"Wooden saw value in women's hoops"
From Mechelle Voepel:
I thought about the power of an influential man to bestow legitimacy on something simply by assessing it fairly. And how if such a man does that for the endeavors of women, he is to be especially admired and appreciated.
Because it still has not done that much, especially not in the sports world. It remains very much a machismo culture in which denigrating women in general, not just women athletes specifically, is often part of a "motivational" process. And that culture extends to the coverage of sports and to sports fandom.
The point about culture having an impact on women's sports is the same point Marie Hardin made just yesterday:
"Unfortunately, because of the role (entertainment) and the values (masculinity) that we've placed on spectator sports as a culture, sports coverage -- even though considered "news" in many respects(on newscasts, in newspapers)-- tends to be much more audience driven. The powerful, unquestioned association of sports with masculine values has a negative impact on the potential of women's sports fandom to flourish on a mass scale.
In other words, lack of women's sports coverage a cultural problem -- not one that can be blamed solely on media organizations."
Agree? Disagree?
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Nate Parham
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Clay Kallam at Full Court Hoops also weighs in on Wooden’s impact on women’s hoops
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The plight of women's sports (and sports media coverage) is a cultural problem,
and one that speaks as much about women as it does men.
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by Sam James on Jun 9, 2010 9:34 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
We have a wealth of culture challenges in this country. Our early spirit encouraged those challenges by making us such a culturally, racially and sociologically diverse nation. I can’t even focus on the impact to women’s sports from Wooden right now because I am simply kicking myself for never spending the time to learn how and why he achieved the success he did on the basketball court. I admired the winning record but it has taken his passing to trigger my admiration for the man. I have so much to gain personally as a coach, a parent and a man from what Wooden spent his life teaching. So much of his teaching’s resonate deeply with my personal views that I am ashamed I failed to recognize this earlier in life.
"We have a wealth of culture challenges in this country."
Why did that make me think you were going to invoke the wisdom of Pat Buchanan? j/k :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lstA7j5fmio&feature=related
Anyway, I agree that it’s always interesting how we all tend to honor people more in death than we do in life. Not quite the same thing, but I found the same phenomenon interesting with Michael Jackson…and perhaps it was more pronounced: he was vilified in life (for justifiable reason) and I think we spent about half a year honoring him in death.
I think we could all probably stand to appreciate all of the people we admire in life, even those who don’t have global/cultural impact.
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by Nate Parham on Jun 11, 2010 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
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