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Female commentators in sports

Posted on 6/12/17 at 3:41 am
Posted by selfgen
youngsville
Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 6/12/17 at 3:41 am
Maybe this is the wrong board for this matter, but it just seems so disingenuous for ESPN and the like to bring in these female commentators for games. I'm watching MLB and there's a woman in the broadcast team giving commentary. As a guy, it just doesn't work to listen to a woman and take something from what she says. It just doesn't compute. They did it during the NBA playoffs too. Women just don't belong in that role , giving commentary. Even if they know what they're talking about, to me, it's hard to gain anything from it. When it's a guy talking, we can relate, as if the guy has been in that position, on the field, he's played the game, he knows the game. When a woman is in that role, it's like throwing a curve ball at your mind. My brain just shuts off when it's a woman trying to explain pitching mechanics, or talk about a knuckle ball. Get em out of there!! It's stupid! Is there a shortage of male commentators??? ESPN and their ilk are doing this to diversify. It's ridiculous. Women don't belong in the conversation. I'm sorry, it's just awkward. It's like when I go to Home Depot or Lowe's for something. If there's a female employee and a male employee and I need some type of expertise or help with something, it's just natural to think that the male employee will be more helpful, that's it's possible he's done that type of project, that he's actually used the tool I am considering to buy. It's just this forced diversity that's going on EVERYWHERE!!! But it's just particularly annoying to me when I'm watching sports. Thanks ESPN.

Posted by AUstar
Member since Dec 2012
17034 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 3:49 am to
Posted by Loserman
Member since Sep 2007
21905 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 4:03 am to
Most men don't care what women have to say in just about any setting.

Exceptions...

Dinner is ready
I'm not pregnant
Would you like another beer

This post was edited on 6/12/17 at 4:04 am
Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
Member since Aug 2011
24028 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 4:21 am to
This is pretty far from the list of things that bother me. Normally I'm fairly chauvinistic, but lately I've been just not caring. Not that I support it, I just don't care.

Just like I don't care if women are hiring on to the shite jobs that men do every day, like construction, garbage collection, w/e.
Posted by 4cubbies
Member since Sep 2008
50164 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 5:17 am to
White people problems.
Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
Member since Aug 2011
24028 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 5:22 am to
Posted by offshoretrash
Farmerville, La
Member since Aug 2008
10177 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 5:39 am to
And every movie and TV show has some lesbian that has a magical power that makes them faster and stronger than the men villains. When the shite hits the fan women won't last a day without protection by men.
Posted by WhiskeyPapa
Member since Aug 2016
9277 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 5:49 am to
ESPN would have a mega law suit if they didn't include women. So you are flapping your virtual gums over nothing, plus proving you are a big, if creepy, man on an anonymous website.


Some women are pretty good. Maria Taylor all by herself made SEC Nation a better show than College Game Day. I think I heard she was leaving.

Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
Member since Apr 2015
29166 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 5:56 am to
Some of y'all are so frickin insecure with your sexuality and manhood, geeze.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
Throbbing Member
Member since Dec 2012
69909 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 6:04 am to
I read somewhere that their periods attract bears
Posted by bigwheel
Lake Charles
Member since Feb 2008
6491 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 6:14 am to
Worthless
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
58761 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 6:28 am to
quote:

Some of y'all are so frickin insecure with your sexuality and manhood, geeze.


How so?
Posted by Pinecone Repair
Burminham
Member since Nov 2013
7156 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 6:44 am to



quote:

I'm sorry, it's just awkward. It's like when I go to Home Depot or Lowe's for something. If there's a female employee and a male employee and I need some type of expertise or help with something, it's just natural to think that the male employee will be more helpful, that's it's possible he's done that type of project, that he's actually used the tool I am considering to buy


Did you know that there are women who actually use tools? Women who are competent DIY'ers?

Source: a woman who uses tools almost daily on various DIY projects.
Posted by piggilicious
Member since Jan 2011
37299 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 6:46 am to
quote:

I'm sorry, it's just awkward. It's like when I go to Home Depot or Lowe's for something. If there's a female employee and a male employee and I need some type of expertise or help with something, it's just natural to think that the male employee will be more helpful, that's it's possible he's done that type of project, that he's actually used the tool I am considering to buy.



Right dude- when I see a female police officer I just ignore what she says or run over her with my big pickup truck because of my tiny dick. :
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
81763 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 6:50 am to
The women announcers are always super prepared imo.

Home Depot same thing - especially if you find a dyke-y looking one
Posted by Sevendust912
Member since Jun 2013
11366 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 6:51 am to
Some female commentators are good just like some males are terrible.

Good: Maria Taylor, Jessica Mendoza, Jenn Brown, Suzy Kolber

Bad: Joe Buck, Tony Siraguso, Petros Papadakis (sp), etc.
Posted by Homesick Tiger
Greenbrier, AR
Member since Nov 2006
54210 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 6:51 am to
quote:

So you are flapping your virtual gums over nothing, plus proving you are a big, if creepy, man on an anonymous website.



This ain't got nothing to do with the Civil War so why are you even here?
Posted by Port Royal
You Name It , I've Been There
Member since Nov 2016
1811 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 6:52 am to
quote:

Maria Taylor all by herself made SEC Nation a better show than College Game Day.


Big difference in sitting at an Anchor Desk or a Sideline Reporter, over ESPN trying trying to pawn off a woman softball player, Jessica Mendoza, as an expert baseball analyst, in the name of PC.
Posted by Pinecone Repair
Burminham
Member since Nov 2013
7156 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 6:55 am to
quote:

Home Depot same thing - especially if you find a dyke-y looking one


Jesus
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
81763 posts
Posted on 6/12/17 at 6:55 am to
Sorry but Joe Buck is really good - especially with baseball.
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