I would find this as an insult as anybody who follows UConn or women's college basketball. For a team to go 39-o, which is the best record any collegiate team has ever accomplished, and get very little recognition for it is absurd. Say the same school, UConn, and their men's basketball team went 39-0, you wouldn't stop hearing about it and they would be mentioned as one of the greatest teams of all time. By the way, the Lady Huskies beat every opponent they faced by 10 or more points all season. These accomplishments should not go overlooked and still are rarely even referenced. Maybe someday a men's team even be compared to this team because they certainly deserve to be known as one of the best of all time.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Women's Athletics take a back seat
It seems that women's sports are overlooked and accomplishments by women's teams sometimes go unrecognized whereas there male counterparts are much more glorified in their success than they are. The example I want to look at is this past year's Connecticut Lady Huskies and their more than impressive 39-0 championship season. As a side not I want to add that they are called the "Lady" Huskies which is a prime example of gender marking and that they won the "Women" national title. Anyways, the women's national championship game that pitted the Huskies against the Louisville Cardinal couldn't even be seen on national television. They put it on ESPN, which is actually a step up when most of the tournament coverage was seen only on ESPN2. Also, if I wouldn't have followed the season of the Huskies I probably wouldn't have even known the game was on because not nearly as much attention was paid to this team as was teams in the men's tournament. The men's tournament featured lengthy pre-game and post-game shows and whole programs dedicated to breaking down the tournament. The women's tournament featured very little of that. The only game that really got any pre-game attention was the national championship. On the verge of doing something spectacular of not only winning a national championship but doing it on an undefeated team that may be the best in history for men or women, you would think a lot more coverage would be necessary.
I would find this as an insult as anybody who follows UConn or women's college basketball. For a team to go 39-o, which is the best record any collegiate team has ever accomplished, and get very little recognition for it is absurd. Say the same school, UConn, and their men's basketball team went 39-0, you wouldn't stop hearing about it and they would be mentioned as one of the greatest teams of all time. By the way, the Lady Huskies beat every opponent they faced by 10 or more points all season. These accomplishments should not go overlooked and still are rarely even referenced. Maybe someday a men's team even be compared to this team because they certainly deserve to be known as one of the best of all time.
I would find this as an insult as anybody who follows UConn or women's college basketball. For a team to go 39-o, which is the best record any collegiate team has ever accomplished, and get very little recognition for it is absurd. Say the same school, UConn, and their men's basketball team went 39-0, you wouldn't stop hearing about it and they would be mentioned as one of the greatest teams of all time. By the way, the Lady Huskies beat every opponent they faced by 10 or more points all season. These accomplishments should not go overlooked and still are rarely even referenced. Maybe someday a men's team even be compared to this team because they certainly deserve to be known as one of the best of all time.
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This is a great example of how women's teams have taken a back seat to men's sports. Think about how much attention has been focused on whether the Colts and Saints should rest their regulars as they go (in the Saints case, went) for an undefeated season. Yet, like you said, there was not even national coverage of the women's NCAA tournament. Great point about the gender marking as well. That would be like having the Super Bowl on the NFL Network. Can you imagine that?
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