Sports Fans Hate Annoying People, Not Female Athletes

Sports Fans Hate Annoying People, Not Female Athletes!
What's going on everybody, it's Too Lazy To Hoop, and here's how Many Female Athletes Do Things That Make Fans Rightly Not Like Them.
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[@nic9458]

I hate how Britney Grinner couldn’t go like a week without weed in Russia and managed to get the president to beg for her return, yet other Americans trapped in Russian prisons are left to rot

[@John_on_the_mountain]

And we gave them the MERCHANT OF DEATH in exchange.

[@longiusaescius2537]

What would America do without our diverse ✨ magic?✨

[@abcdefg5459]

It should really tell you the state of America when the merchant of death, a guy that took years to capture, had a Nicolas Cage movie made after him, and was "convicted by a jury at a federal court in Manhattan, of conspiracy to kill American citizens and officials, delivery of anti-aircraft missiles, and providing aid to a terrorist organization" was released for a weed smoking WNBA player that had a max of 10 years Imagine Dems if Trump released him

[@williamhalejr.4289]

Yeah, but those other Americans in Russian prisons are white males and not black lesbian talentless woke athletes!

[@mikejames2756]

@@longiusaescius2537 FEMALE diversity. Black guys can rot in jail for all anyone cares. (Even then just for optics. Ask any white woman if she'd want to switch colors, or women in general what they'd want to be. Just for appearances.)

[@golden10ful]

I remember me and the boys would lower the hoop at my house so we could dunk. Shit definitely got more interesting

[@hellatubbies882yt]

literally no shame in it as long as you and the boys have fun

[@TheJaeko9]

The main issue with this that people are overlooking is how hard it is to lower a hoop on all courts. Right now, any hooper at any level can pull up anywhere and practice. If one professional league has lower rims, they can only practice at courts with their designated rim height.

[@familee5382]

@TheJaeko9 not really bro, nearly all rims here in Australia can adjust height in a instant at league courts and all. its not that hard to make a change to allow for 9ft stop making it harder then it needs to be

[@golden10ful]

@@TheJaeko9 for me it was just one of the old at home hoops you can buy from a Walmart. But I see what you mean in some cases it would be hard to find a hoop at a park that adjust in height

[@nostryx4656]

​@@TheJaeko9most outdoor hoops where I live in Germany aren't the right height anyways idk how that is in other countries

[@emmanuelo144]

We really traded the world's most dangerous arms dealer for an arrogant wnba player

[@patrickmontie9583]

America is the world's worst arms dealer. 😂😂😂

[@grandwazoo9112]

@@patrickmontie9583 Then we should have gotten an arms dealer in return instead of an entitled pothead.

[@zacknewton1064]

@@patrickmontie9583which is why we cant be giving away our arms dealers and war criminals for basketball players lmfaoo

[@red5llaw]

Not just an arrogant entitled wnba player but a convicted criminal as well.

[@christopher7952]

SAD BUT TRUE

[@JayLew91]

I actually love that you referenced the changes the NBA made over the years, and the WNBA refuses to do the same. Women's tennis, track, gymnastics all get major love and support.

[@kundziu1492]

my country supports the best women tennis player because she is better ranked than any of men counterpart, she is iga swiatek

[@theportugueselegend]

Exactly! But notice one thing, not one female athlete of the sports you said feels the need to say they're underpaid, underlooked or need to speak out! History shows that if you concentrate in your game, it will improve and be interesting. I find much more amusing to see Serena Williams than Djokovic, for example

[@peabrain6872]

And wrestling

[@azerty1933]

​@@kundziu1492that's the small country phenomena, no matter the sport or gender if you're representing the country on the international scene the whole country is behind you

[@adamdavis4928]

@@theportugueselegend lol don't mention billie jean king then I guess. She fought relentlessly to push women's tennis ahead and make it relevant and close to men's tennis.

[@bb-double-yuh]

Let me chime in by saying: while Rousey and Danica Patrick has an understanding on how sports-entertainment worked and were loved by many fans, they also had tons of haters because, guess what; they were entitled jerks.

[@yellowbones]

notice your keyword: Haters. Ronda and Danica had haters. Many of them women from the WNBA and US Women's Soccer Team aren't hated, rather, they're disliked. That's a different thing. It's less passionate. It's like, you hate Ronda you watch the fight to see her lose you watch interviews to see her in bad moments. But with the latter teams, you'd rather just not even give a fuck about them

[@jayshay4646]

Ronda Rousey's lackluster WWE run showed that she in fact doesn't understand what the word entertainment even means.

[@kingkazma5937]

Ronda was more hated due to popularity imo. She got popular and eventually your audience will be big enough to have haters however she put asses in seats didn't matter if it was to watch her won or to watch her lose. These other women are playing in empty stadiums losing to teenage boys in the case of the women's soccer team.

[@frewtlewps1152]

Ronda became an entitled jerk because she was a dominant champ, and felt like no one could beat her.

[@gordlord6738]

Atleast prime Ronda was actually watched compared to these lame wnba players.

[@cryptidian3530]

They lack humility. They're all about empowerment and rights and privilege, but lack the most important human trait. Humility.

[@garenthal9638]

It’s hard to admit your sports are essentially second class sports when you dedicate your life to it

[@guacamolegoblin]

Well said

[@alexrod9271]

couldn’t have said it better yourself

[@PhantomThiefOfSports]

How do people like Megan and Griner lack humility when they actually do things like advocate for people's rights and protest social injustices? 🤦🏿‍♂️make it make sense

[@allananderson949]

​@@PhantomThiefOfSportsEveryone loves a do gooder

[@channell11]

"I have to relearn the game to appease people who don't appreciate the game for what it is." You play a professional sport. It's entertainment. The only reason professional sports exist is for the entertainment of fans. Her entitlement is what happens when you have a league that isn't allowed to fail no matter how little money it makes.

[@RyanLee-or4cj]

And she doesn't even have to relearn anything, if we lower the rims by a full foot everyone would need more than a couple months to relearn how t shoot. Sometime I play on a lower hoop at the court and I normally relearn how to shoot on a 10ft hoop in a day or 2 at the most. The next time I pick up a basketball I am able to shoot correctly again. If I can do it, they can too.

[@channell11]

@@RyanLee-or4cj Yeah. It's not really about that. They know if they lowered the rim it would yet another obvious and crushing concession of how big of a joke the league is, and would undermine all their claims that they deserve more money and recognition.

[@Markzuckfuckerburg]

@@channell11Good it should undermine it because they don’t deserve more money and payments, when you can dunk and fill and arena then you can talk about pay but we don’t give no freebies just because you have a snooch.

[@seanking502]

Imagine believing playing basketball is a necessary job 😂 what would we ever do without them

[@sarthakbhalerao1045]

You have no problem with shorter 3 point line, smaller ball dimensions, but suddenly 9.5 foot basket and boom, how about have exact same dimensions throughout. WNBA sucks at so many level man.

[@bluelouboyle6701]

Rapino is like Palpatine, consumed by anger and hate, she's 38 looking like 90

[@abird9387]

I don't understand how lowering the rim is such a difficult thing to "adjust" to. Bro if you play hoops at any level, even if you're bad at it, you would know that not all courts are the same. Not all rims are at the same height, hell, even rims on the same court are not always level to each other. Hoopers would still hoop. The only reason they're so against it is because of their pride. By lowering the rim, they think it's admitting that they are inferior. Too much pride on these women sometimes, the insecurity is just insane.

