Duke and Stanford have both taken hits to their academic reputations this week. First, Kyrie Irving thinks the world is flat and now this.
Wow, a female trainer was moved from a woman's team to men's team to avoid sexual harassment? That's ironic.
Much better. She socialized with a number of the players and their wives. She took a player and his wife on a tour of NYC and on their first visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She worked for the Knicks for about a year and then went into private practice.
I have no idea what percentage of women in the WNBA (or basketball in general) are gay. I would imagine it's high, perhaps very high. But for those of you posting that players have had babies in the last year, what do you think that proves? You might want to "THINK" before you answer.
I'm not trying to dismiss her perspective - only she and her teammates know what happened, and you should always consider why the environment made someone feel uncomfortable.
No one is making the case that their sexual orientation is the only reason for low attendance. But, right or wrong, men's sports are watched by women in part because some of them find the men attractive and fantasize about them. That is often how male athletes have been marketed. Some men are not going to watch women who they cannot see as being interested in someone like them. Once again, right or wrong, that's the way many people are. Which translates into numbers of eyes on the game. Furthermore, about half of America sees homosexuality as distasteful or even wrong. That is a large number of people. Call them what you want, they are really there.
No one deserves to be bullied because of sexual orientation. That word bullying is too readily applied to situations that do not deserve it, usually to create an emotional response. All professional leagues have a rights of passage which could easily be spun as bullying. For example NBA rookies are required to bring donuts and coffee to morning practices. Candace Wiggins is a Stanford educated woman who was in the WNBA for almost a decade. If bullying did happen, Candace was smart enough to recognize it, was more than capable of speaking out well before she decide that she was done with the WNBA and wanted to sell books.
So only homophobes can make stupid statements?
My sentiments exactly. Maybe she felt discomfort at times from situations and I was never in her shoes, but there is no doubt some exaggerations here. I dated a lady that played in the WNBA. She is now married with four children. Never have I ever heard her say things like this.
