Moment 2

As I was getting ready to go to the Yankee game today, I thought also about the topic on discussion board. I've never really been to a professional women's sporting event. I went to a women's basketball game at Pitt, and it was kind of boring. Unlike the men's team which charges $5 per ticket, the women's games are free. Still, the turnout was pathetic whereas the men's games are almost always soldout. This made the game a lot less interesting than the men's game I went to later. The small crowd was not really into it.

I went to one of the women's tournament games later in the season. While this was much more exciting, it still seemed to lack something. Another interesting thing was that I heard a couple of guys near me talking about how attractive or ugly some of the players were.

I have seen some professional women's tennis at the US Open, which was a lot of fun and was very crowded. I know we've read about how many people talk more about female athletes' clothing instead of their ability, but I think sometimes they warrant it. The example I am thinking about is when Serena Williams wore a tigh black suit which became known as the "catsuit." It was skin tight and very revealing. If she wanted people to focus on the match, I think she would have worn something else. That being said, I know she has already proven her physical abilities, and instead of people talking about how pretty she is, I usually only hear about how muscular she is, which is said about many male athletes.

I really wonder why women's sports are so much less popular than men's. I'm not sure why the women's basketball was so much less interesting than the men's. It's almost a which came first, the chicken or the egg kind of deal. Is it less interesting because people don't go, or do people not go because it is less interesting? I know my brother hates the WNBA because most of the women are too short to dunk, which many people find to be so exciting.

All this being said, UConn's women's basketball still received a lot of attention when they dominated this past season. Perhaps women's sports just need more dominant players to become the face of their sport in order to gain more media attention. Most people know who Mia Hamm is, even if soccer is not popular in America. Considering she is also a woman, she is at an even bigger disadvantage, yet she is so dominant, she is a household name.