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There we go. Definitely a good use of scarce resources. Do we honestly need a law firm at whatever $ / hr?
Waste of time and money….
Let’s watch the wokeys take down another institution. Hasn’t the NCAA already conceded to 100% of the transgender lobby’s demands, thereby ensuring that almost all women’s amateur athletic records will get obliterated by XY chromosomes entering their sports? There’s absolutely room to discuss the place of transgenderism in everyday society, but to promise them the Louisiana Purchase is only conveying one message: call yourself non-binary and the world is putty in your hands. (Which is in large part why so many people claim to be non-binary these days). I guess it’s all just too progressive for my meager brain.
And now we’re getting women bleating about equity when their tournament not only gets (at most) a fraction of the viewership–and commands a fraction of the revenue–but most people I know weren’t even aware of a simultaneous Women’s tournament taking place. It’s about as relevant as men’s roller derby.
For those who never psychologically advanced beyond the fifth grade, here’s the message you were supposed to learn: life isn’t fair. Never will be. There will never be a point where male models command even close to the attention (and money) that women’s fashion and its supermodels earn. And these days, those supermodels (especially the females) can even be fat! Not fair to the men, but they have to take their lumps and move on. I suggest the girls (they get called “women” when they finally prove they’re adults) start doing the same.
An excellent synopsis, American D. Thanks.
Great quote: For those who never psychologically advanced beyond the fifth grade, here’s the message you were supposed to learn: life isn’t fair. Never will be.
Good analysis on male versus female models, too.
As expected, a lot of my fellow IBJ commenters are triggered over nothing.
A lot of girl basketball players are triggered over less than nothing, and you’re rushing to their defense.
Nothing could make me happier to be “triggered over nothing” in this case. Because their grievance is, quite obviously, nothing. And catering to their grievance will only teach them that throwing temper tantrums gets them their way…so they’ll learn to throw more temper tantrums. And the NCAA will be placing itself in the exact same situation that higher ed is facing, with precipitously declining returns. At least higher ed in Indiana has the Lilly Endowment to bail them out (temporarily). Will the same thing be available for the NCAA? Eventually all “equity initiatives” do run out of other people’s money.
It is such a waste of your time to care that people want a better situation for themselves. Do you feel threatened? Does it personally affect you? Maybe you should look at yourself in the mirror.
Hi Robert. Maybe we should let homeless people camp out in your front yard. They “want a better situation for themselves too”, and a private grassy yard in a safe area is much more pleasant than the mean streets of downtown Indy. Don’t live in a house, you say? Let’s pack them into the front foyer or lobby of your apartment. Promise you won’t become a NIMBY?
If the girls have a tournament that attracts 1/100 the revenue of the men, they should be content if their facilities are 1/10th as good. It means they’re still getting funding support out of proportion to what they themselves are able to generate. It’s unfortunate that neither men nor women are remotely close to sufficiently interested in women’s b-ball, but that’s life. Ever notice how women’s gymnastics gets all the attention at the Olympics every 4 years? A man could be just as good–they often are–but they’re not getting endorsements or capsule features on their accomplishments. Life ain’t fair, kiddo.
Rational people know you can’t support an institution or a business by continually short-changing the profitable components (NBA) to help support the ones that aren’t profitable (WNBA). Carry that approach to its full ideological ends and you destroy the institution. Maybe that’s the route we’re going for here?
Tell Megan Rapinoe I said hi! Everybody absolutely loves her, don’t they?
When did I ever say that life was fair or cry in support of the women’s NCAA teams? All I said is that you guys are triggered over nothing, which is true. The NCAA is a private organization and it can do anything it wants. If the NCAA wants to try to make things within its own organization more equitable, they can. If they don’t want to do anything, they can. The publicity from the previous situations could have very well cost the NCAA more money than upgrading a workout room or whatever – you don’t know. Why go on some crazy speculative rant?
Your most recent tirade, which went all over the place with apples-to-oranges comparisons, is beyond silly and almost into “tweaker” territory.
Make more money, get better facilities. No one watches your games. Grow up.
Is there anything more asinine than spending money to hire a law firm to give input on what one should already know what to do: make sure the entire men’s and women’s event have the same protocol, including training facilities, meals, covid-19 protocol, etc?
Especially stupid when the NCAA should be allocating the same percentage of revenue to women’s team winning a game as it does to men’s team.
Definition of dumb: hiring a firm to tell you what to do when you already know what to do.
Definition of dumber: Not firing Mark Emmert, the idiot in charge (who BTW made an egregiously stupid decision to extend a TV agreement with a pitiful increase while all other major sports entities, NFL, MLB, et al negotiated for major boosts in their TV contracts.
@Michael A. “Especially stupid when the NCAA should be allocating the same percentage of revenue to women’s team winning a game as it does to men’s team.”
Uhhhh, what? How does this make any sense whatsoever? Please explain those economics.