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"It seems as if in order to be seen as successful, or even to be seen at all, in this world, it has to be approved of by old white men...

... But of course. These are male teams. Female teams are in the sandbox now, and the man. Cannot. Take. It."

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She is so unlike her father very reserved this one. :D
"Sexism in sports doesn’t always have to be about people saying “Girls shouldn’t play sports” (although those people are out there, and they have never sexually satisfied a woman)".
 
One thing that I've learned through the years is that people hate change and anyone/anything that upsets their comfortable status quo. I'm old enough to remember Hank Aaron's march toward his record-breaking home run record and the racist vitriol that he faced. The man actually got death threats. The threats weren't because a man was breaking the record; it was because a black man was doing it. The people who saw whites as superior to blacks had their little worlds threatened and lashed out.

The tweet by ol' whatisname (I'm not giving him any more attention) was a watered down version of the same. The UConn women have the temerity to threaten Brillo-head's narrow little view of women so he reacted with sarcasm and condescension.

Hopefully as the dinosaurs of prejudice fade away, we'll learn to be a more accepting society. I just hope I live long enough to see it.

Besting Ruth, Beating Hate, CNN
 
A great article and thanks so much for the link BRS24! The sad thing about that 2nd tweet by HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED is that he realizes how successful his first tweet was and so doubled down. The main goal of newspapers ls... to sell newspapers. I'm confident that HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED got a pat on the back from his editor.

On a higher note, I like especially: "It’s what Dad does to them when they get here. It’s like comparing the regular Navy operations, to a Navy SEAL. They are trained to handle everything and anything, to the very best their ability."

And I like how much love and respect Geno gets from her: not easy for a famous, really hard-working person to come through on the domestic front as well.
 
I always enjoyed reading Alysa's blog, she always shot straight from the hip and let the chips fall where they may.
Her piece on Pat Summitt's illness was outstanding!
 
Eh, that's Shaunessy's shtick. He rips on Bill Belichick for every little mistake he makes...the guy who's only the most successful NFL coach of our time. Dan loves the failure of teams, especially in his neighborhood, because it gives him something to talk about.

Most general sports media pundits and casual sports fans don't follow WCBB, but in today's age everybody has to have an opinion. As they don't have anything else to say about the game, they poo-poo UCONN' dominance. Perhaps it justifies their unrelated lack of interest.

And FWIW, I've seen black and female pundits both comment that 'UCONN hurts the game'. But yes, blame old white men.
 
RSHERMVIKES said:
I always enjoyed reading Alysa's blog, she always shot straight from the hip and let the chips fall where they may.
Her piece on Pat Summitt's illness was outstanding!
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Do you have a link to her piece on Pat's illness? I don't remember reading that one.
 
HuskyNan said:
One thing that I've learned through the years is that people hate change and anyone/anything that upsets their comfortable status quo. I'm old enough to remember Hank Aaron's march toward his record-breaking home run record and the racist vitriol that he faced. The man actually got death threats. The threats weren't because a man was breaking the record; it was because a black man was doing it. The people who saw whites as superior to blacks had their little worlds threatened and lashed out.

The tweet by ol' whatisname (I'm not giving him any more attention) was a watered down version of the same. The UConn women have the temerity to threaten Brillo-head's narrow little view of women so he reacted with sarcasm and condescension.

Hopefully as the dinosaurs of prejudice fade away, we'll learn to be a more accepting society. I just hope I live long enough to see it.

Besting Ruth, Beating Hate, CNN
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Totally agree with you, most especially re "cauliflower head" (my description of your "brillo-head" !!
 
BRS24 said:
"It seems as if in order to be seen as successful, or even to be seen at all, in this world, it has to be approved of by old white men...

... But of course. These are male teams. Female teams are in the sandbox now, and the man. Cannot. Take. It."

ARTICLE
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Seems Nera White said some of the same during her life. Seems the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. Seems the legacy of the Auriemma family is in good hands.
 
intlzncster said:
Eh, that's Shaunessy's shtick. He rips on Bill Belichick for every little mistake he makes...the guy who's only the most successful NFL coach of our time. Dan loves the failure of teams, especially in his neighborhood, because it gives him something to talk about.

