Respect the Ladies

One thing that will always be a fact fro now till the end of civilization is that the world of sports is a Male dominated area. The reason for that is simple its more guys who are into sports than anything else from football,basketball, and hockey to swimming, skateboarding, and mma, but the sad thing about this fact is that there are women who are out there doing these exact same things and not getting recognized for it. When you turn to ESPN, Fox Sports, CBS or anything of the sort you'll most likely see nothing but highlights of male athletes. Why is that? Its because women are overlooked as sub par competitors as it relates to a man's game. When I asked a group of guys what would get them to watch women's sports, they responded "hotter females". WHY?!?!?! Then I asked if they could name any female athletes top 3 90 percent of them responded Serena Williams. So I asked if they could name any other women they said not really. Majority of men like beautiful women and I can't disagree because I do as well, but is that the only reason I watch female athletes, NO!!! Women deserve more respect in the world of sports. They train just as hard, work just as hard, and practice just as hard as any other male athlete out there to hone there craft to become better athletes in whatever sport they choose. We just had the Women's World Cup and the only thing most guys remember is Hope Solo and Alex Morgan and why is that? Its because that's who the media portrayed as the faces of women's soccer here in the States. As true as that may be no one talked about Abby Wambach becoming the All Time leader in goals scored or how she came on strong late especially in the game against Brazil which essentially propelled the US through the rest of the tournament. The general male demographic only remembers pretty faces in women sports whether they're success stories like Serena Williams or failures in transcending like Gina Carano. That's a great example actually. Gina Carano was hyped as the face of women's MMA and everyone bought into it including me why? Because of what everyone else was saying. I never heard of Cyborg Santos until it was announced that she would face her for the Title in Strikeforce. Low and behold Gina got her ass kicked and hasn't fought since. But nobody is talking about Cyborg why, because she isn't as physically appealing as Gina. And that shouldn't be the case. Anyone that knows MMA knows that Brazilians train in some of the most brutal ways and women are no exception. People need to wake up and realize there's more to women than just eye candy. The WNBA has been at the end of jokes for many years but a league doesn't survive for 15 years for an inferior product. The women go out play hard and give there all. I remember back in the day on the PS1 when EA made March Madness 2000 or 2001 can't remember the exact one but they included I believe the top 25 women's teams in the game. And I've looked back on that and asked what happened? Why not continue with giving those girls the exposure they deserve? People need to realize that in sports its everything is not going to be driven by the men. The most popular woman on ESPN is Erin Andrews and its because she's hot, sadly she's associated more with sports than most women athletes. It should take more than international events and a pretty face to acknowledge the women in sports. Lorena Ochoa, Cyborg Santos, Natalie Coughlin, Justine Henin, Marta, Cat Osterman, Tamika Catchings, just to name a few. These aren't household names compared to a Candace Parker or a Natalie Gulbis. Now don't get me wrong I'm not knocking the beautiful talented athletes but there are more than the pretty girls that everyone knows that should be recognized for their outstanding efforts every time they take the field, court, or track. Wake up and realize that in a ale dominated world there plenty of females out there getting it done and they are not all the pretty face we are accustomed to seeing and that the media portrays. Appreciate all the women for their efforts that they give forth. Support the ladies and remember a lot of the could probably whoop ur ass in that sport.