Possible female sideline commentator for Fox Sports

[blain]

I thought Woolford was a girl? Sounded like one anyway.

 

[carcharias]

It just sounds wrong.
They tried it with the cricket..it was all wrong.

for the risk of being branded a sexist, can I suggest that woman don't know anything about the game?

 

[StormHi]

No I tend to agree Carcharias It's the application of said knowledge.... Women commentators tend to forget about what men are intrested in... Ie

Galen just made a bust through the line and suddenly you are wondering why the female commentator is commenting on the how great Galens newly plucked yebrows are looking...

 

[Loudstrat]

The mere fact that we are having this discussion says many things. We can pick women who would bring an intelligent and professional element to the broadcast. Yet in males, the biggest prerequisite is to be a high profile ex player. Rabs, Smith and Voss aside, how many men who havent played first grade get a gig?

By merely selecting females in that role means simply that Poxtel is after a set of tits.

 

[betcats]

The mere fact that we are having this discussion says many things. We can pick women who would bring an intelligent and professional element to the broadcast. Yet in males, the biggest prerequisite is to be a high profile ex player. Rabs, Smith and Voss aside, how many men who havent played first grade get a gig?

By merely selecting females in that role means simply that Poxtel is after a set of tits.

Sex sells. Hopefully the tits attract more viewers.

 

[El Diablo]

they'll only be sideline commentators ffs

some of the bonehead ex footballers they have atm would be worse than any female

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

Much like referees, if they get the job NOT because they are women, I couldn't care.

 

[POPEYE]

C'mon . . . be fair. I thought the chick doing the sideline in Warrior home games wasn't any worse than nine's dribble.

If she looked any good I might even have bothered to remember her name.

 

[bluey]

Why do we have to follow the yanks at everthing.

 

[Tom Shines]

Freddy Fittler embarrasses himself every week by opening his mouth but people love him for it... I'd like to see the response if a female made a tenth of the errors he does on air.

 

[eozsmiles]

If they want to improve the quality of the broadcast they should just pick the best available person, I dont see what their gender has to do with anything.

I don't think that Burns has said anything about improving the broadcast. Pretty sure that's not why they are doing it.

The "job" being asked of this woman is too get a few more female viewers without losing any of the male ones. She doesn't have to be a great sideline eye or have a great knowledge of footy, she just have to not f$%k up the call, not alienate the blokes, and not look or sound like a bull dyke.

She doesn't need to know anything about footy to ask the big questions like "You've had 2 losses in a row, looking to turn that around this week?" or break the big stories like "There is a strong breeze blowing left to right and a bit of light rain".

If anyone watches "Sportsnation" on ESPN, that Michelle Beadle is pretty much the person they want for the job. Knows sport, knows how to talk sport and not sound like she read it in a textbook, and easy on the eyes. Pity she isn't an Aussie.

 

[seanoff]

holy f**k!!!

there are a number of women who do a very good job of sideline reporting in the AFL, never mind the girls that work for ESPN, NBC, ABC on the NFL in the states.

They're journos that know a bit about sport, there is no difference between them and some one like Voss. actually it'd make a nice change to get a slightly different perspective than the inane dribblings of ex footballers who are brain damaged from years of taking hits.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Yeah holy f**k, all this talk of hot chicks working on the sidelines and not a single bloody picture.

For shame.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

How about racheal finch, she looks great and I think she can talk, plus she loves the Cowboys?

 

[Karl]

f**k that's a big picture.

It's been removed. Sorry.

I was going to say, Sammie Lucas would be good.

 

[Geohood]

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Bahahahaha, I like how she has a bra on underneath it.

Boooo Sammie booo.

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

North QLD cowboy's supporter Rachael Finch.

 

[beave]

She's played rep touch footy as well so she at least she has a somewhat sporting background. Plus she's a cowboys fan........... Plus she's gorgeous............

 

[aussies1st]

Jessica Yates Big Bash sideline commentator