[@tpsam]

The pride argument doesn't make sense They already play less minutes less games in a season with smaller balls on smaller courts with closer 3pt lines to the rim So now all of a sudden the rim height is were the line can't be crossed

[@Saiko-RuRu]

​@@tpsamwhen has a woman ever had to make sense to still believe that what she's saying is 100% true

[@chizorama]

Yet you don't here how the WNBA ball is smaller than the NBA's, ridic...

[@Saiko-RuRu]

One of the players in this video said they have to change their game to appease the people who watch. Lady that's literally every form of entertainment that's trying to be successful

[@darrengordon-hill]

I don't understand why some many basic brains think "lower rims creates female Vince Carter"!! Women CANNOT PALM the ALREADY SMALLER BALL!! WOMEN HAVE NO HOPS!! WOMEN ARE NOT MEN!!! So how low would the rim have to be???

[@ernestosuarez4499]

What the WNBA players don't get is that even male sports are constantly changing rules to make their sport more entertaining to the fans.

[@American_Idiot_]

It honestly kinda sucks that the WNBA doesn’t change anything. It could have way more viewers but they genuinely don’t care.

[@pittland44]

Even the mighty NFL, the most dominant sporting organization in the USA, makes various tweaks to their rules every year. A lot of them aren't usually noticeable, but they're there.

[@Hammerhead547]

4:49 Actually, the most successful female racing driver in history is french rally legend Michelle Mouton. She competed in the world rally championship during it's most intensely competitive period in the history of the discipline (Group B in the early to mid 80's) driving cars that were just as fast as F1 cars from the same era. And she was so successful that she only missed out on winning the 1982 WRC Drivers Championship by 1/2 a point after the transmission in her audi quatro blew up 100 yards from the finish line at the final event of the season.

[@JoseAlmeida-zm7tk]

No other woman has ever came close to Michèle Mouton in motorsports.

[@Hammerhead547]

@@JoseAlmeida-zm7tk Americans Lyn St James, Shirley Muldowney and Debrah Macelli (Medusa) are the only ones that come to mind. Mudlwoney won NHRA Top Fuel Dragster Titles in the 80's. St James is so highly accomplished that she's now on the board of the FiA's Women In Motorsports program. Macelli won multiple USHRA Monster Jam Monster Truck world titles in the 90's/early 00'S and is the only inductee into the International Monster Truck Hall Of fame who is also an inductee of the WWE Hall Of Fame.

[@JoseAlmeida-zm7tk]

@@Hammerhead547 And they deserve all praise but rally is a different beast of a motorsport, especially in that era. Also Jutta Klainschmidt ( probably mispelled) won the Dakar once or twice.

[@cube_2593]

Michele mouton also won the 2.0L class at LeMans with an all woman driver team and she also set pikes peak records. She is truly one of the greatest of all, not just for women.

[@conorfarm3r]

And Mouton was going that fast ON DIRT!

[@channeljohnnyYT]

$800,000 a year while only having to play 35 games a year sounds like a better deal than the nba lowkey

[@UnchartedRevolution]

The level of entitlement in the face of reality and the unwillingness to do anything but whine to change the situation is so off-putting. It saps any energy I have to potentially support them.

[@jandrashriker5861]

Were you a WNBA watcher?

[@jimmysanders943]

Well said. Perfectly describes my feelings toward that behavior

[@UnchartedRevolution]

@@jandrashriker5861 I didn't watch the NBA or WNBA, though I did watch men's and women's soccer. Some of the US women's national attitudes are so bad I didn't even watch them play this year.

[@rogoznicafc9672]

Cant say this more nicely, but it stems from them just being women. Women don't need to do as much to succeed in regular world as there will always be dudes trying to help and do things instead of them but now that they need to pull their own weight? They probably don't even see it as that bcz that kind of living (pulling your own weight) is so unfamiliar to them that they think people are purposefully making it harder for them

[@GTOHawg]

You are a trump supporter and probably and incel. It is what it is. Yee-haw

[@cobycoba]

This happened in India for cricket where the cricket board decided the equal payments for both men and women.... and the female cricketers had to come out against this change because they thought it's not right given they haven't reached the level of their male counterparts in views. And goes what Indians adore these players.

[@evangreenberg1666]

Ya it just seems that the WNBA haven’t reached their full potential. Is this really the best women can do in basketball? No one cares about technicalities of basketball when during the NBA season people can go watch Steph curry drops crazy 3s day in day out or watch a player like LaBron James

[@2ndPrize]

@@evangreenberg1666 They'd be better off playing euroball rather than following nba rules and poorly mimicking nba play.

[@RSG_TheMonster]

Common India W

[@and__lam1152]

The modern day girl boss exhibits all the traits of the archetypal villain

[@brenetssss]

Oh yeah, India, the place where women are trated SOOOO nicely, right?

[@vDeadbolt]

The fact that she got offended by the question of having lower rims be an option shows her how little she understands the game in a business perspective. The NBA constantly changes rules all the time to appease the fans and make the game more exciting. The shot clock, three points, goaltending and even dribbling the ball were all added in later in the game's life span. She got mad because "she has to relearn the game". George Mikan, who was so dominant as a center during his prime ended up establishing the 3 pt line in the NBA when he became comissioner because he saw the ABA do it and thought it would give smaller guys a chance to score and be rewarded for it. Even though the rule wouldnt benefit him or players like him, yet still implemented it shows how he knows audience engagement comes first. On top of that, Mikan was responsible for a ton of rule changes. So was Shaq. And neither of those guys complained about it.

[@get_that_money664]

the problem is people forget that basketball, football, wrestling, etc. are all sports ENTERTAINMENT, so if you don't act accordingly to the audience's wishes and don't put their entertainment at first, you will potentially lose people. The WNBA is rarely watched because it's not as fun as watching the peak of human strength, rather than watching the strength of a specific group.

[@vDeadbolt]

@@get_that_money664 it's ironic because the WWE has had a resurgence of Women's Wrestling since back then the only way you could have made it in the business was if you were attractive. It got to a point where it was mostly models competing for the top spot which diminished the women's roster. Eventually they started to focus more on the wrestling and people have been taking Women's wrestling as serious as men's with Women only PPV's selling a ton of money.

[@Mr_Jish]

I'm glad we were followed up with getting to move on from the USWNT not winning the world cup this year with the ever delightful Coco Gauff winning the US Open. The woman is 19 and she's already displayed more emotional empathy, maturity, and recognition of what position she's in and how she can use it as a platform for good. Put into perspective, I have little to no interest in tennis (I grew up play ice hockey, so I gravitate more towards contact sports) but Ms. Coco immediately has become my favorite athlete on the planet right now strictly because of her humility and demeanor. People like Megan Rapinoe don't need to "take notes" because people like Megan Rapinoe won't understand what that means.

[@fgaitanm]

The US Tennis, in general, is WAY better than US soccer, even if they've won the World Cup a bunch of times. Agassi, Sampras, Fritz, Tiafoe, Isner, Billie f***ing Jean, Williams sisters, Gauff, Pegula, Keys... the list is endless. 100x more enjoyable, because they're enjoyable people.

[@GloriousKev]

There are a lot of female athlete's whom I enjoy. Many of them are in WWE but even women like Serena Williams, Lisa Leslie, and Cheryl Miller are female athletes I have immense respect for, I just don't like these new age entitled, arrogant, play the victim card all of the time women. I want to see more high level female sports. However, I don't want to deal with these narcissists.

