09 October 2010
Stupid FIBA
Apparently FIBA is considering lowering the rim for women's basketball.
Yes, really.
Jayda Evans thinks it's "the stupidest idea I've ever heard at this point in the women's game".
Mechelle Voepel from ESPN weighs in on that idiotic idea as well as other inanities FIBA discussed, such as "regulating" uniforms. She makes an excellent point:
"The notion for the need to 'feminize' players while they're on court, which seems like what 'regulating the uniform' is code for, is saying that players, by some arcane, arbitrary standard, need to look more like women. But the idea that rims need to be lowered suggests the women's game needs to look more like the men's.
So there you have the impossible conundrum that women athletes continue to face: that they're deficient both because they're not 'good enough' women … and because they aren't men."
Personally, if I wanted to see dunks, I would watch men's basketball. I think they're boring as heck, which is (one of) the reasons I love watching the Storm.
Yes, really.
Jayda Evans thinks it's "the stupidest idea I've ever heard at this point in the women's game".
Mechelle Voepel from ESPN weighs in on that idiotic idea as well as other inanities FIBA discussed, such as "regulating" uniforms. She makes an excellent point:
"The notion for the need to 'feminize' players while they're on court, which seems like what 'regulating the uniform' is code for, is saying that players, by some arcane, arbitrary standard, need to look more like women. But the idea that rims need to be lowered suggests the women's game needs to look more like the men's.
So there you have the impossible conundrum that women athletes continue to face: that they're deficient both because they're not 'good enough' women … and because they aren't men."
Personally, if I wanted to see dunks, I would watch men's basketball. I think they're boring as heck, which is (one of) the reasons I love watching the Storm.
Labels: FIBA, Seattle Storm
# posted by mamurd @ 7:50 PM 
