I'll be watching all of England's games and all of the USA's games.The media pc overdrive for the womens game has left me felling at best, 'indifferent'.
Won't be watching any of it.
You're right - no one will force me to watch it. Read about it however is a different matter - see my comment on the media saturation of what is very much a minority sport.I'll be watching all of England's games and all of the USA's games.
I've been watching women's football for about 20 years, it's nothing new to me.
To me, it's just as entertaining as the men's game, sometimes more so.
No-one's forcing you to watch it or even read articles about it.
No-one's forcing you to read about it either. And there is no media 'saturation', certainly not compared to Brexit or Trump's visit.You're right - no one will force me to watch it. Read about it however is a different matter - see my comment on the media saturation of what is very much a minority sport.
The media pc overdrive for the womens game has left me felling at best, 'indifferent'.
Won't be watching any of it.
I now support Holland and SwedenI only watch it for the group hugs!
Thanks for the 'recommendation', but it's really not needed.Such a strange response. A bit of promotion of female football and you won’t watch it out of spite? I’d recommend a period of self-reflection on why it makes you feel that way.
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I love the fact that the sport is so popular amongst everyone - worldwide. I can't help feeling tho, that the majority of those 90,000 spectators didn't even pay to watch that WCF.No-one's forcing you to read about it either. And there is no media 'saturation', certainly not compared to Brexit or Trump's visit.
There are a couple of links on the BBC website, the main one is quite hard to find unless you go looking for it.
Also it's hardly a minor sport and hasn't been for many years.
In terms of participation, it's huge among girls and there are now professional leagues in many countries.
The women's WC final in the USA in the 1990's had an attendance over 90,000.
That isn't really the point though is it? Serena Williams probably wouldn't compete in the top 200 male tennis players. The fastest female athletes probably wouldn't even qualify for the men's version at the Olympics. Katie Taylor probably wouldn't lay a glove on Mayweather etc etc etc. A huge amount of people still watch it and rightly so. Would you refuse to watch your kid play in a Sunday league game because the standard was shite? No one is saying you have to watch it, as you have pointed out you won't be, but it seems ridiculous to come on to a thread where people want to watch and discuss it and just say 'WELL THEY ARENT AS GOOD AS THE MEN!' If you want to wank off to men being the superior sporting gender then go you, but the rest of us probably want to watch and appreciate our ladies playing football.I love the fact that the sport is so popular amongst everyone - worldwide. I can't help feeling tho, that the majority of those 90,000 spectators didn't even pay to watch that WCF.
I recently caught a comment by one of the England womens national team players (you'll have to forgive me, I don't recall her name.) I would have laughed if it were not for me choking on my cornflakes. She made the suggestion that the womens national team would have to win the world cup before they could 'justifiably' make a claim for parity of pay with that of the men.
Vastly over paid some (most even) of the men may be, but it's them and their founding organisations who have built this product as a world wide attraction
Seems to me the ladies are attempting to gate crash this gig.
The womens game has improved incredibly - not just skilfully but with fitness levels and standard of coaching and has come a long way in the past couple of decades since the stifled tittering of Messrs Gray and Keys in the sky studios as the highlights of the womens FA cup final were played. Out of curiosity, if the womens national team or champions Man City were allowed to compete against their male counterparts, at what level of the non league pyramid do you genuinely believe they could at least hold their own? I have my guess, see if we match.
Oh dear, you appear to have got yourself into a little tizzy wizzy.That isn't really the point though is it? Serena Williams probably wouldn't compete in the top 200 male tennis players. The fastest female athletes probably wouldn't even qualify for the men's version at the Olympics. Katie Taylor probably wouldn't lay a glove on Mayweather etc etc etc. A huge amount of people still watch it and rightly so. Would you refuse to watch your kid play in a Sunday league game because the standard was shite? No one is saying you have to watch it, as you have pointed out you won't be, but it seems ridiculous to come on to a thread where people want to watch and discuss it and just say 'WELL THEY ARENT AS GOOD AS THE MEN!' If you want to wank off to men being the superior sporting gender then go you, but the rest of us probably want to watch and appreciate our ladies playing football.
I think what you’re trying to say is that it’s all FIFA’s fault.There was a story on the radio this morning about the US women's goalkeeper (or is it net minder?) saying that it was evidence of sexism being entrenched in football that the prize money is less for the Women's World Cup than the Men's.
Really? And where do you think the prize money comes from? ATTENDANCE FEES, that's where! When you can generally fit crowds for women's football matches in the Butts Park Arena, rather than Old Trafford (or even the Ricoh), you might have your answer.
A lot of it will also come from sponsorship deals, but revenue from that will be directly linked to viewing figures, which WILL be lower.
An indication of how little the TV rights cost is that it's being shown on the Beeb, who don't spend anything on sport these days.
