Do you think womens football is under televised?

Question

No sexist comments plz!!!!

Answer 1

Womans footy in Italy, Spain, Brazil, Finland and Sweden is quite well televised and sponsored, but yes still not as much as mens.

But over here? yes it is very much under televised, which is a shame because the sponsorship money could help improve it, and I don't mean that in any sexist way, mens football started somewhere as well.

Its not as if our Womens England team isn't any good. They get further than the mens team nearly every tournament!!

Answer 2

Yes it is. The WUSA has folded and no one wants to pick up on the second division. I'm aware that England the only media that actually gives a damn about women's football is BBC Radio Five Live. Over here in the US we get the World Cup on ESPN and sometimes on Univision (I think only because 2003 had Mexico, but if Mexico doesn't qualify to 2007 I don't know if they will, Argentina or Paraguay are the Spanish-speaking countries left to qualify otherwise).

Because women's football in the USA (like anything else) depends on franchises rather than promotion and relegation, there is also the problem of stable clubs that provide high talent without compromising their name.

I say give the 2011 World Cup to England as a prelude to London 2012 (like in 2007-08) and watch it grow.

Answer 3

Well the standard is so poor the ratings would be so low as to embarrass everyone concerned.
Go to a public park and watch two teams of blokes, even in a pub league, and you'll see a better standard.
It is this determination by some women to prove they can be the equal of men in everything that is hopelesly wrong.
Women's football is rubbish.
By all means let it flourish and certainly encourage females to play the game but it's not something they are equals to with the man's game.
Outside BBC, TV depends on advertising and the viewing figures for even an international women's match would be miniscule.
Look at the goalkeeping in women's football and you have some potential for a comedy bloopers programme but as a top-class sport it compares with monkey tennis.
Sorry, but this is strictly minority appeal.

Answer 4

no, there's no demand for it; why should it be forced on to people? although it's not a very nice thing to say, the standard is atrocious. passing is slow and woefully misplaced and they go down too easily. there's too many goals every game. i just checked the bbc sport website - two games, the scores were 0-4 and 9-0. there's no competitiveness to it and it doesn't generate enough excitement.

there are some sports that are fantastic and women excel at, football just isn't one of them. i reckon if i assembled a few of my mates we could beat most women teams, whereas in a sport like tennis, a professional woman would kick my a.ss, even though tennis is a sport i play

maybe it would be a bit more appealing if the women wore more revealing clothing and weren't all dykes, but until then, i'll judge it solely on the standard of play, which is awful

Answer 5

Under televised of course. Do networks really listen to what people want? Who knows. With all the football/soccer going on in the world, ESPN airs poker. I love my ESPN and I love soccer and I am totally into the US WNT they are now on a 32 game winning streak. Network contracts and exclusive rights are usually the problem. Networks don't wish to air programs that "may" lose money. So they go to the sure deals.

Answer 6

no. There is not a demand for it. there is only one professional team in the uk that i am aware, even fulham had to make there players semi pro again. you will not get a full stadium to watch a womans game, no one would also pay £30 to see them play. most people turn the channel over insead of watching it. not even girls want to see girls play football, this is not a sexist comment but the standerd is not as high.

Answer 7

yes by far.
this world is sexist.
i'm a footballer and i play in a guys team and have done since i was a hell of a lot younger. i'm going to have to give it up soon though, because im almost 14 already.

Answer 8

if it was all big busted blonde models playing it i think channel 5 would of bought the rights for the next 2billion years but yes its very under televised. i have watched some of the womens football on tv and some of them are better than their male counterparts in the premiership

Answer 9

Womens sport as a whole is under televised!

Answer 10

this is not sexist but face facts mens football is quality whereas womans is at best frustrating. and there is no bigger fan of ladies, tall, short, fat, thin, blonde, redhead, dark, and especially the ones i dont know. (that was until i met the bomb and settled down) but VIVA LA DIFFERENCE, england v england ladies would be a no contest. And to be brutally honest i dont think women would watch womans football.