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
06 October 2010
FIBA
Due to my (awesome) vacation, I'm still catching up on the World Championships.
The U.S. won (hooray!) and the U.S. played Australia in a game that always had at least one Storm player on the court (hooray!), but they did not play Russia (boo!) and when they played the Czech Republic, Jana Vesala was injured at the beginning of the game and wasn't able to play (boo!).
Storm coach Brian Agler went to a bunch of the games, here's his thoughts.
This article was written at the start of the tournament. Apparently Svetlana Abrosimova used to hate Lauren Jackson!
This article is from after the U.S. won. Guess what? Only six players have won a NCAA, WNBA, Olympic and world championship. Guess what else? Two of them are Sue Bird and Swin Cash.
In worrying news, the coach of the Australian team wants Lauren Jackson (and all the other Australian players) to skip the WNBA in 2012 so they can prepare for the London Olympics. I know that LJ left early in 2008 to train with her team, but the entire season?!?! Eek!
Update: Jayda Evans thinks that the Australian coach wants LJ to skip the 2011 season. I thought she had a contract, though.
The U.S. won (hooray!) and the U.S. played Australia in a game that always had at least one Storm player on the court (hooray!), but they did not play Russia (boo!) and when they played the Czech Republic, Jana Vesala was injured at the beginning of the game and wasn't able to play (boo!).
Storm coach Brian Agler went to a bunch of the games, here's his thoughts.
This article was written at the start of the tournament. Apparently Svetlana Abrosimova used to hate Lauren Jackson!
This article is from after the U.S. won. Guess what? Only six players have won a NCAA, WNBA, Olympic and world championship. Guess what else? Two of them are Sue Bird and Swin Cash.
In worrying news, the coach of the Australian team wants Lauren Jackson (and all the other Australian players) to skip the WNBA in 2012 so they can prepare for the London Olympics. I know that LJ left early in 2008 to train with her team, but the entire season?!?! Eek!
Update: Jayda Evans thinks that the Australian coach wants LJ to skip the 2011 season. I thought she had a contract, though.
Labels: FIBA, Seattle Storm
