Comments on: Women and Sports http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/09/women-and-sports/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Pop culture news and analysis Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:17:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Roland http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/09/women-and-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Jennifer Roland Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:22:52 +0000 http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/?p=1218#comment-595 That must have been a tough decision for the LSU coach, who is from Oregon BTW. I was wondering what happened to the team--it all makes sense now. The level of pressure put on the kids and the coaches is truly frightening. The players are so young to have so much riding on their every move. I understand why they mistakes sometimes, but it is important that they learn that there are consequences to their actions. A co-worker and I were talking yesterday about the need for both talent and character in athletes. And he was right, character is just as important. LOL at the funeral hardware. I would bet they have that here, too. That must have been a tough decision for the LSU coach, who is from Oregon BTW. I was wondering what happened to the team–it all makes sense now.

The level of pressure put on the kids and the coaches is truly frightening. The players are so young to have so much riding on their every move. I understand why they mistakes sometimes, but it is important that they learn that there are consequences to their actions. A co-worker and I were talking yesterday about the need for both talent and character in athletes. And he was right, character is just as important.

LOL at the funeral hardware. I would bet they have that here, too.

]]> By: katie71483 http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/2009/09/women-and-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-593 katie71483 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:10:27 +0000 http://popculturecurmudgeon.com/?p=1218#comment-593 I'm from Baton Rouge, home of the LSU Tigers, and college sports are a BIG DEAL around here. As far as I can tell, the women are just as rabid as fans as the men. Football, basketball, baseball, track, whatever. People go to (and tailgate for) all of the events. I even saw people on campus tailgating for a gymnastics match. People even tailgate for games they aren't going to attend - during the fall, the campus cops estimate that 20-30K people come to tailgate even though they can't get tickets for the football games. That's every home football game. I was never more proud of LSU than last year when the head football coach booted the star quarterback off of the team at the start of the season for repeated infractions related to underage gambling - even though this was potentially tanking the season after winning the national championship in 2007. Unfortunately, this was not really a popular decision - for many fans, winning the games was more important than doing the right thing. These teams are expected to win, not just do well. If they don't reach the championships, the season is considered a failure - football, baseball, basketball, it doesn't matter which. That is a lot of pressure to put on those coaching staffs and players. The 2008 football season is considered a failure by locals since the Tigers only went 8-5 and went to a minor bowl game. Isn't that a winning season? Didn't they go to a bowl game? What's the problem? I know I'm rambling, but what I'm trying to get to is that the fans down here are ridiculous. And I just don't get it. Anyway, as it relates to marketing, if you slap "LSU" on just about anything or color it purple and gold, it'll sell here - for men or women. A couple of the funeral homes even offer optional hardware for caskets that are little tiger heads. How completely ridiculous is that? I’m from Baton Rouge, home of the LSU Tigers, and college sports are a BIG DEAL around here. As far as I can tell, the women are just as rabid as fans as the men. Football, basketball, baseball, track, whatever. People go to (and tailgate for) all of the events. I even saw people on campus tailgating for a gymnastics match. People even tailgate for games they aren’t going to attend – during the fall, the campus cops estimate that 20-30K people come to tailgate even though they can’t get tickets for the football games. That’s every home football game.
I was never more proud of LSU than last year when the head football coach booted the star quarterback off of the team at the start of the season for repeated infractions related to underage gambling – even though this was potentially tanking the season after winning the national championship in 2007. Unfortunately, this was not really a popular decision – for many fans, winning the games was more important than doing the right thing.
These teams are expected to win, not just do well. If they don’t reach the championships, the season is considered a failure – football, baseball, basketball, it doesn’t matter which. That is a lot of pressure to put on those coaching staffs and players. The 2008 football season is considered a failure by locals since the Tigers only went 8-5 and went to a minor bowl game. Isn’t that a winning season? Didn’t they go to a bowl game? What’s the problem? I know I’m rambling, but what I’m trying to get to is that the fans down here are ridiculous. And I just don’t get it.

Anyway, as it relates to marketing, if you slap “LSU” on just about anything or color it purple and gold, it’ll sell here – for men or women. A couple of the funeral homes even offer optional hardware for caskets that are little tiger heads. How completely ridiculous is that?

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