The Tug of War
by M.C.
The woman's basketball team challenges the men's football team to a Tug of War


The university's " Sports Day " was drawing to a close. For the past several
years the athletes of the university engaged in competitions in many different
sports to raise money for local charities. Attendance was always very high and
everyone had a great time. As it was for a worthy cause, everyone felt good
about it also. The only rule was that the athletes had to compete in sports
other than their specialty. That meant that the basketball players could not
compete in basketball but had to choose something else, likewise the football
players. The last event was the ' tug of war ', where two sides stand opposite
each other, holding a long rope and try to drag the other side across a line.
For as long as the event was held, it was always won by the university's
football team. Indeed, how could anyone else even hope to prevail against the
massive offensive front line - averaging over 250 pounds - of powerful
football players. In fact, this year the event was almost cancelled as nobody
else even dared to enter. But, at the last moment, a group did enter to
challenge the mighty football players, the women's basketball team.

At first, the organizers of the event thought it was just a joke and weren't
even going to allow the women to compete. But then they reconsidered. It
would, they reasoned, be a humorous conclusion to the day's events; kind of a
'battle of the sexes' sort of thing that might go over well with the crowd.
The football players, for want of any other competition - and knowing they had
nothing to lose - agreed to humor the girls and accepted their challenge. And
so it was set : the final event of the afternoon would be a tug of war between
six players from the offensive front line of the men's football team against
six women basketball players...a mismatch if ever there was one.

"Ladies and gentlemen", the master of ceremonies shouted out." It's almost
time for the final event of the day; the tug of war. And today we have a
surprise for you. Challenging the perennial champion football players will
be...the woman's basketball team !!! " Laughter could be heard throughout the
football stadium - where the sports day was held. One by one the announcer
introduced the six large, powerfully built men. Each one stood over six feet
tall and weighed at least 250 pounds; the pride of the football team. They
took up their positions in the middle of the playing field. Then, out came the
women. Though dressed in their basketball uniforms, they still looked sexy.
They were tall for women, around five feet nine inches on the average and
perhaps 150 pounds, but were clearly dwarfed by their male counterparts. Each
one flashed a pretty smile and waved to the crowd as they were introduced. The
rules were simple. They would line up on opposite sides of the fifty - yard
line and the first team to pull the last person from the other side across the
line would be the winner. As the massive men took hold of their side of the
rope they smiled arrogantly down at the women as they took hold of theirs. The
women just looked at each other and giggled...did they know something that the
men did not ?

Janet, the captain of the woman's basketball team and the first one in the
woman's line looked across at her male counterpart. " Hello Rick, it's been
awhile hasn't it." He just glared back. " I don't know what you're trying to
prove here Janet, this is the stupidest idea I've ever heard of." Janet
laughed and said, " we just wanted to have a friendly little tug of war with
you guys to entertain everyone. How's Joan by the way ? Is she here? I'm sure
she'd love to see this." Rick looked hard at Janet, then said, " so that's
what this is all about, you're still pissed off because I dumped you for the
head cheerleader." He smiled and continued," well Joan is here and I'm sure
she's going to love every minute - make that second - of this contest. If
fact, we'll all enjoy dragging you girls across the field." Janet simply
smiled back," I wouldn't be too sure about that if I were you Ricky. Didn't
anyone ever tell you not to underestimate the power of a woman."

Again the announcer's voice rang out. " Are you ready to begin the tug of war
?" Both sides nodded. " Then let the battle of the sexes begin !!! " The men
began to pull hard on the rope, but as they did a strange thing happened...the
women didn't budge. " You guys can start pulling whenever you like," Janet,
laughed and added," we're ready ". Rick, the captain of the football team and
probably the strongest boy in school yelled, " come on guys...PULL !!! " They
tried to pull harder and harder, but the girls still stood there comely
holding their half of the rope, unmovable. " Gee, these guys are wimps ",
Karen, the second in line giggled. " Maybe we should have tried out for the
football team, tee, hee, hee." Throughout the crowd there was a look of utter
of amazement, they weren't laughing any longer. How could this be happening ?
Could it all be a put - on ? The expressions on the faces of the football
players said otherwise. They were definitely trying with all their strength
to pull the women across, but were simply unable to. " Oh come on guys, " Kim,
standing behind Karen, called out. " Is this the best you macho men can do? "
" Now, now Kimmy ", Jane said from behind her," we must not tease, after all,
they're just men ". The girls all giggled again.

