Comments on: Why is womens soccer, or sports as a matter of fact, never televised?

By: Soccer Nerd

Soccer Nerd — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:45:59 +0000

The amount of women’s soccer coverage on TV is disappointing, but it does exist. The channel that seems to show the most women’s soccer is Fox Soccer Channel, which has mainly men’s games but some women’s games too (U.S. women’s national team and top college games). It sucks that there isn’t more coverage of women’s sports but at least it gets more than it used to.
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By: Maire R

Maire R — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:02:59 +0000

soccer isn't that widely shown to begin with and only the big games are shown on tv like world cup and stuff like that they need to have a network for us soccer on regular cable then they can show the full national teams and the development teams like the u-20 team and others
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By: Black Diamond PreacherMan

Black Diamond PreacherMan — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:51:59 +0000

mainly because it would not attract big ratings.
as for enjoyment, dont let Ryan C fool you, many people enjoy the womens versions of sports better because you get to see some skill instead just raw power.
for example, in tennis there is only one shot that men play: a power-drive to the opposite corner, whereas the women have a wide range of shots that display finnesse and skill even though power has been introduced to the game by the Williams sisters.
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By: A.z

A.z — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:15:59 +0000

i don’t know about other sports .. butt women football (soccer) well never have the attention until they what that asshole blatter want .. and wear more sexy clothes .. like tighter clothes or even bikinis ..
that freak want to turn the sport to a sex game ..
and a afraid they well eventually break and do what he wants ..
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By: OSweet

OSweet — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:28:59 +0000

Two sports that people like to watch women play, tennis and golf, come to mind. They get good TV ratings.
Also, women’s pro basketball, the WNBA, is televised a lot – which is more than fair, because it loses money, has lousy ratings and nobody cares about it.

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By: Ryan C

Ryan C — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:51:59 +0000

TV is driven by ad money. Which is in turn driven by how many viewers watch the TV program. Thus, TV shows are chosen for popular appeal rather than quality.

Solutions are scarce as it would require the restructuring of TV as we know it. But it is possible to watch many womens’ events online.

As far as enjoyment, this is the hardest to fix. Men are genetically and physically superior to women athletically (not a sexist statement, scientific). Therefore, all their sports will b slower, less powerful and less exciting for the avg. viewr.
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