Quote Originally Posted by army88 View Post
I’m not sure it will take off to the extent they’d like because most women don’t like football - there is the answer - it’s predominantly a male driven sport , not being ***ist there by the way I’ve posted on the thread running how good they were and entertaining with no egos and no rolling about ( the men could learn from that )

Imo anyway money has ruined football and reality is it will again for the ladies but not at the same levels as it’s supply on demand and if we’re honest we’re swamped with football on tv now - is there room for another 100 fixtures televised - what times can they be televised ?

The answer I think is no - but good look to em I say the football I watched is good ( are all the players that good though - or is it a lesser standard in WSL etc.

I’ll watch a few a few I think but I can’t see it getting to where the mens game is without convincing a lot of women to suddenly have an interest- maybe in three generations time it could happen.
What many people forget when making comparisons is the fact that Womens' football was progressing well after the First World War and 53000 turned up at Goodison Park on Boxing Day 1920 to watch a game. However, in 1921, the male FA in their wisdom decided that "The game of football is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged."
It did not stop the women playing as such, however, they were not allowed to play in stadiums etc. and the game's progress for women was stunted for 50 years.

Those who compare the mens' game to the womens' game would do well to remember that, had the men been forbidden from playing in stadiums for 50 years and having the revenue that this produced, the mens' game could well have been less attractive to watch.

army, you cold well be correct about your three generations because I would think that the women will be falling over, feigning injury etc., etc. and spoiling the game just as the men do these days.
Having watched Watford last night and seen their players falling over and trying to con the officials, I scratch my head. Much is made of the Respect campaign and Watford players took the knee, however, some of them just went on to try to cheat the officials and their opponents.
Where is the 'Respect' for the game when many male players follow this pattern just to try to win a game of football?