" DAMN IT, PULL !!! ", screamed Rick. " These are just girls, the whole school
is watching us." They tried to pull even harder but to no avail. " Hey, I just
had a great idea," Kim said. " Why don't I photograph this for the university
newspaper ( Kim was a journalism major and worked for the paper). Without
another word, she let go of the rope and walked over to the sidelines to get
her camera. The crowd gasped. There were now only five girls holding the rope
and - amazingly - the powerful football players still couldn't manage to move
them; not even one inch. They just held the rope, and the struggling men on
the other side, in place. Kim returned with her camera and prepared to shoot.
" Let's see a pretty smile now girls ". Just then a loud voice cried out, "
Stop, you can't take a picture now !!! "

" And why not Jean ?," Kim asked the last girl in the line. " Because I will
not have you take a photograph of me for the school newspaper with my hair
looking like this ". All the girls groaned. The men on the other side pulled
with all of their strength, but the women seemed totally oblivious to their
efforts, they just held the rope. Suddenly, Jean let go of the rope and
started casually walking towards the sidelines. " Where are you going ? ",
Janet called out to her. " I'm going to get my hairbrush and brush my hair.
Then Kim can take her pictures ". The crowd stood in stunned silence at the
scene before them. There were now only four girls holding the rope...and still
the mighty offensive line of the football team could not move them. " That's
so like Jean ", Jane said. " She's the most pompous person I've ever met ". "
PULL, PULL, PULL ," Rick screamed at the top of his lounges." These girls are
going to make us the laughingstock of the entire university !!! " Jannet
sighed, " but you have to admit - Jane - Jean does have pretty hair; and she'd
like to be a model after she graduates. These things are important to her."
Jean returned and comely began to brush her long, beautiful hair. " Damn it
guys...PULL, these girls are humiliating us, PULL !!! " When she finished her
hair, Jean returned to the rope." O.K. Kim, you can take your photos now ".
Kim sighed, " All right now...smile everyone."

After Kim took several pictures Janet said, " well girls, shall we finish
this little tussle of ours and put these boys out of their misery ? " They all
agreed as it was becoming a bore anyway. The women then began to pull the men
towards the fifty - yard line. In a last desperate effort to prevent their
total humiliation, the men dug their heals into the ground, straightened their
legs and arched their backs. It was an effort as noble as it was useless. The
girls, giggling all the while, continued to drag the helpless men across the
line; they made deep grove marks in the field with their heals. When the last
football player was yanked across, the girls squealed with delight. They
congratulated each other as the crowd gave the mighty women a well deserved
round of applause. Throughout the audience, women stood up, pumped their fists
in the air and began to shout," Girl Power, Girl Power !!!" Joan, the
cheerleader that Rick dumped Janet for, stormed out of the stadium in tears;
she would never talk to Rick again. The exhausted, humiliated football players
just stood there in the middle of the field...stunned at what just happened.
They had been totally destroyed in a test of strength by six beautiful women
who hardly seemed to have exerted themselves at all. But the girls were not
through with them yet ...not by a long shot.

Janet looked over at Jane and winked.....it was time. She took hold of one
end of the rope while Jane grabbed the other. Then, with catlike quickness,
they moved towards the unsuspecting football players. Before they even
realized what was happening, the girls had wrapped the rope completely around
them and Janet quickly tied the two ends of the rope together; trapping all
six of them. " Boy, these guys are fit to be tied ", Susie - who had remained
quiet up until now - said. She was the smart one. Only 16 years old on a full
academic scholarship in both physics and mathematics. Basketball for her was a
derision. The crowd began to laugh as the once proud, macho football players
were now helplessly tied together with their arms at their sides. " What are
you doing ? ", Rick cried out. "Let us go immediately !!! ". Janet laughed at
him. " We'll let you go when we're through with you...and not before." She
reached into Rick's pants and fondled his penis," hello there little man,
remember me. It's been a while hasn't it. Maybe it's time we got reacquainted,
tee, hee, hee." Then, nodding towards the others she said, " girls, let's go
have some fun ". They each grabbed a part of the rope and began to drag the
helpless football players across the field, in the direction of their
dormitory rooms.

Once again the announcer's voice rang out. " Ladies, don't you want to come up
here and receive your trophy ? " " No thanks ", Janet yelled back over her
shoulder. " We already have our trophy......in fact we have six of them. "
Again the girls all giggled before breaking out into a chorus of, " We are the
champions, we are the champions, we are the champions...of the world ".