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[Spicerack]

Women football commentators. Why?

[Mamyalynne]

You asked.

[anneasquith]

So I did, than God for very observant abers . Thank you .

[Old_Geezer]

C'mon now, enough of this squawking: nothing to be seen here, move along.

[10ClarionSt]

I just love the prim and proper people on this web site.
:o) Thanks to Spicerack for voting my response as best answer. A lot of the things I post on here are just tongue in cheek but that gets lost in the medium of black and white. Hey ho!

[murraymints]

Gabby Yoreth/Logan has to be one of the best..men included...

[10ClarionSt]

And Claire Balding. There's another woman presenter on Sky Sports News who's very good too, but there aint many of them around. A lot of it is just condescension.

[Spicerack]

^ Maybe. Never heard her or of her doing a match commentary.

I wouldn't let the pearl-clutchers bother you, 10cc. All decent people know it's not so much about what's said as about who said it.

[murraymints]

lol..how troooo !!

[10ClarionSt]

:o)

[naomi24]

On the AnswerBank, coarseness, like offence, is very clearly determined not by what’s said but by who says it.

I think men make better sports commentators.

[naomi24]

Spicerack, cross-posted.

[murraymints]

me too usually Naomi..but I think Gabby is excellent..she was brought up in the world of footie though , gives her the edge on most females

[andy-hughes]

In our modern society, it is not a good idea to promote the notion that only men actually understand sport, and girlies should stick to what they know, which is not football.

As the husband of a long-term season ticket holder and football fanatic, I think women have every right to be as passionate about any sport as men, and deserve to be represented by women who can observe and comment on any game in the same way that any man can.

[naomi24]

//deserve to be represented by women //

A curious notion. Presenters do a job, They don't 'represent' anyone in particular and nor would I expect them to.

[Spicerack]

andy-hughes

//In our modern society, it is not a good idea to promote the notion that only men actually understand sport, and girlies should stick to what they know, which is not football.//

Yeah, that's probably why you're the only person to mention it.

// I think women have every right to be as passionate about any sport as men//

Nobody has said otherwise. Why would you mention it?


// and deserve to be represented by women//

You've got me there. I didn't realise the women commentators were commentating for other women.


// who can observe and comment on any game in the same way that any man can.//

But they can't, which was the whole point of the thread before it got hijacked by the usual hypocrites.

[lankeela]

Have to agree, the female match day commentators just seem to want to cram in as many words as possible in the short time, and their voices tend to get higher and higher as they rush to get all their words out. I love the excitement that men bring to their commentating and its a lot clearer than most of the females. Do like Gabby though, and Claire in her own field. (I'm a female Tottenham fan btw)