So on Sportscenter they just showed that shemale from Baylor dunking in pregame and acted like it was amazing. WTF? She's 6'8", if she couldn't dunk that would be pathetic. There are guys dunking who are under 6', why can't women do that? Oh wait, they're not equal? Bingo.
Women's basketball and hockey are completely unwatchable.
Title 9ine wrote:
Women's basketball and hockey are completely unwatchable.
Ha, ha. Have you watched men's basketball lately?
OP, do you not get laid or something? Why does this have you so upset that you had to put up a message on letsrun?
I agree that men's basketball (especially the NBA) isn't that great. I'm married, so you're right, I don't get laid that often! For some reason, when I watch women's basketball and hockey I get embarrassed for the athletes.
Some of those women ballers are more male than you will ever be. Now how do you feel about that, Mr. OP!
I'm baffled as to why the OP thought there should be a thread about this. Dunking, in any case, is the most boring part of basketball.
Yanqui wrote:
I'm baffled as to why the OP thought there should be a thread about this. Dunking, in any case, is the most boring part of basketball.
Are you serious? You would rather watch free throws than a monster slam?
Dunking is the most efficient way to put the ball in the basket.
Yanqui wrote:
I'm baffled as to why the OP thought there should be a thread about this. Dunking, in any case, is the most boring part of basketball.
Dunking is more exciting than a 4th quarter drive with 2 minutes to go in a 21 to 21 tie in the Super Bowl compared to a XC meet.
you know what's just as pathetic? The fact that people are actually comparing UCLA's win streak and UCONN women's win streak as if the two are somehow eqaul. UCLA's was by far a more dominant showing against more dominant competition, yet some are calling this (UCONN) streak "one for the ages." I'm calling BS.
http://www.cleveland.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/12/uconn_women_ottoman_empire_onl.html
"Oh wait, they're not equal? Bingo."
I don't think "equal" is the word you are looking for. I think "the same" is the word. Equal is a value judgement. If I said "Women do better in school than men, Why? Because men aren't equal? Bingo.", you'd rightly have a shit fit. The population means for men and women at a variety of disciplines, physical and cognitive, are different (some favoring men, some favoring women).
Its for the simple reason that explosiveness and fast twitch fibers not as good in women as men - even taller women
[quote]Baumeister wrote:
If I said "Women do better in school than men, Why? Because men aren't equal? Bingo."/quote]
That's not true at all, so what's your point?
I always feel bad for men who have to put down women's accomplishments. It sounds like you need to compare yourself to women to help you forget how inadequate you are as a man.
That Baylor thing isn't a woman.
Let those who cannot dunk cast no stones
big ticket wrote:
Let those who cannot dunk cast no stones
but that means that 99.8% of the WNBA can cast no stones, THUS no entertainment
there is a slam dunk contest for a reason, it's awesome
Festizio wrote:
there is a slam dunk contest for a reason, it was awesome for a year or two in the '80's.
Corrected.
Amy Acuff (6'2") dunking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttggQBcNK68
What's pathetic is a bunch of skinny, short, slow guys who cannot dunk putting down women who can.
I quit watching sportscenter years ago so I have no idea what else they showed but Griner has been dunking for about 4 years. I watched the last 12 minutes of the game and was happy Baylor took down Tennessee after just getting beat by UConn. I will probably watch Ohio State/UConn on sunday to see if Ohio State can pull the big upset. Sarah Shultze, forward for Ohio State won 2 state div 3 xc titles and won the 800 Div 3 state title her freshman year.
yeah well i wasn't alive then, im sure you enjoyed watching that on your 13" black and white television and manually changing the channels