Sexualization of women in sport is not good

[Anonymous]

I think OP doesn't know the meaning of "sexualization"....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think OP doesn't know the meaning of "sexualization"....

There is no way the OP does.

[Anonymous]

Pride night, or Military Night, or Hispanic Heritage Night, or any other kind of celebration is not about dividing people. It's about us all together celebrating contributions to society made by groups that are sometimes marginalized or under-appreciated. If you can't stand being around a celebration like that, you're saying people don't have a right to be different, and that you don't want that group of people to be a part of our society. So who is it exactly that's being divisive then?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sexualization of women in sport to sell tickets is not good, period. It is offensive. It is equally offensive when done from a same-sex perspective.

Why would I want to take a 9-year old girl to a “pride” night at a Spirit game? What does sexuality have to do with a soccer game?

Let’s keep soccer about soccer. Soccer unites. The other political stuff doesn’t.

bit.ly/2GaOaiK

Well in the interest of fairness, if you get to pick to have Pride Night removed, then I should get to pick a theme night that you might enjoy that I get to have removed.

[Anonymous]

OP is out of synch with the climate today. Remember the NBA refused to have an all-star game in Charlotte because of North Carolina's bathroom bill? Basically it was a boycott and it worked. That's just how it is nowadays. I no longer get worked up about this stuff.

[Anonymous]

Well in the interest of fairness, if you get to pick to have Pride Night removed, then I should get to pick a theme night that you might enjoy that I get to have removed.

That's the point - when you chose a polarizing theme night alienating half the fan base, they merely stay home. When you can't fill seats for the long haul and can't figure out why, that's at least one reason why.

A "MAGA hat night" would be just as stupid as a "pink pussyhat night". Neither of them has anything to do with soccer or supporting female athletes.

[Anonymous]

Ive seen pride days in many major sports. I dont see it being about women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Well in the interest of fairness, if you get to pick to have Pride Night removed, then I should get to pick a theme night that you might enjoy that I get to have removed.

That's the point - when you chose a polarizing theme night alienating half the fan base, they merely stay home. When you can't fill seats for the long haul and can't figure out why, that's at least one reason why.

A "MAGA hat night" would be just as stupid as a "pink pussyhat night". Neither of them has anything to do with soccer or supporting female athletes.


Fans like theme nights, it is as simple as that. NONE of them rarely have anything to do with the sport and they have existed for decades in other sports at all levels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ive seen pride days in many major sports. I dont see it being about women.

What about women, who prefer to have a relationship with a man? Is there a good reason for Spirit to exclude them and not have a straight people day at the game? I suspect that the vast majority of Spirit players and their fans fall into that category.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ive seen pride days in many major sports. I dont see it being about women.

What about women, who prefer to have a relationship with a man? Is there a good reason for Spirit to exclude them and not have a straight people day at the game? I suspect that the vast majority of Spirit players and their fans fall into that category.

How are straight people excluded from anything?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ive seen pride days in many major sports. I dont see it being about women.

What about women, who prefer to have a relationship with a man? Is there a good reason for Spirit to exclude them and not have a straight people day at the game? I suspect that the vast majority of Spirit players and their fans fall into that category.

How are straight people excluded from anything?

They are not, but some people feel that the majority is marginalized because groups of actual marginalized or excluded groups have a theme day. Which is the intent of this post.

Why am I even reading this? Can we get back to bashing all the clubs in the area which seems to be the intend of this forum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ive seen pride days in many major sports. I dont see it being about women.

What about women, who prefer to have a relationship with a man? Is there a good reason for Spirit to exclude them and not have a straight people day at the game? I suspect that the vast majority of Spirit players and their fans fall into that category.

This is the all/white/blue lives matter argument.

[Anonymous]

I thought thread was going to be about players like that blonde Russian tennis player (Anna kournikova??) who the press always depicted as a sex symbol. Whatever happened to her?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought thread was going to be about players like that blonde Russian tennis player (Anna kournikova??) who the press always depicted as a sex symbol. Whatever happened to her?

You'll be happy to know that people hate her now because she's too skinny after giving birth to twins.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-anna-kournikova-dancing-skinny-bikini-20190403-sjp7uh7vmzhedegaobl3oudgcy-story.html

Oh, and she's married to Enrique Iglesias.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ive seen pride days in many major sports. I dont see it being about women.

What about women, who prefer to have a relationship with a man? Is there a good reason for Spirit to exclude them and not have a straight people day at the game? I suspect that the vast majority of Spirit players and their fans fall into that category.

Every day is straight people's day.