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Mondays With Myles: Why Don't Women's Sports Get Any Respect? - Apr 24, 2006 | 9:17:55
posted by: Josh
I was involved in a discussion on a message board a couple of weeks ago, and was quite bothered by what I was reading. The other participants in the discussion were appalled that the Women???s Final Four received as much media attention as it did, and they boasted that any boys high school basketball team could have beaten Maryland or Duke in the championship game. It disturbs me that after one of the greatest championship games ??? men???s or women???s ??? in NCAA basketball history ??? people are still criticizing the women???s game. It doesn???t make any sense to me and I???m confident that if the majority of folks watched women???s sports, they would appreciate the quality of competition immensely. In this week???s edition of Mondays With Myles, I recount that championship game with NCAA President Myles Brand, and broach the subject of why women???s sports don???t get much respect.
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CommentsGo TERPS!! GO TERPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Myles Brand: ???This young woman was a warrior!??? Careful Dr. Brand. Are you absolutely certain that this student athlete wants to be stereotyped in that manner? "If the majority of folks watched women's sports, they would appreciate the quality of competition immensely." When I watch the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament I see guys doing things that I can't do. When I watch the Women's Tournament it looks like all the other basketball I see, be it a rec league, high school, Men's Division III, etc. Are these women skilled and athletic? Absolutely. Would they destroy my friends and me in a pickup game? You bet. But they don't play above the rim, so it's hard for me to get excited about it. Post a Comment |
  
It means that two very good teams with very good coaches made it to the final game.
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