Comments on: Golf’s Double Standard http://www.sherrytabb.com/general-commentary/golfs-double-standard/ The Voice of Women's Golf Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:44:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sherry http://www.sherrytabb.com/general-commentary/golfs-double-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Sherry Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:57:13 +0000 http://www.sherrytabb.com/?p=218#comment-42 Mary, I couldn't agree more with you that this is much larger issue than with just golf. Just today I saw a picture in a local paper regarding some Olympian softball players that came to town to work with some of our youth players and the only picture shown was one of Jennie Finch. Coincidence that she happens to be a long-legged blonde beauty??? I rather doubt it. Certainly she is a great pitcher and plays well enough to have made the Olympic team. Why not include Crystl Bustos? she was in town with Jennie. This is not in any way directed at Jennie. She was not the one who took the photo and had it published. There is so much that needs to be done tp promote women's sports the RIGHT way but until women as a group GET INVOLVED and demand respect for their talent that glass (or grass) ceiling will never go away. Mary,

I couldn’t agree more with you that this is much larger issue than with just golf. Just today I saw a picture in a local paper regarding some Olympian softball players that came to town to work with some of our youth players and the only picture shown was one of Jennie Finch. Coincidence that she happens to be a long-legged blonde beauty??? I rather doubt it. Certainly she is a great pitcher and plays well enough to have made the Olympic team. Why not include Crystl Bustos? she was in town with Jennie. This is not in any way directed at Jennie. She was not the one who took the photo and had it published.

There is so much that needs to be done tp promote women’s sports the RIGHT way but until women as a group GET INVOLVED and demand respect for their talent that glass (or grass) ceiling will never go away.

]]> By: Mary http://www.sherrytabb.com/general-commentary/golfs-double-standard/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Mary Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:41:39 +0000 http://www.sherrytabb.com/?p=218#comment-41 Hey everyone, unfortunately I don't feel this double standard is true to only golf. I feel it is in many women's sports. Why can't the women be truely respected on talent? Is the reason that the producer's of our sports programs are men? There are still some glass ceilings to be broken. In soccer when the US team won several years ago, it was a nike sports bra that caught the media's attention not the goal or teamwork that won the game. I appreciate the shot more than who shot it or even more so what they were wearing.....call me silly. Hey everyone, unfortunately I don’t feel this double standard is true to only golf. I feel it is in many women’s sports. Why can’t the women be truely respected on talent? Is the reason that the producer’s of our sports programs are men? There are still some glass ceilings to be broken. In soccer when the US team won several years ago, it was a nike sports bra that caught the media’s attention not the goal or teamwork that won the game. I appreciate the shot more than who shot it or even more so what they were wearing…..call me silly.

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