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grizzlieantagonist{at}earthlink.net says...
> On 25 Feb 2005 13:46:35 -0800, "Hyerdahl"
 wrote:
>
> >
> >connor_a{at}hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> Hyerdahl3 wrote:
> >> > >Subject: Re: You Go Girl! pushing female activity
> >> > >From: "Jayne Kulikauskas" momkulio{at}yahoo.ca
> >> > >Date: 2/2/2005 7:16 AM Pacific Standard Time
> >> > >Message-id: 
> >>
> >> > Girls don't really seem to care what either of you think of their
> >> sports.  I mean team sports for girls are growing.  One of my
> >employees has a> daughter in> soccer and her daughter is going to some
> >big game in Salt Lake City this next > weekend.
> >>
> >> Female sport is boring unless of course the gals wear next to
> >nothing.
> >> Jump girl, jump, weave, men in raincoats on warm sunny days!
> >
> >Well, the girls and women who participate and support these sports
> >don't seem to find it boring, even if you do.
>
>
> Who's going to pay to support them, Puke if audiences find them
> boring?
>
> They're playing to empty houses, aren't they?
>
> My hometown paper has completely fallen to Title IX fascism,
> religiously giving the women's team at the local university the same
> publicity that they give to the men and THEN some.
>
> Doesn't matter.  The girls don't draw.  Nobody cares to see them.

They must be supporting the wrong sports, then.  Oregon State women's
gymnastics regularly draws crowds of 3000 to 4000.   That's about
twice the total seating for the men's baseball team.     Granted,
that's only about half the attendance of your beloved Fresno
Grizzlies--but then OSU gymnastics is sharing a 50-year old
colliseum with basketball and volleyball.   How long will it
be before the Grizzlies pay off their new ballpark at 7000 tickets
per game?  (Or has attendance risen significantly with the
new ballpark?)


Perceived excellence---as reflected by national rankings has a lot
to do with attendance for all collegiate sports.    The Connecticutt
and Tennesee women's basketball teams have average attendances of
about 14,000.   The unranked Oregon State women's team is lucky to
draw 1400---even with lots of giveaway tickets.
> Women write letters to the editor raging over poor community support
> and lackluster attendance at female events.
>
> Know what?  It STILL doesn't matter.

We get the same kinds of letters about men's baseball here.  Whether it
matters depends on whether you are a baseball fan, I suppose.


>>

Mark Borgerson




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