NORTH RICHLAND HILLS - Playing football for the Dallas Diamonds is not the only one thing the players do, but in a way it helps define who they are.

Kip Watson, for example, is the team's safety and a mother of two.

"My 90-year-old grandma wanted to play football, my mom wanted to play football and we were told as women we can't. Well, we can," Watson says.

Danilynn Welniack is a wide receiver and was prom queen in high school.

"Back in 7th and 8th grade I was student body president and wanted a girls' football team because I thought it would be so cool," she says. "I got a petition together, but the school board thought it would be a bad idea."

Welniack thinks it's such a good idea to play for the Diamonds, that she has postponed accepting a partial scholarship to the University of Hawaii, just so she can play.

This season the Diamonds finished the regular season 8-0 and dominated opponents, including a 91-0 win over the New Mexico Menace. The team won in the first round of the playoffs 69-3 over the California Quake Saturday. They'll play in the Western Conference Championship on July 12 in Seattle.

Often professional athletes say they play for the love of the game, but these ladies put their money where their mouth is. At least they would if they made any money.

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Diamonds coach Todd Hughes.

Odessa Jenkins is a wide receiver and businesswoman.

"I'm a rookie, so I'm not one of the higher paid players on the team," she says. "I'm supposed to get a dollar, but I haven't seen my dollar yet. So if you see it, you tell me."

The Diamonds franchise is required to pay its players, and most have contracts worth a dollar per game. They also receive a percentage of any profits.

"They're not million dollar contracts. The parents aren't trying to get kids scholarships. We don't have parents out here questioning every move we make," says head coach Todd Hughes. "We get some husbands every now and then, but that's about it."