Most general sports media pundits and casual sports fans don't follow WCBB, but in today's age everybody has to have an opinion. As they don't have anything else to say about the game, they poo-poo UCONN' dominance. Perhaps it justifies their unrelated lack of interest.

And FWIW, I've seen black and female pundits both comment that 'UCONN hurts the game'. But yes, blame old white men.
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I feel like this article could be applied to more things beyond basketball. Instead of old white men, you really could say old white straight Christian men. Basically the old guard of American power and control determined to dig their heals in preventing progress beyond the Ward and June Cleaver world in which they are most comfortable. It's one of the reasons the country is such a mess politically.
 
HoopsFan21 said:
I feel like this article could be applied to more things beyond basketball. Instead of old white men, you really could say old white straight Christian men. Basically the old guard of American power and control determined to dig their heals in preventing progress beyond the Ward and June Cleaver world in which they are most comfortable. It's one of the reasons the country is such a mess politically.
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How does a stupid opinion by one uninformed sportswriter end up in screeds like this against senior citizens of a particular gender?
How does it result in childish name calling based on a lack of hair straightener?
How can one not realize that if young women, middle aged or old women gave a darn about women's sports men's opinions wouldn't matter?
How can one not note that the recent census of this board that suggests that men may be a tad more interested in women's basketball than any other gender? The same census suggests that older folks are interested as well.
Lastly, am I, deep into my declining years, a bit too sensitive?
 
arch said:
How does a stupid opinion by one uninformed sportswriter end up in screeds like this against senior citizens of a particular gender?
How does it result in childish name calling based on a lack of hair straightener?
How can one not realize that if young women, middle aged or old women gave a darn about women's sports men's opinions wouldn't matter?
How can one not note that the recent census of this board that suggests that men may be a tad more interested in women's basketball than any other gender? The same census suggests that older folks are interested as well.
Lastly, am I, deep into my declining years, a bit too sensitive?
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HoopsFan21 said:
I feel like this article could be applied to more things beyond basketball. Instead of old white men, you really could say old white straight Christian men. Basically the old guard of American power and control determined to dig their heals in preventing progress beyond the Ward and June Cleaver world in which they are most comfortable. It's one of the reasons the country is such a mess politically.
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That's a political talking point not based in reality. Old white men are some of the biggest proponents of WCBB. Reminds them of the game they used to play. Check the BY census. Without old white men, this board would lose 70% of it's members.
 
intlzncster said:
That's a political talking point not based in reality. Old white men are some of the biggest proponents of WCBB. Reminds them of the game they used to play. Check the BY census. Without old white men, this board would lose 70% of it's members.
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That's true. But although I lack the research and the statistics to support it, I still would venture a guess that you're talking about a very small percentage of the overall population of "old white men," and that a much larger percentage of them would lean more toward Shaughnessy than away from him.
But, that's only a guess, and only based upon my own observations and conversations out in the wide world away from the Boneyard.
 
terif831 said:
That's true. But although I lack the research and the statistics to support it, I still would venture a guess that you're talking about a very small percentage of the overall population of "old white men," and that a much larger percentage of them would lean more toward Shaughnessy than away from him.
But, that's only a guess, and only based upon my own observations and conversations out in the wide world away from the Boneyard.
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What does your lack of research and statistics tell you about "old white women"?
"Young women of color"?
How about marsians?
 
HoopsFan21 said:
I feel like this article could be applied to more things beyond basketball. Instead of old white men, you really could say old white straight Christian men. Basically the old guard of American power and control determined to dig their heals in preventing progress beyond the Ward and June Cleaver world in which they are most comfortable. It's one of the reasons the country is such a mess politically.
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Why the need to generalize about any demographic group? It's revealing that those who do this are never a member of the group to whom they refer. It's always "those other people". Aly had no need to suggest that her particular group was sexually inadequate. It's the old "Those XXX's are all alike". Does she realize that her father is an old white man who is part of that "old boys" network that is entrenched in our society? Of course "not my father". Only those other men. Only the ones I don't know.

It's almost a universal trait among humans to classify people into groups and draw conclusions, usually negative ones about them based on whatever particular box they have been placed in .... as long as it's not a box the disparager occupies.
 
Her description of her lack of skills at basketball was very amusing! Takes after dad, I suppose!
 
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