mayeb this is tokenism from channel 9 ... no one knows. but putting a woman on tv talking about footy isn't necessarily about pleasing women, it's about looking for new voices in footy. if you are happy with the same old cheap gag footy show bullsh*t every week, then ... you are one of the two people who are.
A woman who is a footy fan would have been watching the Footy Show ......
You have found a way to disparage all woman footy fans.
Here's a tip - more footy fans avoid that show than watch it.
The reason plants like Wilson & Magnay fit so well is that they blend in with the other idiots.
Hey Hey It's Thursday.
bahahahahha.
truth is, this whole thread was made to stir trouble. the only thing I think is sad is when people already have fixed ideas of what men and women are meant to like.
if you refuse to let 'chicks' around when you're watching footy then you're probably missing out on some people who could be really awesome mates if not girlfriends.
and if you think women don't ever belong on tv then it just sounds like hypocrisy, because plenty of men on tv have never played the game. we watch rabs commentate swimming, for god's sake, you know?
mayeb this is tokenism from channel 9 ... no one knows. but putting a woman on tv talking about footy isn't necessarily about pleasing women, it's about looking for new voices in footy. if you are happy with the same old cheap gag footy show bullsh*t every week, then ... you are one of the two people who are.
sucks to be you.
at least Magnay actually has credibility and she isn't on there coz shes married to a footy player or whatever (remember Craig Gowers wife?).
my wife hates RL - and its a huge pain in the arse when I want to sit and watch it and she wants to watch some reality tv crapola or whatever...
however - to be honest, I don't want a chick who 'drinks beer and watches footy' either - and my mates are in agreeance. Any chick who is in to that we've got no dramas hanging out and watching a game - but they are 'mates' and not really seen as gf material.
so I don't agree that most blokes want that. it's not that we feel disempowered or anything - its like women wanting their blokes to be part of their weekly girls catch up at the coffee shop - that's her time to talk sh*t and socialise.
Footy is my time, and other blokes see it the same way as a social event for the boys..
doesn't make them intolerant or sexist or anything like that
Wilson!?? :BDH:Women give a good presence on the Rugby League media, the ones involved definitely know what they're talking about. Keep it up.
hahahah loudy, u gotta take when u can get!
okay boys seriously, the arrogance and self obsession of footy being 'guy time' is deadset PATHETIC.
i think its fine if u wanna hang out with ur mates without chicks around, i get that. but it is SO SEXIST to delegate footy as guy time, and girl time being us sitting around gossiping. is this the 50s???
btw a chick being into footy and drinking beer doesn't make her blokey. you would never see me or any of my girlfriends that love footy out and about and think 'blokey'. trust me on this.
female footy fans come in all different packages, trust me on this.
im not even offended by all this as much as just ......saddened. there is so much embedded sexism in Australia and i don't know if its ever gonna change.
It is not ladylike behaviour. I don't want a woman who wants to try and compete with me in the bar. Some women need to know their role in society.
Don't you feel that the show is disjointed when a lady shows up?
I don't want a woman who wants to try and compete with me in the bar. Some women need to know their role in society.
the CRL and Orange Rugby League are certainly trying by inviting us out there for country week. good on them!