[@abird9387]

The women in WWE steal the show, bro. You could even say Rhea Ripley vs Charlotte Flair was the best match at WrestleMania. Hell they even put on a better ladder match than the men at MiTB.

[@TooLazyToHoop]

Cheryl the GOAT

[@GloriousKev]

@@abird9387I agree. They're earning their respect.

[@otisyoungblood]

​@abird9387 lol are you serious WWE that's funny everything they say is scripted and not real

[@abird9387]

@@otisyoungblood still brings in more viewership than "actual" sports my man

[@Timestampguy22]

“I have to relearn the game” maam you don’t really know it 😂😂😂

[@Tom-bi7ir]

Hahaha they mean learning an entertaining way to score

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Hasn't everyone on the planet played on a lower rim and seen... A: how easy it is to adjust B: how much more fun it is to be able to play above the rim?

[@j.menapace625]

On this same note, characters like Ellen Ripley, Sarah Connor, original Mulan, Beatrix Kiddo, The Boss from "MGS 3", and Rita Vrataski and all prove that audiences don't hate strong women-- we just hate bad writing.

[@landryharrell7]

Amen! Alien is one of my favorite movies

[@Zerenown]

MGS3 = G.O.A.T

[@j.menapace625]

@@Zerenown Haha it is my favorite of the "MGS" series, too.

[@nightshade3782]

Yeah, men doesn't hate strong women, men hate weak women that need to always tell us how much stronger and better they are than us

[@looplst]

A majority of these characters, if not all, were written by men, so your understanding of the character is through the lense of that. It's why it's often easy to see when a film is written by a woman when you have male characters because the vision of them is through the lense of someone who hasn't experienced that life - they emulate what they assume that life to be. That and a lot of you were younger and more open to things when growing up lol

[@mattf2146]

The PWHL (Professional Women's Hockey League) started this year. They're drawing more average attendance than the WNBA right off the bat. PWHL is projected to earn 4.3 million dollars in its inaugural season. The NHL is not financially subsidizing the PWHL.

[@russs7574]

Here in Pittsburgh, the cable channel that televises the Penguins games shows a lot of PWHL games as well. Those games are very entertaining. I watch quite often.

[@ananmuadi31]

Self-inflicting hate. The only thing rapinoe truly cares about is her getting paid *more* than the men.

[@CJEstradaMartinez]

She's proven that time and again.

[@lsdrocha]

But that's basic meritocracy. She and the USNWT won *way* more than the USMNT, it's only fair for that to happen. And would serve as an incentive to USMNT to try and win meaningful things.

[@Jaco059]

@@lsdrochait’s far easier for the women to win unfortunately I’m not explaining you the history or soccer but it’s obvious if you are a real fan of the sport. You made an apples to oranges comparison mens and women’s soccer are so different historically.

[@sehun2193]

​@@lsdrochaMen's football is oversaturated with talents and hyper-competitive which is a direct opposite of women's football. Just look at the results of 2023 Women's World Cup, when a little bit of competition starts to show, USA Women literally crumble. Imagine the USA Men's team have to compete with way more talented teams that are in overabundance.

[@RedHeadRGR]

​@@lsdrocha In the world cup, the male footballers are being paid 7% of the total revenue while the women were paid 20%. Yet the women are still earning *SIGNIFICANTLY LESS* because their total revenue is far less than the men's! So before you come up with with that stupidity, educate yourself with how the payment structure works first. In case you still don't get it, men football attracts hundreds times more audience than female football. That's why they're being paid more, because they produce more on both quality and quantity. USWNT winning the World Cup doesn't mean they should be paid more than the USMNT, because they're still in the women's category, and they're still attracting less audience hence the revenue is still way lesser. Really, educate yourself. Talk based on logic and facts, not feelings.

[@Selecta69]

Man was spitting straight facts

[@russell-di8js]

truth

[@AsianHazza09]

the way he was able to slam all these women down so hard without saying "these bitches" once is incredible. Standing ovation worthy

[@gleebybooer]

@@AsianHazza09yall weird lmao

[@jimiyu.]

lowering the net height works for volleyball, the game feels just as dynamic since the women are still spiking absolute bombs and honestly sometimes it's more fun to watch women's volleyball since there's more finesse with directing the ball/tooling the block compared to more straight power from men's side

[@dennisdose5697]

Agreed. The women's game (volleyball) typically has longer rallies and displays more variety than the men's game. Too often, with the men, it is serve, bump, set, and crush. Beach is the opposite. Two women have a hard time covering the court, and the game becomes who makes the fewest errors.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

I'd be much more likely to watch a women's pro volleyball league than the WNBA because as you've pointed out, women's volleyball is actually entertaining.

[@AdamKlownzinger]

Caitlyn Clark is all the proof that we will ever need that, no, it’s not the fact that they’re women, it’s just they are either 1) not as good as advertised, or 2) aggressively unlikeable. Caitlyn Clark is phenomenal and does not hate her fans. Therefore, everybody loves her. How can you not?

[@marcdimartino9118]

I very much like Caitlyn Clark!

[@ettibbet5493]

Add in the volleyball team at nebraska, they love the fans and give a great product, otherwise they wouldn't have had 90,003 go watch them play

[@Alexander_Grant]

Angel Reese the GOAT.

[@adammaxwell1849]

Caitlyn Clark>Iowa Football

[@TomCruz54321]

"Insecure White Men Don't Hate Females" Correction: Insecure White Men tolerate any female that tows the line and keep their mouths shut. Cross that line and you get in their bad books.

[@maxguam4830]

Lost me at “most sports fans live in reality” lol

[@nestroit5010]

most sports fans live on copium

[@ibeethatoneguy7807]

Imagine asking for more money but not changing one single thing about your game in over 20 years and still wont change anything. I wonder how each of these women would act if their kids asked for more allowance for not doing anything

[@gabdongipark]

As a women I have to say thst you explained that really well without being condescending❤

[@jeffreysiano-nay5807]

I'm an MMA fan. Every die-hard fan loves watching female fights. There are extremely talented women and fighters

[@Jaymez2012]

My favorite part about the whole 'wnba players don't wanna lower the rim because muh integrity' argument is that they always fail to see the bigger picture, and I'm not even talking about the entertainment factor. Forget about the possible entertainment value you get from it for a second. Lowering the rim would also just add more scoring variety for players that might be taller than average that don't have great shooting abilities and are mostly relegated to just being rim protectors/defensive anchors/screen layers. Those players would then have a viable option to contribute on the offensive end more reliably. For all intents and purposes, dunking in women's basketball is largely seen as an impractical shot attempt, even for some of their tallest players, meaning that they don't even have incentive to practice those kinds of shots which is why their dunks always look so sloppy in the first place, even on wide open rims. Yeah, Candice Parker, Lisa Leslie, Brittany Griner, they don't know how to dunk. They're just fortunate enough to be able to get up and make enough contact with the hoop to toss the ball in directly. But they don't actually know how to dunk correctly. Dunking is a type of shot that needs to be practiced just like any other in basketball. WNBA teams aren't going to make their players practice a shot that 99% of the league can't make on a regular basis. Lowering the rim would only increase the overall possible talent pool and give players more avenues to contribute in unique ways, and make a shot that is seen as unviable in your sport be an actual, viable option that's worth putting the time in to practice for once. But I guess these women are really that scared of ACTUALLY putting the work in. They don't want their game to grow and evolve. They don't want to actually learn a new skill and add it to their game like any other reasonably competitive person would love to have. They don't want that new challenge. They don't want their players on the court to have more offensive options and ways to express themselves out on the floor. And they don't want that smoke when reality knocks on their door. They just want to hold each other back like crabs in a bucket while they continue to whine about problems THEY created themselves while they are continuously bailed out by their Daddy that is the NBA year after unlucrative year. Pathetic.

