WNBA

Further thoughts on the issue of coverage of women・sports in media・

WNBA, a women’s professional basketball league in America is an interesting case; the games have been broadcasted in the US, mostly in local TV channels and game results are also broadcasted usually along with other major sports (men’s) such as baseball and football, despite the fact that WNBA draws much less stadium attendance and TV viewerships than men’s sports. -- Am I the only one who suspect pressure by PC forces here?

We are supposed to root for so-called “professional” female basketball player who cannot even dunk!! What is a “professional” basketball when there is no dunk shot? Today you’l see lots of dunk even at local high school (boys, of course) games. I even saw one time a local weather reporter (a man, of course) did a dunk shot, and he’s not even get paid for it! He is only paid for reading weather report on camera. In fact a dunk shot by women is so rare that a newspaper can cite all the instances of dunk sot by women player that took place in the official matches in the history of basketball, and it doesn’t take more than two lines. But feminists are still whining that there is a huge pay gap between men and women basketball players and coverage of the women’s basketball game is much less compared to men’s. In fact I wonder why these non-dunking women players should be paid at all! If there is money to be paid, and TV hours to be spent for broadcasting WNBA, those money and TV hours should go to high school kids (boys, of course) instead.

Equal opportunity? How about equal opportunity for a poor black high school kids who loves to play basketball and can dunk, but cannot go to join the college basketball team, because the college has just capped the size of men’s basketball team due to Title IX provision? Sure he may not be as good as the Michael Jordan, but he is better than most WNBA players, because at least he can dunk.