mekka okereke Apr 1, 2023

🧔🏼‍♂️"No one watches women's sports! If the little girls want to earn as much as manly men, they should get their numbers up! That's just like, economics man!"

But also...

Women's basketball viewership is growing faster than men's basketball, and the most viewed women's game on ESPN this year has *higher* viewership than the most viewed men's basketball game.

https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/womens-college-basketball-sees-higher-tv-ratings-than-nba-women-sports-leaders-arent-surprised/89-e3591e0c-62bb-4e48-b96a-7c83fa60b4c7

All the excuses are falling away. Just like we said that they would.

Show threadPredrag GruevskiApr 1, 2023

@mekkaokereke there's going to be an interesting case in hockey in a few years: there's currently a young woman playing in a men's junior league in Europe who is absolutely creaming opponents. She is posting stats even better than last year's NHL number 1 draft pick, who played in the same European junior league.

Women can't shoot? Women can't play in a checking league? Pffft.

Show threadEntropy
@predrag @mekkaokereke if she can compete with the guys, let her play. It’s about skills.
Apr 1, 2023 at 4:52pmWeb
Show threadPredrag GruevskiApr 1, 2023
@Entropy @mekkaokereke absolutely! I look forward to seeing her in the NHL in a couple of years.