Re: Women on Sky : Fri Mar 29, 2019 12:22 pm  

post wrote:

Would you want Prof Brian Cox to teach you about the solar system or would you want Gill Smith from Wakefield Star Gazing Society?
Would that be sexist if you chose Brian Cox or admitted you’d prefer him to her?

Now athletics is different, is is tennis to an extent, so maybe is football. In horse racing female jockeys compete against men and beat them, so having a female jockey brought into the studio to give expert analysis on horse racing from a jockeys point of view would be fine as they’d have the top level expertise that would qualify them to do so. But the gap between top level men’s and top level women’s is too large.

I’m a boxing fan, and I love watching Katie Taylor and I truly believe she’d beat a lot of men so if they brought her into studio to give expert opinion she’d be qualified to do so as she has faught all over the world and in my opinion is the best PFP female boxer on the planet. So am I sexist if I have that opinion or not? Or is it only when I criticise them?

if you had said "poor punditry" and not WOMEN ON SKY we could have a debate, but you have made this about gender, heaven forbid we ever get a TransGender presenter, you would explode.

Re: Women on Sky : Fri Mar 29, 2019 12:31 pm  

MGarbutt1986 wrote:

if you had said "poor punditry" and not WOMEN ON SKY we could have a debate, but you have made this about gender, heaven forbid we ever get a TransGender presenter, you would explode.

Nah, they’ve got their own show so that fine with me - Transworld Sport, been going for years.

Re: Women on Sky : Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:55 pm  

MGarbutt1986 wrote:

you are not being bullied, you are being, rightly, shamed for sexism.

Re: Women on Sky : Fri Mar 29, 2019 2:02 pm  

post wrote:

I’m against bringing on a guest player who isn’t qualified to give an expert opinion just on because of their sex. I’m also against having Stuart Cummings on too, he kills the debate by clearing up the rules on the spot making it sterile.

Eddie Hemmings is a commentator, he wasn’t billed as being the all knowing and that’s why they had a ex-player on in Stevo (not that Stevo knew anything) but Stevo had won the Ashes and the World Cup and played in Australia at the highest level for Penrith.

You say the majority of commentators would be out of a job? They’re commentators/journalists etc, I’m fine with Tanya Arnold, Angela Powers, Claire Balding etc what I’m getting at is the women’s SL is nowhere near the standard that warrants female players giving expert opinion from a players perspective on Superleague when they are unqualified and lack the experience to do so. For the same reason I don’t want Jon Wells giving his opinion as he was probably one of the worst players ever in SL.

Now if it was Women’s SL on the TV, I would prefer all females commentating and only ex or current female SL players as guests.

It isn’t personal, the woman last night seemed like a lovely person and knowledgable about RL, she’s probably a cracking player too but I stand by my opinion and won’t be bullied into changing it.

Re: Women on Sky : Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:13 pm  

Cokey wrote:

2 + 2 = 5

Re: Women on Sky : Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:14 pm  

Cokey wrote:

I think he's using a JCB, not a shovel!

Re: Women on Sky : Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:16 pm  

post wrote:

2 + 2 = 5

No, sexist + being found out = idiot.

Re: Women on Sky : Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:20 pm  

MGarbutt1986 wrote:

No, sexist + being found out = idiot.

Classic doublethink.

Re: Women on Sky : Fri Mar 29, 2019 3:57 pm  

post wrote:

Classic doublethink.

thinking twice is 200% better than your record, you only need look at your avtar to understand your mentality.

Re: Women on Sky : Fri Mar 29, 2019 4:43 pm  

MGarbutt1986 wrote:

thinking twice is 200% better than your record, you only need look at your avtar to understand your mentality.

You’re being very judgemental you know, tut tut.