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Sure, there's no reason why a woman can't be knowledgeable about hard, physical sports played by men, but the reality is that the vast majority of women are not into such games, and it is relatively unlikely we will meet a woman who is in everyday life. Why then have them as spokesperson for these sports? It seems contrived and inauthentic to me. Since men are the main supporters of their own sports by a huge margin, it makes sense to use men as the commentators.
Most of the sports coverage I follow is on the radio, so the aforementioned "above average attractiveness" of presenters, commentators and pundits doesn't really come into it. I just think the likes of Kelly Cates, Juliette Ferrington, Eleanor Oldroyd, Vicki Sparks, Karen Bardsley and Izzy Christiansen are very good at what they do.
Someone put his opponent in a very rare submission, and she knew what it was called when the guys just sat there saying nothing.
Just because someone's got a fanny doesn't mean they can't have an interest in something and talk about it.
It's almost like saying Planet Earth was remiss in not devoting a couple of episodes to a serious discussion of Flat-Earth theory.
Besides, does Keegan even work in the media? He was speaking "at a public event in Bristol".
I find women football pundits a calming influence on the mens game in general, way better than roy keane spouting shit about being a warrior etc. Carragher/g neville another pair of tw@s.
There is a case for having pundits who have played at big levels within that realm, so women in womens game and men in mens. But I think male pundits look more out of place in womens game than vice versa.
Do think lineker should get sacked and be replaced with Kylie Minogue as its just a hosting job for MOTD. But thats cos im a dirty old sod.
The more women “pundits” we have the better as far as i’m concerned because by and large we have had to put up with the same faces spounting drivel for years.
i couldnt stand listening to Lawrenson, Hanson etc and how Roy Keane keeps being used is beyond me with his macho arrogant comments.
About time things changed.
The female pundit in the France-Italy rugby last night was excellent, insightful and technically analytical, whereas Ugo Monye spent five minutes banging on about how Italy were readjusting well to their sin binning.
There was nobody in the sin bin as it was a penalty only offence, but other two didn't have the heart to correct the thick twat.
It does seem to be standard now to have a commentator, an analyst and an ex star player in the broadcast team, but a lot of the stars like Monye don't really even bother paying attention, he's probably fucking around on Facebook on his phone.
Dallaglio is even worse, when the ref is explaining a game-changing decision to the captains he blathers all over it about something else entirely, then plays audible and painful catch up while the rest of the world already knows what's happened.
Bad punditry is definitely not gender specific.
As you've said, you're "not saying it's happened here", but if it was, I'm not anybody's dad and I don't give a flying fuck if anyone thinks I'm cool or not. Seeking online approval and acceptance? No.
Is it just possible that sometimes "younger generations" are saying and doing stuff not because it's fashionable, but because it's right? I'd be more than happy never to hear another sexist, misogynist viewpoint. I'd be delighted to never hear another racist or homophobic joke. I can even live without mild jocularity based on ethnic or national stereotypes. It's not 1978 any more.
Again, I'm not saying that this was happening here; I was responding to Cornelius' point about a world in which everyone feels constrained to hold the same point of view. Online forums are often a shining example of this kind of binary, simplistic thinking where there is a 'right' answer to contentious stuff and woe betide anyone who rocks the boat.
That has not been my impression.