[@erikfassbender4754]

I actually understand why they don't want to lower the rim, I can't dunk either but I still rather play on rims with a standard height. So I get that but then don't complain about not getting paid enough when they already getting a salary for playing basketball. With that stupid logic everyone who plays organized basketball should get paid millions. We should all start complaining too maybe it works

[@Jaymez2012]

​@@erikfassbender4754 Really? Because I can't, especially when considering all the other accommodations made for them like a smaller basketball, shorter 3-point line and less minutes per game. Yet, lowering the rim is where the line is drawn? And it's not a situation where only a selective few gifted women players can dunk. Literally no one can dunk. Not every player can dunk in the NBA either, but enough can to create more distinct diversity in each player's individual game, which was the major point of my original comment. There is literally no world where that could ever be a bad thing.

[@gamble777888]

Lowering the rim isn't fixing anything. Problem is that basketball is one of the sports that is most dependant on athleticism which is why the difference between the pro male and female leagues is so abysmal. Soccer and tennis, both much popular female sports, are not so reliant on raw athleticism so the spectacle is much more similar. You could have a 8 foot hoop and that's not gonna make woman be able to pull off an under the legs dunk or a 360 dunk. They just don't have the same fast twitch muscle fibers that give male NBA players the crazy explosiveness that is the visual appeal from a spectator standpoint.

[@chieflancewaiters7034]

Don’t agree with the more scoring variety point when there have been plenty of tall, low skill nba players where the hoop height isn’t a problem. Why shorten the hoop for a Gobert when a Kareem has shown tall players can be highly skilled. Plus how excited are y’all really getting when someone like Curry or CP3 dunks, it’s not like these women are about to be Vince Carter flying through the air either way.

[@Jaymez2012]

@@chieflancewaiters7034 And I don't get what point you're trying to make when 90% of the players in the league we're discussing is low skill where the hoop height is literally a problem when considering whether developing a new skill would be viable? Tall players that can dunk in the nba vs ones that can't isn't scoring variety? Again, enough people in the nba can dunk to create that diversity between aggressive around the basket players and finesse-driven outside shot players. The dunk just adds another form of expression and layer to the equation. Where as in the wnba literally no one can dunk because the shot is seen as impractical and not worth practicing across every player in the league because the rim is too high. And, once again, I AM NOT arguing this from a SPECTATORS perspective. Fucking read. I don't care how how excited people may or may not get when Steph or CP3 dunk. Wnba players make it clear that they don't care how much people get excited for their game as it currently is now so why should I? That wasn't the point of my original comment. The point is to offer the players a new avenue to learn a new skill that's worth practicing, which is something most wnba players make clear they don't want to do. Which is an issue.

[@jeremynitta1449]

This is so true. I actually really like a bunch of players in women’s soccer (Alex Morgan, Julie Ertz, etc) and in the WNBA (…okay you got me). But I legitimately hate Britney Griner and Megan Rapinoe. If they aren’t playing and you can promise me no mention of them will be made? I’ll watch the game. But they ruin women’s sports for me. Not just their sports, women’s sports

[@otaviofrn_adv]

it was emblematic to see Rapinoe missing her penalty in the round of 16... there are people willing to play and not to "seal" as we say here in my homenation. I don't know much personally but I watched that game and Horan also played well and ran for the team. Rapinoe wants to be the epitome of Luigi wins by doing nothing.

[@russs7574]

Julie Ertz is cool. Alex Morgan is every bit as "woke" as Rapinoe...she was just smart enough to let Rapinoe run her mouth and harvest all the hate. I miss the days of Mia Hamm and Brandi Chastain.

[@jamirbingham4101]

lol you hate your take on Britney griner is wrong, you just hate bc we brought her back clown

[@todhold2673]

This whole video can be summed up in one word.... "Accountability".

[@nightdragonx123]

The Brit G situation pissed me off the most. I know its bigger with politics involved but at the same time, she got exactly what she deserved when she got caught with drugs in a country where it is ILLEGAL to have the weed. Imo we should not have traded such a dangerous man for her. But what happened, happened and theres no going back now

[@castlesteve1]

Brittney Griner should be in jail here.

[@otisyoungblood]

No she shouldn't stop with the vlack women hate

[@obukohwoogheneakpobo3011]

​​@@otisyoungbloodshe committed a crime, under any normal circumstances she 100% is in jail but USA cries alot so they traded literal war criminal

[@Massachamp08]

​@otisyoungblood If race is your main argument for why Brittney Griner shouldn't be in Russian prison for committing a crime on her own free will, you already lost the argument.

[@Saiko-RuRu]

​@@obukohwoogheneakpobo3011she had weed on her. Not a violent crime and if she was in the US when it happened she wouldn't even have done jail time

[@Saiko-RuRu]

​@@Massachamp08the argument is why are people like you so adamant about locking people up and calling them "criminals" Hell if all you have to do to be a criminal is break a law, then the majority of US citizens are criminals

[@shawnglass108]

People hate the attitude of Entitlement. Pretending you’re a victim of and showing hate for a country that has allowed you to become rich and famous playing a sport is probably as entitled as you can get. Anyone in that situation who had any humility would be infinitely grateful for the opportunities America had afforded them.

[@Section8dc]

Well said Shawn

[@cypher787]

Pointing out that police brutality and racism are bad isn't hating your country but what else could I expect for a middle aged white guy

[@shawnglass108]

@@cypher787, I don’t know your age and race but I wouldn’t blame your simpleness on that anyway. Let me explain this so that even a simpleton like yourself can understand it: It is not pointing out police brutality that is unpatriotic. It is kneeling during the National anthem that is unpatriotic. Only the ignorant, slow, and simple would think that kneeling during the National anthem before a sporting event is an acceptable way to protest police brutality.

[@protostnl6369]

Yeah, people don't like dipshit athletes because of their gender. They don't like dipshit athletes because well, they're dipshits and not even the lovable kind.

[@chrislowe8212]

Love Caitlyn Clark man she’s a beast and talks the talk

[@itsmellslikeshitdontit3752]

I don't think even Brittany Griner likes Brittany Griner.

[@arnabiarnab3037]

My new favorite female athlete to watch Coco Gauff …… it’s not men not liking watching woman, it’s sports fans wanting to watch likable athletes

[@matthewsinc.9723]

They get offended when you ask about lowering the rim but………… you ladies don’t use a regulation ball you don’t play for 48 minutes and here’s the big one y’all the women’s three point line is a foot and a half closer to the basket then the man’s so it’s OK to have all of those adjustments made but he’s all the line at Loworing that rim🤦🏾‍♂️ I can’t make this shit up

[@jnava1994]

The NBA made those adjustments. It's a women's regulation ball, and the rest that you are talking about it's based on FIBA rules. So basically your argument is just wrong.

[@matthewsinc.9723]

No brother my argument is what it is and that is the fact that women want equality, and based on the regulations imposed, it is not equal to men you have men participating in women’s sports, so I don’t wanna hear anything about regulations the fact that their three point line is a foot and a half closer than the men’s is no more ridiculous than the notion of lowering the rim. The idea of sports entertainment is to be entertained and they are failing at that these are facts not feelings.

