Is Dan Neill Rubbing Anyone Else the Wrong Way?

Seems you’ve been busy, I haven’t seen many lately.

who here seriously watches women’s sports when there’s a male equivalent on at the same time? would any of you watch our volleyball team the same day as a football game? or would anyone watch the women’s BB if Men’s BB was playing? no, no you wouldn’t and its nothing against women, its pure physiology they’re just not naturally as strong or fast thus less exciting to watch. I’m not advocating the destruction of women’s programs, but no amount of heart or will can completely overcome the fact that most women BB players can’t dunk. thats not to say men are superior, but when you compare the best at a sport in one gender to another its not really a contest.

p.s. love you volleyball team, you i will watch whenever i get the opportunity.

Dangerous link for work, although not exactly NSFW.

Laila Ali would knock this fool out cold.

Dan Neil’s point is that Laila Ali would get knocked out by every professional male fighter in her weight class. And, probably most competitive amateur male fighters would destroy her.

I’m not a huge Dan Neil fan, but have listened to him enough to know that he’s not that controversial. I think the point he made in question was whether the Yates High School basketball team could take the UCONN Women’s team. He said yes – given how athletic these guys are (most, if not, all play above the rim). Erin Hogan, the other host, made a more succinct point that it would probably take a few halves for the UCONN women to adjust to the speed and the press, but that in a series they’d have a chance. No one pointed out that the women’s ball is smaller, making it easier to shoot and handle.

I’d say not a controversial discussion, but I guess the discussion itself could rub some women the wrong way.

I’m more impressed they could perform while high. They should get 2 Medals.

PS, Lena Ovchynnikova is HOT!!!

And then bait him to be real loud when he starts talking smack about women being inferior athletes. That could be really entertaining.

when women I knew wouldn’t drive for fear of being captured and tortured for being…well…women drivers.

dress in women’s clothes to hide from the enemy? Or so says an account from a Mexican soldier’s diary.

She’s the one who helped us get the job done.

PS. Elizabeth Lambert would like to play soccer with you. I tried to post her pic when she yanked that BYU player to the ground by her hair, but I can’t figure out how to insert it.

I think it was more that he (allegedly) said that the Olympics were just for women, and that women aren’t great athletes. Both are obviously false.

No one except the most deluded idealist would believe that, say, the middle-50% of women matches up at all favorably with the middle-50% of men in terms of athletic performance. By the same token, the middle-50% of some races perform at lower intellectual or athletic levels than the middle-50% of some other races. But that doesn’t mean that a gender or race can’t be very athletic or intellectual on the whole.

And regarding the watching of Olympics, well, it’s not just for women. It’s for many people, and just because we choose to watch the Olympics instead of the NBA or the latest pretentious TV crime/medical/legal/island drama doesn’t make one a woman. And saying that it is just for women is degrading women, the Olympics, and those who watch the Olympics.

SHE drives HIM to work. Shouldn’t she get to pick what’s on the radio in HER car?