of equality in general,
will be set back substantially.
It's good to stand up for equality,
but before you do, be certain of your footing.

If the players of the opposing team call her a pussy,
will they be subject to prosecution for sexual harrassment?
The question may seem absurd, but it is not,
and until that question and others like it can be answered,
protests in this matter are misguided.

I don't care much for sports, and never have, but I've always found it peculiar that there are women's versions of every sport except for football. Well, unless you count lingerie football, which I don't. And any sport without a legitimate women's version generally lets women play alongside men.

So yeah, let the misogynists forfeit.

This. Definitely.