[@jnava1994]

@@matthewsinc.9723 you only need to watch Basketball in the rest of the world. The you'll see that your argument is flawed. Sorry, nothing against you, only against nonsense

[@matthewsinc.9723]

We’re not talking about the world we’re talking about the WNBA a league subsidized in America by the NBA. since the merger rules and regulations have changed in countless ways in the men’s game, regardless of complaining and crying, those changes happened for the sake of entertainment. Tunnel vision is the reason pointless arguments like this will continue.

[@furiousangel6508]

​​@@matthewsinc.9723 who is this dude (jnava)? Your argument is not only valid, it DESTROYS their disdain for suggesting the rim be lowered. I didn't know their 3-point line is closer. I didn't know their ball is smaller. I didn't realize they don't play as many minutes per game!!! It's analogous to their whimsical .80 cents to a dude full dollar because chics don't work as many hours as dudes!!!!! Seems like they have a reality problem combined with a massive ego problem which equals UNLIKEABILITY which is exactly where we are. I don't even watch the NBA, but I respect their talent/ability. I'm willing to bet that - JUST LIKE WITH CHICS SOCCER - a bunch of high schoolers could beat a WNBA all-star team.

[@findsumrun]

Serena and Venus Williams are great examples of being paid and idolised for their phenomenal talents. Great video and a very well balanced review!

[@justingarrett2239]

Serena still gets a lot of hate which is crazy to me

[@findsumrun]

@@justingarrett2239 insane isn’t it! She’s an all round athlete, skilled tennis player and comes across very humble

[@jacksonloram7887]

@@justingarrett2239 Serena Willias gets hate because she's arrogant and can't admit defeat. Don't get me wrong, she's done a lot for tennis but she's been caught cheating on the court multiple times with her coach giving her advice which is illegal in tennis. Also, when she lost the US Open to Osaka she carried on like an entitled sook and tried to call the umpire sexist and racist. Whenever she loses she can never admit that her opponent played better than her. Williams is rightfully hated by a lot of tennis fans. Also, they made a movie about her dad and coach who's a literal wife beater and abuser.

[@johnstrife7]

​@@justingarrett2239 I hate her cause of the tantrum she did on that one game and uses the race and women card to play the victim instead of owning up to her mistake And totally stole the spotlight of the winner

[@mwal223]

Everybody wants to be as popular as Zlatan or Chael Sonnen, but not everyone has the capacity to pull off a convincing heel and still be able to wink at the audience. Colby Covington is an excellent example of an annoying male athlete trying to be a badass

[@adamriddle7425]

The WNBA displays a level of arrogance that may never be matched again in human sports history. They fight against lower rims so much, even though you can literally find tons of video proof the players want to dunk, but physically can't. I could see if this was a suggestion coming for that small percentage of fans who dont really care about basketball or watching it but do for whatever reason, then yes i can understand rejecting the idea. But this is not only a scientifically proven benefit, but has been one of the biggest and loudest complaints from the casual fans to former professional players for almost 30 years!! At that point it shouldn't be looked at as some niche suggestion, when you are trying (and failing) to stand on your own two feet as a sports league.

[@arcticphoenix2789]

They need to swallow their pride and accept they are not as good as the NBA players, USWNT as well especially considering the rest of the world caught up to them at the Women's World Cup this year.

[@adamriddle7425]

@arcticphoenix2789 In terms on WNBA, it's as much of they're not as good, but I'm not saying they could beat an NBA TEAM, it's more their not as entertaining. But either way their pride is always in the way. I don't keep up with soccer so I can't speak much on that

[@russs7574]

I believe the stat is that in the entire history of the WNBA, there have been either 21 or 23 dunks recorded during league games. I think there were at least that many in the Colorado vs. Florida 1st round game in the tournament this year.

[@adamriddle7425]

@russs7574 what makes that stat even worse is that of the 23 dunks total one player has well about half of them and another 25% are divided between I think 3 players. So four players in the entire 25 years of the league are responsible for 75% of the successful dunks in the WNBA.

[@jacksondolly3248]

The biggest problem i never see anywhere else is that Rapinoe and Morgan are asking for FIFA money, when they're USSF players. Two completely separate entities. We've been over this a fuck ton, for years, so i won't go super into it. The men's world cup makes exponentially more than the women's world cup, and the prize money pool is actually a drop in the bucket for that tournament..and the winner earns roughly 7% of the total revenue. The women's world cup winners earn about 22% of the the total revenue, even though it's a MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, lower total revenue and prize pool. As for USSF, they rejected the men's CBA in favor of a different one, then got mad when they didn't make as much, due to bonuses and incentives. Their entitlement is why so many sports fans HATE women's soccer and the WNBA. Because they haven't earned it at all.

[@legion2590]

Define "earned it." Maybe you mean the revenue isn't there? They have dedicated their lives, worked hard as hell, sacrificed, risked injury, some been injured, reach the pinnacle of their game and won more than any US men's team. You can argue the revenue isn't there if you want (as if it's your money to even care about) but to say they are "entitled" and "haven't earned it." They earned it bro. They earned the right to fight for more of the pie if they want. I admire that fight in them. I don't see what's wrong going to your boss and using every tool available to you to get more of that revenue shared with the worker. Maybe you just accept whatever the boss man gives you but some people stand up, and win or lose, that takes guts... especially when it apparently alienates soccer revenue experts on every forum who will ignorantly claim they didn't "earn it."

[@MrSmartArse]

Being Australian I adore our national Women’s Cricket team not only because of their dominance and success but because they’re all just chill and down to earth. They deserve to big headed but they’re not which is really admirable

[@user-op6kt8pg9y]

Rich women who claim they have it hard in life is the most narcissistic thing out there

[@jlo2753]

yup, fans hate people who are out of touch with reality and arrogant liars and will stick to their lies until they get what they want.

[@dazed1nyc]

Before her last fight, Rose Namajunas and for her entire run Amanda Nunes got arguably the 2 biggest pops of any fighters, male or female, in the UFC. Im sure theres a small group of incels out there who hate women because they're women, but the vast majority of sports fans dislike you because you arent likeable. Its very simple.

[@otaviofrn_adv]

this is a truth Amanda Nunes had a hell of a pop the times she fought in Rio, especially due to her walkout song (Tá Escrito, by Grupo Revelação, a group that hails from Rio). Aside from the Spider and José Aldo, no other brazilian main eventer had that. Bethe Correa fought in Rio agains Ronda Rousey and we had more people cheering for Roda than Bethe. First and only instance in an event held in Brazil, that is hailed as the biggest home crowd in MMA.

[@dazed1nyc]

@otaviofrn_adv for sure, although to be fair Brazil pops are different than other countries lol Brazil and England pop for their own like nowhere else

[@KrolKaz]

Wait what? How can they hate women and also be incels? If they hate women they why would they want to sleep with them? What about gay guys who don't hate women and dont like women's mma, are they incels? Most women don't even watch women's sports, are they incels too? Why are women going to more NBA games than WNBA games?

[@alexsosa266]

As a sportsperson, sports fan, sports mad, I LOVE that women play sports and love it too. But it's embarassing how some of these are going on now, with zero logic or economic knowledge, ruining any positivity that people would have for their sports.

