Do you really think that?

I must say I’m in agreement with Jim on this.

The whole reason for creating women only events is because in open competition women would get nowhere. If you just had one event open to both sexes, it would be all men. Athletics, tennis, golf, boxing, football, hockey, squash, rugby - whatever it is, men are better at it than women. So they don’t compete against each other because it would be pointless.

The result is that women’s sport is a whole separate category of sport, which could be labelled “sport for one type of people who are not as good at sport as another type of people”.

So it’s a bit like watching U21 teams or England Lions or Saxons, for me. It’s ok, but it’s not the real thing

Posted By: Old Git on December 18th 2017 at 10:29:06

Message Thread

SPOTY (General Chat) - McGill, Dec 18, 00:48:17
- Men always come first (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 18, 10:19:38
- Women don't have personalities (General Chat) - CauldRon, Dec 18, 09:09:10
  - You iz dead from da Sistaz (n/m) (General Chat) - colincanary, Dec 18, 09:48:41
- Women's sport is a horrendous quality and no one is interested (n/m) (General Chat) - wolfio, Dec 18, 08:47:03
  - Mud wrestling (n/m) (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Dec 18, 10:29:43
  - Very quickly downhill skiing, snowboard racing, cycling... (General Chat) - Dandy Highburyman, Dec 18, 09:43:31
  - Harsh but fair (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 18, 08:56:37
- Is a BBC award really something to get worked up about? (General Chat) - lurd, Dec 18, 08:30:10
  - Not when Murray wins it isn’t (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 18, 08:43:02
  - Of course it is. Look at this site every single year for proof... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Dec 18, 08:40:09
- Scandalous Bob Nudd never won it (n/m) (General Chat) - colincanary, Dec 18, 08:26:24
  - Very fishy! (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Dec 18, 08:55:44
- Minority sports and people want to watch the best (General Chat) - Jim, Dec 18, 08:23:31
  - Watching England women is a million times more enjoyable that England mens (n/m) (General Chat) - tim berry, Dec 18, 10:13:28
    - Do you really think that? (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 18, 10:29:06
      - Anything on a horse disproves that (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 18, 12:18:16
        
        I can’t tell if that’s a troll (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 18, 14:36:49
        
        not a troll, also not denying that men are *usually* physically advantaged when it comes (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 18, 16:09:18
      - Absolutely yes (General Chat) - tim berry, Dec 18, 11:02:21
  - Should be a separate Paralympian of the year award imo (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 18, 08:46:23
- because its a mans world (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 18, 07:44:21
- Konta the one who should have been higher (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 18, 06:33:06
  - To be fair, Joshua has only really had one or two meaningful fights (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Dec 18, 09:51:16
  - If Konta wins Wimbledon or another grand slam she will be in the hunt (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Dec 18, 08:24:26
    - Can’t see it given she only got 7.5K votes in 9th for a Wimbledon semi (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 18, 08:54:15
    - Agreed. Reaching the SF at Wimbledon and then.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, Dec 18, 08:53:38
      - Joint 4th in one tournament hardly worth much merit.... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Dec 18, 09:40:08
      - Not suggesting she should have been close to winning (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 18, 08:56:09
        
        Yeah - just higher up. Mo is deserving winner.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, Dec 18, 09:02:05
        
        Shocked Farah won (General Chat) - SCC 28, Dec 18, 09:17:10
  - Gonna? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Dec 18, 08:24:20
  - Chris Rea? (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 18, 07:20:42
    - is he still driving home for the festive season (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Dec 18, 08:52:00
  - Agreed. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Dec 18, 06:40:35
- No. (n/m) (General Chat) - CROYDONCANARY, Dec 18, 00:59:05

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