The BBC in particular have gone completely OTT about women's football and are giving it no end of air time in the hope that we'll all be converted so they can satisfy themselves that they are doing all they can to help us forget the gender inequalities they for so long employed , and doing a bit for PR at the same time They even have lady pundits now at FA cup finals and on MOTD. All well and good but what can they add that an experienced male league player can't ?Thanks for the 'recommendation', but it's really not needed.
I don't get the hyping of what is essentially the re-invention of the wheel - but as an inferior product.
I've caught some brief glimpses of the womens soccer show on Sunday evenings and Manchester City, who I believe finished as WPL champions, attract crowds on a par with Cov United.
How does it merit the exposure it gets?
I guess it's a case of if people only want to watch the best - they should go buy a Man City or Liverpool season ticket. Or maybe not waste time & money watching anything less than Champion's League matches?That isn't really the point though is it? Serena Williams probably wouldn't compete in the top 200 male tennis players. The fastest female athletes probably wouldn't even qualify for the men's version at the Olympics. Katie Taylor probably wouldn't lay a glove on Mayweather etc etc etc. A huge amount of people still watch it and rightly so. Would you refuse to watch your kid play in a Sunday league game because the standard was shite? No one is saying you have to watch it, as you have pointed out you won't be, but it seems ridiculous to come on to a thread where people want to watch and discuss it and just say 'WELL THEY ARENT AS GOOD AS THE MEN!' If you want to wank off to men being the superior sporting gender then go you, but the rest of us probably want to watch and appreciate our ladies playing football.
I've watched videos of women's cricket on Youtube and it's fantastic, just as entertaining as the men.I just see women's football as different and don't compare the two.
I like watching the women's cricket too. I know it is at a much inferior level, but you have two teams just playing at the same inferior level.
I love American football and used to watch the Cov team here. It was obviously awful compared to NFL level, but I still enjoyed it. I just had much lower expectation.
You're a little bit out of touch if you think women's top games only attract crowds the same as Coventry United!Thanks for the 'recommendation', but it's really not needed.
I don't get the hyping of what is essentially the re-invention of the wheel - but as an inferior product.
I've caught some brief glimpses of the womens soccer show on Sunday evenings and Manchester City, who I believe finished as WPL champions, attract crowds on a par with Cov United.
How does it merit the exposure it gets?
Since the women's game is marketed more to women than the men's game is, it's an opportunity for advertisers to reach a different target audience. I'm betting you will see far more advertising of female oriented products.Kind of bonkers that a women's World Cup football game that doesn't even involve England gets a prime Friday evening slot. Not sure it is proportional to the interest
The tickets are £8 to £26!The games at the women's WC are taking place at major stadiums in France, and most of the big games are SOLD OUT
The BBC in particular have gone completely OTT about women's football and are giving it no end of air time in the hope that we'll all be converted so they can satisfy themselves that they are doing all they can to help us forget the gender inequalities they for so long employed , and doing a bit for PR at the same time They even have lady pundits now at FA cup finals and on MOTD. All well and good but what can they add that an experienced male league player can't ?
I can understand women being interested in it but why would you watch football that is slower and weaker than what you're used to in the men's game ?
Here is a barometer of standard.Out of curiosity, if the womens national team or champions Man City were allowed to compete against their male counterparts, at what level of the non league pyramid do you genuinely believe they could at least hold their own? I have my guess, see if we match.
Why do people keep comparing the men's game to the women's game?Here is a barometer of standard.
Rugby Towns U18s Academy side played Man Utd Ladies and won 3:2
I read somwhere also that a few years back, the USA womens national team played a world cup warm up game against a Mens University side and lost. The US team were world champions.
However, womens football is growing and engaging many many young girls/people in this country and that can only be a good thing.
Somebody asked.Why do people keep comparing the men's game to the women's game?
Women play against women and men play against men.
Women's skill level is equal. Where they (obviously) lack is strength and speed.
We can see from athletics that women aren't as fast as men, they can't jump as high, they can't throw things as far nor lift things as heavy.
I don't believe that makes them inferior. It's simply a biological difference.
Agree the game has developed leaps and bounds over the years and it’s a shame that there is so much distain for the sport which the automatic comparisons to the men’s game.I think the skill level is excellent and almost on a par with the men's game.
Some of the goals France scored against S.Korea were magnificent.
Goals any man would have been proud of scoring.
You can't compare the women's game to mens football just as you wouldn't compare men's tennis to women's tennis.
If you've watched women's football over the years (I've been watching for over 20 years), you'd realize the game is advancing at an incredible rate.
The skills the women have today are way beyond what they had 20 years ago.
Did you ever look at a men's football game from the 1950's?
They were awful. Today's top women are way fitter and more skillful.
Why are some people so guarded/defensive when the question is brought up as to where the top level of the womens game could be on a par with the mens?Why do people keep comparing the men's game to the women's game?
Women play against women and men play against men.
Women's skill level is equal. Where they (obviously) lack is strength and speed.
We can see from athletics that women aren't as fast as men, they can't jump as high, they can't throw things as far nor lift things as heavy.
I don't believe that makes them inferior. It's simply a biological difference.
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