[@johnwagg1538]

I enjoy women’s sports; I watch women’s college hockey, go Lady Buckeyes, and women’s rugby. In both of those sports they bring a higher level of intensity than the WNBA. As stated if they made it more entertaining it would draw a bigger audience and then the money would be there

[@LupoGalante]

I watch alot of track athletics and I am a big fan of Natalia Kaczymarek, Daryll Neita and Gabrielle Thomas, they give their all anddoes so with such happiness, composure and elegance. Did anyone see Gabrielle Thomas reaction to finishing second in Budapest in the 200m, she was so happy for the jamaican sprinter who set a championship record. In fact, I think alot of female professional sports players could learn from athletics where athletes of both genders are in a constant battle to secure funding, achieve results oh and if possible just shave a tenth of a second of your best time ever in order to compete with the rest of the world's elite athletes.

[@scottboswell6406]

They (WNBA players) are spoiled. There's never a sense of gratitude, just entitlement. But it's even wrong to blame all WNBA players, I wonder if the ones who disagree with the entitlement get shut down by other players.

[@marcuscontreras7708]

Serena Williams is a far better example than rousey

[@10thletter40]

Maybe but then she started doing the same sort of thing 😂 Despite this, the William sisters were very popular during their heyday

[@SFTaYZa]

Similar skill gap issue the USA women's team has though.

[@lildumpling97]

How? Doesn’t it depend on what you watch? For me i grew up watching a lot of ufc with my dad and the biggest names at the time were rousey and gsp but knew nothing of tennis. They are both good examples of influential female athletes it just depends on what sport someone likes more.

[@vanixiii5657]

Serena is a great example of the pay gap being a bullshit case cause shes made more than Nadal and hes always been compared to Federer

[@russs7574]

Serena Williams spent her career acting like a spoiled brat and entitled diva on the court.

[@Hammerhead547]

As a racing fan, I was mostly indifferent to danika patrick until she got to nascar. She was with a top level championship winning team with teammates who were themselves multiple time champions in their own right yet she couldn't muster up a better average finish than 18th place in her entire time with them. But nothing was ever her fault, her own teammates were "out to get her", the team wasn't "supporting" her enough or they were "purposefully giviing her inferior machinery.", or nascar was "screwing her over". Then when she finally gave up and retired her farewell statement was too literally throw everyone she was working with at Stewart-Hass along with nascar and the fans under the bus then drive over them. She did such a beautiful job of making herself so easy to hate that to this day no one respects her.

[@arcticphoenix2789]

I do believe a female driver can be successful in auto racing, Shawna Robinson and Jennifer Jo Cobb are two good examples of this. They might not have made it to the Cup level like Danica Patrick (because she was propped up), but they showed that they were competitive in the lower levels (Jo Cobb in the Truck Series, and Robinson in ARCA). Do I think a female driver can be successful in the Cup Series? With the right team and enough talent I would not bet against it. However, I think that the progression should be more organic rather then forced, as in the case of Danica Patrick.

[@arcticphoenix2789]

Jennifer Jo Cobb (Truck Series) and Shawna Robinson (ARCA) are quality drivers in the lower series. Shawna Robinson even got a pole in the then Busch Series before being targeted by Mike Wallace in the opening laps. Do I think a female driver can be successful in the Cup Series? With the right team and enough talent I would not bet against it. However, I think that the progression should be more organic rather then forced, as in the case of Danica Patrick.

[@MarkWilliams-rx6bl]

Look at Megan R. When she signs the ball for the young, male fan. She doesn’t even look at the kid when she returns the ball. That sums up her attitude. Next, watch Rinaldo. Any questions?

[@CasualGamerPlays]

Man, i love this channel and the points you're making a very valid. The WNBA in all honesty is a joke. It's like they forgot how to play ball after college and play like toddlers on the court but, expect to get millions of dollars for a failing product. Keep up the good work

[@evangreenberg1666]

Ya man I said it here the other day but it’s just not good basketball. The argument for awhile is they play good technical basketball and you watch one game and they don’t. I’ve watched HS games more entertaining. It needs to just be better. Surely this isn’t the pinnacle of women’s basketball. I will say women’s national soccer is actually quite good. They play solid and at times entertaining soccer. I think there problem is advertising and marketing. The us women’s soccer team is good and they play good soccer no question. USA soccer needs to market them better but all in all it’s a business.

[@verde7595]

the fact that women's march madness semifinal pulled more viewers than the NBA and the men's tournament is proof that it isn't about male vs female, its about fun basketball

[@evangreenberg1666]

@@verde7595 it’s always about entertainment. I would watch the USA womens national soccer team and it was entertainingly there were good games

[@nathanpayne5358]

I used to watch WNBA games if I came across one where I knew a couple of the players playing. Then I watched a couple of your educational videos where I heard things I’d never heard before so now I don’t watch at all. I couldn’t believe some of the things being said by these athletes crazy

[@kbo572]

Can you give an example, if it's not too much trouble

[@legion2590]

You let a youtuber influence you like that. Easily manipulated and soft. Unless you went and got other sources and opinions, then it's plain soft. The dude is editorializing (this ain't "just the facts journalism") and picking and choosing to create a narrative because it get's him views and maybe cause he believes some of his own ideas. And that's fine because everyone is biased in their way. What's soft is not seeking out other opinions and editorials before making a decision like that. Also, you might as well stop watching all sports, cause I'm sure every other sport has some prominent players whose political opinions you disagree with. You gonna stop watching them too? Sounds soft to me.

[@cmd31220]

I think all those negative traits you talked about can be summed up with one word: INAUTHENTIC People hate phonies and fakes, and professional athletes of any stripe that complain or illegitimately boast or act as though they aren't the most privileged group on earth are hated for exactly that reason. They aren't being real. They aren't being honest.

[@bigbrytunney8753]

This is a great point. For example, before the women's soccer team began shouting about how they're victims 24/7, i actually preferred watching them over any men's soccer. I'm your average beer-guzzling Sunday football watcher, but tried branching out to soccer to see if i liked it. I appreciate Soccer players as athletes but i tapped out once i noticed how often they fake injuries and flop anytime an opposing player comes near them. The women didn't flop nearly as much...but once the woman revealed themselves i was out on them too

[@jfrancis98]

Very well put. Thank you.

[@SpeedHomeAttack]

When WNBA players play at rec/ ymca courts, high school gyms, in their backyard etc with shorter rims do they struggle and have to “relearn the entire game of basketball”? Of course not, they’re pros and if anything the amount they’re affected by is very minuscule. Nothing but excuses as to why they don’t want to lower the rim. Have a shorter season, shorter playoffs, smaller ball, smaller court but lowering the rim is doing too much? If they want their league to suffer every year then screw it. Everyone has tried to help at this point.

[@floijd]

"Most succesful woman in race car history: Danica Patrick" This just hurts to hear! Have you ever heard of Michele Mouton? No? Look her up!

[@xagonent4942]

Thank you and this is what I have been saying. I love sports and the fact that an athlete might be female is not why I turn away, it's the annoying individual that runs it. My ex was a college athlete, my mom was am athlete and to this day o watch female sports, but these entitled women turn me off from giving it my full attention. I watched the women's world cup and rooted against the US team because the collective were a bunch of entitled brats. Jamaica rocked it, england killed it and so on. Even when the Olympics are around I support my countries. It's the individuals not the fact their gender turns me off. Great video.

[@cuppiecupsters]

The part that bothers me is that even though these people are hated for being annoying, so many people act as if it’s all female athletes instead of acknowledging it’s just a few.

[@lukesmialkowski7870]

Women will cry their way,into a higher pay.SMH.

[@Pian0Mon]

"You just don't like me because I'm " is such a cop out.

