I think its quite logical to think that the two are connected.
Men watch mens sport and more than likely want to read about it.
99.9% of comments on this site are related to mens sports.
There is alot of people I know when I attend Netball, Beach Volleyball, Cycling, Swimming, Surfing and Horse Riding. With Netball and Volleyball the stadiums arenât big enough. Horse Riding is huge and very popular in each field.
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Do you know 25 million people?
Not personally but I do know there are other people watching horse racing in every pub and tab. Horse racing as with most horse riding events is non gender specific. It may well be the most commentated sport we have on the planet. You didnât specify people attending an event⌠though.
Fck your serve raonic.
CMON STAN
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Fair enough.
I just thought that media would be reporting on whats popular.
Worldwide I just assumed that mens sport would be more popular due to men traditionally being more interested in it.
I could be wrong though.
So women donât watch tennis?
And men donât watch womenâs tennis? Given the number of people willing to pass comment on Stosur, or on someone or anotherâs grunting you might think that when it comes to tennis plenty of people are watching the womenâs game.
To go back I think your initial assumption that the majority of (tennis) viewers are male was flawed. Youâve then tried to âproveâ that claim by suggesting that more people watch mens sport in general, which is not the same thing. And now youâre suggesting 99% of comments on blitz are about menâs sport, so QED. Some strange application of logic there.
Well you explain to me how mens tennis having issues effects viewing for the womens game, or media coverage.
I donât see why it has to be about gender at all which is what Stosur reduced it too.
Well when i was up at 4am watching Fox new on channel 83 FTA
I watched them talk about barty win, then Birrell win and then Some NRL guy doing the wrong thing in preseason then after the ads finally told me that De Minaur won and Millman lost in a close match.
Birell probably got the longest segment.
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Yeah, I just disagree with Ice Temples assumption that people just read articles that the media put out there.
I have more faith in peoples ability to make choices for themselves.
For me I just prefer to watch Kygrios over Stosur.
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Itâs about the d*ckhead men sucking up far more of the coverage than they deserve. Kyrgios and Tomic have had plenty of potential, but they havenât done much.
Thatâs not about affecting viewing of the womenâs game, but it does have an effect on Barty getting the credit she deserves with the Aus public (outside of tennis followers).
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What can I say, people want to talk about them.
Itâs a hot topic.
Nothing stopping people from discussing the womens game.
These arguments are so facile.
Itâs like when people say âWhy does she have to be the best female tennis player in the world, why canât she just be the best tennis player in the world?â Because she wouldnât be able to beat the best male tennis players in the world. But she is still the best female tennis payer in the world, which is great.
Maybe the menâs product is better and more appealing to a wider audience. The media knows people like reading about what theyâre interested in, and therefore give them what they want. Itâs all this farking nitpicking and trying to find something that just isnât there.
Itâs not sexism. Youâre not being oppressed Sam. You and all of your fellow female tennis players are playing for the same amount of prize money as the men. Not forgetting that you donât have to play as many games as the men and you donât have the same consistent viewership.
For the love of god just be happy.
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You reckon the system isnât sexist?
What do you reckon the media would do with 2 women who carried on like Kyrgios and Tomic, and whose best Grand Slam results after 5+ years as pros was a QF.
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Would be similar to Dokic, played well early as a junior put on pedestal then rift father and AA, Never really reached her potentialâŚor maybe she did.
its gonna be hard to reach any sort of potential with that nucase around you.
Obviously because there is a desire for it from the public. Why do people give a â â â â about the Kardashians and want to read about their farking awful lives? People like what they like.
Serena Williams was everywhere after her disgusting performance at the US Open last year. People like watching trainwrecks, they always have, Itâs irrelevant to gender.
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Anna Kournikova?
Did nothing in Grand Slams. Highest was 8th couldnât beat anyone above her.
Was 1 of the highest paid players on circuit.
Previous Sabatini and Capriati?
Played well in their early years. Both left the sport. Sabitini married the Prince of Argentina. Capriati got into drugs. Won the Aus open on comeback, did nothing after that.
Serenaâs won how many Grand Slams.
The media would have spat out any woman that behaved like these 2 and hasnât performed.
How are any of them comparable?
The false equivalency is completely the point.