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12/06/09
Someone says in the comments:
"So let’s see…Senator Monserrate engages in violence against his opposite-sex partner but is free to marry her, and meanwhile denies the attempts of the state to recognize the marriage between my long-term same-sex partner and myself.
Perhaps if my partner and I would abuse each other more often, then the good Senator might consider our relationship equal to those enjoyed by opposite-sex couples."
— fsm
12/04/09
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12/05/09
The best parallel may be U.S. Baseball prior to Jackie Robinson. Once he was able to play in the Major Leagues, and guys like Larry Doby and Satchel Paige got to play against the white folks soon thereafter, the Negro League collapsed. A lot of guys who were able to make a living playing in the Negro Leagues simply weren't good enough to play in the Majors, and no matter what they did, they couldn't maintain the community's interest in a minority-only league.
I'm not saying segregation in baseball was good, but merely that there could be an unintended consequence.
12/07/09
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12/04/09
I see the problem here. A tip, Hunter - probably the people you ATTACK are going to say that.
12/04/09
"Women can't play basketball with men!"
"Yes they can!"
"They'll get hurt! Men are bigger and stronger!"
"Women can be big and strong, too, and maybe the men could try to not play basketball with their elbows once in a while!"
"I didn't mean that women aren't strong; I just mean that men and women play differently. I'm not sexist! College teams and NBA teams play differently, too, does that make me elitist?"
"No, you're not elitist; you're a jerk!"
"Fuck you!"
"Fuck you twice!"
"Well, even if they do put women on the teams, it'll just be for show. They'll bench them until Kobe pulls his groin."
"Why do you always have to talk about your groin?"
"I wasn't talking about my groin! I was talking about Kobe's groin!"
"I guess you'd be more supportive of gay guys on the NBA than women, huh? Because you're gay."
"Shut up. You are."
"So's your face."
"Real mature."
"Are we still talking about basketball?"
"I don't think so. You wanna go get a drink or something?"
"Yes! Let's get out of this hell hole comment. It's going on for god-damn ever!"
12/04/09
"Somebody in the NBA draft Courtney Paris already!"
12/04/09
The commish made the right point . . . someone fast and that can shoot. If you had the female version of say a BJ Armstrong -- good ballhandler that can run to the corners and drain threes, its possible -- shooters always find a home.
Having said that, the NBA has to be the toughest league to break into, as there are only 360-400 spots at any given time and its popularity in the world is extremely high.
Baseball has 750 spots and Football has about 1700
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WRT football, football has kickers and, if you could find a sprinter that could catch, you may have a 9-route WR (although many DBs would be world class sprinters with the right training).
12/04/09
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12/04/09
I tend to think their are plenty of female basketball players that would be game to take the physical punishment, but I also doubt the males would feel comfortable really knocking a woman to the floor in the way they would with another male.
12/04/09
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12/04/09
So is the implication that they used to work out naked? Love it.
12/04/09
12/04/09
Sometimes I feel like I have no concept of what life was like before the 1990s. Naked exercise? How is that something that even existed in the 20th century, let alone in Congress? It's like Sparta or the wrestling matches Homer writes about.
12/04/09
I got a notice from my grocery delivery service saying to discard any Slim-Fast immediately. Um... it's been about a year since I last purchased it, so it's kind of late for that. Makes me wonder if that was around the same time that I last had what I thought was the flu?
11/25/09
The 'no lesbians' thing is another issue entirely. (Coz the girl in the pic? Could pass for a hot butch, imo.) It's SOP in sports that athletes be a clean, all-American bunch. There's no gay people in baseball!
11/24/09
That's what I got from my investigating. I got zero vibes of "let's look straight!" or "let's look hot and attract male fans!" This is entirely my opinion, but I think this is being made into something that it's not, and that's frustrating and annoying as someone who's a diehard sports fan and sometimes (not very good) athlete.
Also, it took a lot for me to defend anything having to do with the Seminoles, so this is an opinion I definitely stand behind.
11/24/09
11/24/09
And who's the judge of physically unattractive? I personally think if someone's a kick ass sportswoman, that alone makes them attractive, glam clothing and makeup or not.
11/25/09
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11/24/09
And do male athletes get used in the same way? David Beckham...Rafa Nadal...Federer...Cristiano Ronaldo...Tom Brady...Mark Sanchez. You've never seen their appearances used to appeal to female spectators/fans?
Even at FSU, they're not exactly hiding Christian Ponder.
11/24/09
11/24/09
There's no question it helps. David Beckham is not now and never has been the best soccer player out there, but his presence is a boon for any team he plays on. There are kids in Korea wearing LA Galaxy shirts, not because of his ability but rather because of his image. Anna Kournikova made millions for herself and every tournament she played in for the same reason. How is Beckham's exploiting of his image any different than hers?
11/25/09
11/24/09
It's an ongoing issue in the field of women's athletics, and one I could talk about for hours and hours. Title IX may have paved the way for women to take to the fields and the courts, but the rest of our society has a fuck load of catching up to do.
11/24/09
This is definitely not the first time it's been done tho, it happens all the time. on the rare occasion that a woman graces the pages of sports illustrated, it's much more likely that you'll see her off the court/field/water/etc, and instead sitting naked outside of the arena with strategically placed equipmen. While showing female athletes in outside their sport is fine, it shouldn't be the only way they are appearing in a SPORTS magazine. and most of the time, it is.
But among college athletes at least, i've seen that when there is a reputation or rumor or homosexuality, a lot of the women feel they must combat it with a strong showing of heteronormative behavior. a few of my teammates actually gained reputations in the other direction (called sluts) because of the way they reacted to the pressures to be 'feminine' or hetero.
11/24/09
As much as we as a society talk a good game about women and girls who play sports, the fact is people still find it transgressive. Hence all the pressure for female athletes to be pretty and ladylike and polite and wear dresses and pose in string bikinis. They can be competitive but not too competitive, aggressive but not that aggressive. Otherwise they are being unfeminine, and we can't have that, not at all.
11/24/09
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