[@Tyreinn]

The unwillingness to relearn after rule changes is interesting, shows her mindset as a competitor quite a bit. Unwilling to adapt to succeed. Over the last 10-15 years the NBA has seen huge shifts in how the game is played, both from rule changes and players simply pushing limits and forcing the hands of their opponents. Saying you dont want to learn new things as an athlete is so contradictory to the core idea of competition i cant even believe she said it out loud on camera

[@twisterduck1944]

10 minutes of straight facts. Excellent explanation of why they are disliked and why some can be entitled but still be popular because they have proper knowledge of how the world works.

[@mattj4362]

Not straight facts at all, y’all are just pathetic.

[@Agent-jc6ww]

WNBA was always boring. Wont watch it and will never watch it.

[@supersasukemaniac]

Here's something i heard recently,the US Soccer Federation,i think earlier this year had a hearing about equal pay between the Men's and Women's teams, the Men where willing to take a pay cut since their individual Professional Club contracts covered the difference. The Women's team loudly rejected it. Here's how it would have apparently worked, the Men would get their pay cut, the Women's pay would stay the same, and they would have an equal share of broadcast and merchandising revenue. The Women rejected the idea of having the Men paid the same they are.

[@nonbeliever3169]

Can we give Britteny Griner back to Russia and find a way to make Megan Rapinoe part of the deal?

[@redpepperdave]

This is a direct result of bad parenting which is why there's no accountability or integrity

[@Murad2804]

The USWNT crashing out of the WC was great. 😊

[@rossjesus1315]

Great content, keep it up

[@emanuelvasquez3380]

btw, the merchant of death would rather be still in america in prison than returning to Russia (im guessing he knew this was a bad ide as well)

[@Machtimus]

PREACH

[@1968dogg]

I wud put my dog in a pound if he "wagged it's tail" at an WNBA game. . . .

[@Fred_Die]

Was pretty much always indifferent to Rhonda. First I've heard that comment she made about how you're being paid. Suddenly I'm a fan

[@itsvolly]

Great video essay, my guy, very insightful and logical. I'm about 99% sure that there is no legitimate counter-argument for what you explained here.

[@OneShotSzn]

I needed this video.

[@agirotto1]

"Offensive question". How can you achieve anything when there is such a thing?

[@mr.fancypants666]

I can sympathize with WNBA players asking for more money. If they weren't associated with the NBA an organization that makes billions of dollars. They wouldn't compare their treatment or salaries to the men. If you work for a company where they treated the most profitable Department like kings, and your department like garbage. You'd be resentful to. There's no real reason for the NBA to continue to support the league. Without the support of the NBA they'd have to make those changes that everyone's been suggesting to them.

[@TheJaeko9]

NBA will never cut ties. Too easy of a charity for good publicity for the league, and the possibilities of backlash for cutting ties out weighs the $60M they cough up each year to keep the WNBA going.

[@washedtg1093]

The wnba is technically a charity case. They don’t generate any money to the organization. If this was any other job if you didn’t contribute to anything you would be fired

[@Zizou19989]

If your department was operating at a net loss every financial cycle it would be shut down

[@Atomsk0192]

@@Raya-ir4tm On the other hand, you have Venus Williams successfully arguing for equal pay for womens tennis players after demonstrating that they get equal if not superior viewership and attendance and have exposed lots of new people to the sport.

[@Anglovox]

I agree...As a boxing fan, I adore following the careers of Seniesa Estrada and Amanda Serrano!...but have LOATHED and rooted against Griner, Serena, and Rapinoe.

[@patrickanderson4602]

Labron will never be MJ. That ceiling he will never break

[@lidattruong1105]

Didn't Rhonda become arrogant and somewhat entitled, then people turned on her? Same reason more people are hating Mcgregor as well.

[@garenthal9638]

Combat athletes get more leeway because it is generally understood that being a larger than life personality is part of the business.

[@xd2129]

Ronda is just playing the heel. That's how you put people in the stands, and it worked.

[@rjonzun5828]

“I think that how much you get paid should have something to do with how much you bring in. I’m the highest-paid fighter not because Dana and Lorenzo wanted to do something nice for the ladies" - Ronda Rousey

[@bigbrytunney8753]

yeah all the success and movie roles went to her head and she became arrogant. It also didn't help that people around the fight business put her on a major pedestal, like Joe Rogan claiming she could beat Floyd Mayweather in a fight which is likely the most ludicrous statement in sports history. The same people who cheered her, turned on her and cheered when she got KO'd by Holm, then Nunes.

[@xd2129]

@@bigbrytunney8753 whether you like her or not, she made people give a f.., about women’s MMA. Pigeonholing her with Rapinoe and Griner is a really really dumb comment

[@zaneps151]

What annoys me about Megan rapinoe is she acts like people care about women’s soccer outside of the Olympics and World Cup Great you play for 2 months in 8 years Meanwhile the men have the gold cup and leagues nation cup every year, on top of playing in their domestic leagues And now that all the countries have caught up in terms of talent, it’ll be interesting to see if the interest in women’s soccer is going to go down now that the problematic players aren’t going to be around anymore

[@alejandrogarcia3694]

I love the women’s team for Club America, I always keep up with them and follow them on all my socials. They are super humble and actually win 🥇.

[@leo1fun]

A certain kind of sports fans hate female athletes who say some things they don't want to hear and who don't act barely as sexual relief in a pool of male athletes.

[@denniswood7503]

Stop white knighting in hopes of getting women to like you.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

When it comes to women's soccer I've honestly really tried. I grew up watching the English Premiership so admittedly I'm used to one of the highest standards of football/soccer imaginable as have millions of others so it's a really tough sell to be told to watch a slower, less skilled game being watched by a pitiful amount of people. The last Women's world cup I gave it another chance thinking this is the highest possible standard of the women's game and it was embarrassingly bad. I played at a higher level when I was 14. When I click on the BBC website for football stories they seem to be always promoting a women's football story that hardly anyone cares about but because of certain groups complaining they HAVE to promote them to the same degree as men's football stories. If women's football was pulling in great crowds and numbers I'm 100% behind them but I have eyes and can see the only time they're getting big numbers is international tournaments on free TV but when it comes to the domestic game they just aren't there. The international tournaments are just a spectacle that Joe public will sometimes get behind. I'm not saying women's football will never get consistently good numbers as change in constant but they will NEVER be able to compete with the men's game and if certain players accepted this reality the more we can progress

[@landryharrell7]

Lmao did we watch the same World Cup? It was the best one yet. So many upsets. USA got knocked out in the RO16 and Germany and Brazil didn't even get out of their group. Japan played all tournament with an incredible style of play. They beat Spain 4-0 in their group, but Spain went on to win the whole World Cup. Not to mention Australia's historic run was hella entertaining. Every prime-time game was a sellout crowd.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

@@landryharrell7 It's the standard of play. It's awful. I can't lie like any male football personality who just wants to keep his job and not be labelled sexist on social media. It was slow and embarrassing and it's due to me being raised on seeing the highest standard from an early age. I can't help that and the only high ratings women's football has gotten is from international finals which always pull big numbers regardless of what sport is on as the majority of people from every country love attaching their ego's to their countries when they compete against another country. It's why people will suddenly watch show jumping during the Olympics and then not watch it again until the next Olympics. In the UK at the moment to watch every Premiership match this seasons you need 4 different subscriptions which in itself is a joke but the women's Premiership... I don't know anyone who would want to pay a monthly fee to watch a standard of football that's lower than a boys youth team

[@ghostdied4662]

@@landryharrell7lol the most popular thing In the WWC was that manager kissing a female Spanish player and his apology.

