July 11, 2019
Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson made my day this
morning.
Discussing the merits of paying the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team
players the same amount as the players from the Men’s Team, he admired the
Women’s Team for playing all out even while suing the U. S. Soccer Federation
for not supporting them as well as it supports the Men’s Team; mentioned a
study that showed that the women’s team may be earning as much or more for the
Federation than the men’s team; and noted that the women’s team has a better
record than the men’s team. Then he wrote:
“There’s one thing missing from the women’s game: the histrionics.
There’s much less writhing on the ground over dubious injuries, much less
operatic pleading with the referee, much less juvenile gamesmanship. One has to
wonder whether men might inherently be too emotional to play this game the
right way.”
I love seeing the “They’re too emotional to be effective”
tables turned.
1 comment:
I LOVE this post. Whoever says women are the weaker sex is off target, to say the least. The women went out to win the tournament & did so, not by being "too emotional" but by being teammates & working together. No egos involved.
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