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It's time for an NHL backed Womens Professional League

**For most of this post I will be writing with Olympic womens hockey in mind as it is the most recent major team sporting event to have occurred.** It's always been the unfortunate opinion amongst the majority of sports fans that women's sports are inferior in quality and in competition. The most popular comments you hear about games between two teams comprised only of females is that they are boring. These opinions exist for two main reasons: 1) Sports fans who immediately dismiss sporting contests involving women have probably never invested a fraction of time to genuinely sit down and enjoy a game. If they did they would probably see that although it is different, it is no less exciting.  If we look at the 2014 Olympic tournament, specifically the bronze and gold medal hockey games we are given two clear-cut examples of how exciting womens hockey can be. Both games featured tight-checking teams who played aggressively and opened up a ton of ice, both had late comeb