[@ghostdied4662]

@@landryharrell7lol the most popular thing In the WWC was that manager kissing a female Spanish player and his apology.

[@EetsBack]

I don’t understand basketball too well and haven’t played for a very long time. Can someone tell what would be the difficulty in shooting on a lower rim when there isn’t much difficulty in shooting from different distances? Thank you.

[@trump45and2zig-zags]

100% agree with that title!

[@NeverNotHoopin]

I watched the WNBA and I really tried to bite into it but the game is so damn slow. There is no chess play involved, you can see from far what they gonna run and you know that they have no counter if the main play doesn´t work. I´m so damn sure if they could keep their ego in check and would only allow to play on a FIBA sized court the game would be more energetic. Lowering the rim by only 15cm would expel their game and their earnings in the process. By the way, Delle Donna has a nice shoe on the market. You won´t regret buying it!

[@tasmapittock5680]

Yeah there's no athletes in women's basketball, they're all just tall. And slow

[@camrennik9512]

The final kicker for me personally is I know, and so many guys do….that played soccer at a high level that we could easily dominate and it’s not even close. How in the world does Rapinoe want men to be able to play women’s soccer after she leaves. My buddies and I could be in our 50’s and drunk and still win the Women’s World Cup. It’s a joke and takes away from real women who want to compete fairly.

[@muthannaabdullah8264]

Funny you say that cus Crystal Palace women’s lost 2 nil to retired footballers it’s a video on KZbin too lmaooo

[@camrennik9512]

@@muthannaabdullah8264 I’ll check it out!

[@landryharrell7]

You would not win a Women's World Cup drunk; I can tell you that much. Male and female athleticism is different sure, but many average joes would be surprised at how tough it is going up against the best of the best, no matter their gender.

[@sebastianbelcher5354]

Uhm I call BS. Maybe elite youth teams can beat them, your buddies and your beer league would get crushed. There's a video surfacing of a D1 female sprinter dominating an average Joe. She may have lost to an elite high school male runner, but no average Joe is gonna make a contest.

[@camrennik9512]

@@sebastianbelcher5354Dude, Im only 32 and played D1 soccer. We did a fundraiser where our soccer team played the women’s bball team in basketball. We beat them. It was hilarious. Our goalie was an animal as a Center. Then we had some forwards and midfielder who must’ve played high school at a high level but chose soccer. Cause we beat them broads like children.

[@LND209]

Paying the WNBA players more money, is like making a t-shirt for $25, and selling it for $15.

[@coopdog_129]

Could we get the source for the claim at 8:59 about people signaling victimhood being more likely to lie and cheat for their own gain? I believe you but would love to reference that in the future

[@lizoyd18]

I didnt knownthe female athletes until yall start talking about them 😅

[@Lucky-NO-7]

Problem is that while these are valid concerns, most people use them to justify their hate for women in sports. When the women you cite for not being disliked make one mistake or drop-off they're are given a worse treatment than their male counterparts. Even Lance doesn't have a group of people that hate him like how Brittany does

[@morel1796]

you are telling me you have never seen hate towards men justified by tiny things? Sounds like you are cherry picking cases. Ive seen many, because is what you are exposed to when you are famous, not for being a woman. Maybe the difference is the whining rate, who knows.

[@gamingwithastranger3358]

Great video bro well done

[@wjatube]

Entitled, arrogant victims of "oppression" is the epitome of everything ESPN celebrates.

[@zerofactor7871]

I'm a big golf guy, play all the time and watch pro golf as much as I can. Women's golf is refreshingly different from other women's sports, the players don't complain about pay, or sexism, or the fans. They just go out and play, they handle their interviews professionally, and win big money. The reason it's different is because of the way female pro golfers get paid. On a traditional golf tour, you don't get paid to play, you get paid to either win or place high in the rankings. The winner of a tournament gets the largest prize, then the next 10 or so get increasingly smaller amounts, and those outside of that criteria get nothing. But they all have to pay their own expenses (travel, lodgings, food, transport), so in their minds, the way to get more money is to win more. They're not really worried about how many people are watching them, female golfers tend to be very modest and pleasant and not the type to feed off of attention. All they do is practice like crazy, play as many events as they can, and win as often as they can, and it's a ton of work. But when they win, they get high 6 - low 7 figure paydays. They're a totally different breed than women in other sports, and that's why it's worth watching and why a lot of men do.

[@Austin.Kilgore]

5:48 I completely agree with Ronda and your point… but call her “extremely likable” is wild to me. I understand she was much more liked when she was in her prime and and wasn’t as unliked as she is now. But even at her peak popularity, I feel like she was almost 50/50 cheered for and cheered against. It seem majorly of people who watched her fights, did so wanting to see her lose opposed to seeing her win. (Similar to Jake Paul)

[@bigbrytunney8753]

I was a fan of her's at first because she was awesome and like nothing seen before as far as Women's MMA. She also rebuked the whole 'women are inherent victims' nonsense. Then her ego got way too big and i was happy she got taken down a peg. MMA fans of today act like she was total trash though and only "beat up soccer moms" but that isn't true at all, better women fighters came along like they do in all sports

[@aesirgaming1014]

In terms of the WNBA, I'm not sure that it's the rim height that's the issue so much as physique. Females generally have smaller hands than males of similar size, and most players in the WNBA are significantly shorter than their NBA counterparts. Small hands reduce your ability to control the ball one handed. This is why we see so many under-handed layups in the WNBA and why women players usually have a much lower (chest/face level) shooting form than NBA players. I know because I'm a small guy and my hands are too small to palm or easily control a basketball with one hand. Yes, a female could do a two handed dunk just fine with a lower rim, but I think that the hand size is an issue that often isn't discussed. Yes, there are female players that break this mold, but I feel this is closer to an exception than a rule (whereas almost every NBA player can palm a ball). What irritates me the most about the WNBA though is the sheer arrogance and entitlement of the players. No, I may not know as much about basketball as a professional player when it comes to how the game is played. However, I know MORE about basketball when it comes to what I, as a fan, want to see. Ultimately, as a professional athlete you are a performer and being a performer means you have to put on a performance that the audience wants to see. You can be the best classical pianist in the world, but you're probably not going to be very popular if you go play Mozart at a hard rock festival. It's not that you're not good or your music isn't good, it's just not what the audience wants to see. WNBA players (and some NBA players) need to wrap their heads around this concept, drop the egos and realize that they need to give customers (fans) what they want.

[@russs7574]

They play with a smaller ball.

[@xtlm]

Remember when we literally traded a guy literally named the "Merchant of Death" for Griner

[@sabretooth5404]

Yeah America got Fked over big time on that trade

[@NJGuy1973]

Last time a basketball trade was this one-sided, it was Parish and McHale for Joe Barry Carroll.

[@dwightshealey8288]

and what would be the most interesting part for me is always these people that are complaining about these women can be annoying and possibly even more annoying than them but they get to say their piece and be asses but they're never called into question when they say these things ...is it possible that they're jealous because they feel these people are more annoying than they are??? obviously they want their props too 😅😅😅

[@TheBatugan77]

What in the blue fk are you babbling about?

[@ColinWrubleski-eq5sh]

Griner is a dude. Prove me wrong...

[@ColinWrubleski-eq5sh]

However, Rapinoe is odiously and disgustingly unlikeable, and no regards will be of force to change my opinion...^^