Elite officiating tough for women to crack

[APG]

Must be a slow day at the four letter network...still might be an interesting read for some.

Calling the Shots -- Officially unbalanced - espnW

[JugglingReferee]

It's simply trying to plant a misogyny seed where it doesn't exist. Bad journalism. I bet Jane is a bleeding-heart liberal with links to feminism.

[Raymond]

What does bad journalism have to do with being a liberal or a feminist?

[Rich]

My God, the comments are made by a bunch of Neanderthals.

The same ESPNW did a similar article about baseball umpires:

Calling the Shots -- Women are striking out in MLB - espnW

They must have a hard time finding things to write about. I've probably tripled their clicks this month by reading these two articles myself.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

My God, the comments are made by a bunch of Neanderthals.

The same ESPNW did a similar article about baseball umpires:

Calling the Shots -- Women are striking out in MLB - espnW

They must have a hard time finding things to write about. I've probably tripled their clicks this month by reading these two articles myself.

They are doing a series this week: NBA, Soccer, Hockey, NFL the rest of the week.

[JRutledge]

I have no problem with the subject being explored, but like a lot of things they probably are missing the boat on the reality of the profession of officiating. Women do not get into sports officiating the same way men do and do not explore getting into officiating at the higher levels. I only know of one woman in my area that officiates football for example and she is not on the track to even explore higher level football at this time. That is less than what you see in basketball for example as it relates to women. I do believe there is discrimination in officiating against women, but it is not the way this article tried to portray the situation.

Peace

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

What does bad journalism have to do with being a liberal or a feminist?

And now that I have actually read the article, what's so horrible about it? Just speaks about women's attempts to break into the upper echelons of officiating men's sports. Most of the story is quotes from people involved in sports. The only critical voice is that of Billie Jean King.