Hahahaha really funny posting…. but i’m a girl… i’m not agree with everything but

We want to see a senior citizen get beaten down – that’s why we watch the Red Sox.

Horse racing has, I think, declined in popularity – at least as a live-spectator sport. At least into the 1970s it was the largest spectator sport in the United States. I have no idea if betting on horse races has gone up or down, though I expect that OTB and the web have resulted in continued growth in betting. But I suspect that live attendance is stagnant or down. There’s also the tie between gambling and football. I suspect that gambling is a major reason for football’s increased popularity, along with TV.

Sports is a remarkable combination of ballet and drama that is written as it is performed, creating history. I’m about as feminine as a man can be without hormone treatments, but I’ll be watching the NFL on Sunday afternoon, and I love it.

Hey guys, lighten up, who cares whether the sports-feminism connection can be proven or not? Sweeties, the quite essential point here is that Philip is an AbFab fan! Well done, and cheers, thanks a lot, as Pats would say.

Isn’t it a worn-out cliche that the rise in popularity of football and basketball is primarily due to televising of the games?

Nelson’s views seem entirely dubious.

1) I don’t see the correlation. Why is the rise of power for women the causality for the rise in populatiry for football? Why isn’t it the rise of the internet? The centralization of media control? The investment by cities in mega sports complexes? How can one prove any correlation?

2) Why is the rise of popularity of football not caused exactly by the rise of women (and families) watching the games? Seems as though making football accessible to 50% of the population could be a reason. Even if womens professional sports are failing, they could be failing under the competition from mainline men’s sports. My anecdotal data would show that more women are attending and watching traditional men’s sports than going to womens professional soccer and basketball. To few dollars, too many sports outlets.

3) College womens sports is getting quite large now. Doesn’t it take a generation or two for the professional versions to take hold? Or were men’s football, basketball, hockey and basebal instantly successful? I think women’s professional sports are only failures due to the expectation for revenue generation. If a particular entertainment idea does not generate huge $$$s, then it is labeled a failure. Nothing can incubate in that environment.

4) And really, do guys really select a sport because it is fun or because it is macho-guy-thing? If it is the macho thing, then why is golf so hugely popular (your horse racing example is lame – how is that an athletic competition)? Why not weight lifting? What about all the tough man competitions? How about tractor pulls? Seems as though those have a huge dose of testosterone, yet they don’t seem to have the draw.

I love it when someone draws a causal connection without any data other than proximity in time frame.