Re: Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:52 pm  

100% Wire wrote:

Happened in Golf didn't it IIRC?

Michelle Wii had a few games on the Men's tour I think.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:54 pm  

100% Wire wrote:

Happened in Golf didn't it IIRC?

Horse racing, Motor Racing, Snooker (I think?).......Just to name a few.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:27 pm  

all the really interesting stuff tends to be when the mics are meant to be off.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:30 pm  

flipper wrote:

all the really interesting stuff tends to be when the mics are meant to be off.

Been a few belters in Spanish politics in the past few months.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:40 pm  

Catalancs wrote:

Been a few belters in Spanish politics in the past few months.

well it's the same as Gordon Brown and 'that bigoted woman' or whatever he called her

Re: Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:56 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Just as an aside, how far will this whole 'females in football' actually go??.....How long before we have a talented girl demanding to play in a male professional side and taking the whole thing to court?

We've already had cases at junior level, which have caused upset and which the media have latched onto, so imagine the furore if/when it happens at adult professional level?

I imagine, legally, a court would side with the lady?.....

Collymore has been talking about the exact thing on Talksport tonight and i do think that the time will come when a talented female footballer will want to play in the mens game. But if that was allowed to happen and a precident was set what would stop a lesser tallented male player wanting to move into the female side of the game?

Re: Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:14 pm  

Anyone else think the lineswoman's call was just a lucky guess?

Re: Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:19 pm  

mutt1 wrote:

Collymore has been talking about the exact thing on Talksport tonight and i do think that the time will come when a talented female footballer will want to play in the mens game. But if that was allowed to happen and a precident was set what would stop a lesser tallented male player wanting to move into the female side of the game?

That shows how stupid Collymore is then. Mind you, he's not beyond even a bit of woman-slapping is he? So that's no wonder

Selection as part of a team sport like soccer is, always has been and always will be subjective and providing there's no obvious gender discrimination, as "well you're good love but you're a bird", then any action would probably fail.

Individual performances are more able to be measured objectively, so sports like golf or horse racing would be on a sticky wicket

Re: Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:19 pm  

mutt1 wrote:

Collymore has been talking about the exact thing on Talksport tonight and i do think that the time will come when a talented female footballer will want to play in the mens game. But if that was allowed to happen and a precident was set what would stop a lesser tallented male player wanting to move into the female side of the game?

Thats the thing. If you remove sex as a barrier to sport once, you have to do it twice. It would kill the female version of the game. They can't have it both ways.

There will eventually as you mention be a freak female footballer who could easily play professionally in the man's game and deserve it. Like you say, what happens then? I can imagine the world falling off it's axis.

Re: Football Chat Thread : Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:19 pm  

worthing wire wrote:

Anyone else think the lineswoman's call was just a lucky guess?

No