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Post by ironhammer on Aug 16, 2024 0:27:43 GMT -5
MSNBC has an article praising Olympic volleyball, specifically from a gender angle: For one thing, volleyball is arguably the only team sport that is quintessentially female. This is a relationship-based sport played with power and athleticism in a noncontact environment defined by interdependence and rapid scoring. It is also incredibly joyous, with encouragement and celebration a defining aspect of every play. There’s a reason that in the 50 years since Title IX opened athletics opportunities, girls have flocked to the court.
Volleyball is also one of the only team sports in the U.S. to become mainstream without a more popular male counterpart. Per the National Federation of State High School Associations, more girls play volleyball than any other sport besides track and field. In August 2023, a college volleyball match drew the largest crowd in the world ever to attend a women’s sporting event as 92,003 fans crowded into Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium to watch Nebraska’s volleyball team beat Omaha in three sets.www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/usa-vs-france-olympic-volleyball-primetime-paris-rcna165993Its always nice that a mainstream regular national-level news outlet cover volleyball, which is all too rare in my opinion. It mentioned Nebraska...ok, but that aide, what do you think of its argument? |
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Post by treesandwaves on Aug 16, 2024 14:12:47 GMT -5
A bit odd to cast relationships as inherently female; trots too close to gender essentialism for me. And while the noise around players is entertaining, I’m much more here for the sport than the friends we make along the way. In fact, I much prefer watching enemies duke it out. I’ll never get enough Texas v Neb v Stanford v PSU
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Post by gobruins on Aug 17, 2024 5:22:10 GMT -5
MSNBC has an article praising Olympic volleyball, specifically from a gender angle: For one thing, volleyball is arguably the only team sport that is quintessentially female. This is a relationship-based sport played with power and athleticism in a noncontact environment defined by interdependence and rapid scoring. It is also incredibly joyous, with encouragement and celebration a defining aspect of every play. There’s a reason that in the 50 years since Title IX opened athletics opportunities, girls have flocked to the court.
Volleyball is also one of the only team sports in the U.S. to become mainstream without a more popular male counterpart. Per the National Federation of State High School Associations, more girls play volleyball than any other sport besides track and field. In August 2023, a college volleyball match drew the largest crowd in the world ever to attend a women’s sporting event as 92,003 fans crowded into Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium to watch Nebraska’s volleyball team beat Omaha in three sets.www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/usa-vs-france-olympic-volleyball-primetime-paris-rcna165993Its always nice that a mainstream regular national-level news outlet cover volleyball, which is all too rare in my opinion. It mentioned Nebraska...ok, but that aide, what do you think of its argument? "Quintessentially female" is a very American-centric view of the sport. |
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Post by ironhammer on Aug 17, 2024 7:23:13 GMT -5
MSNBC has an article praising Olympic volleyball, specifically from a gender angle: For one thing, volleyball is arguably the only team sport that is quintessentially female. This is a relationship-based sport played with power and athleticism in a noncontact environment defined by interdependence and rapid scoring. It is also incredibly joyous, with encouragement and celebration a defining aspect of every play. There’s a reason that in the 50 years since Title IX opened athletics opportunities, girls have flocked to the court.
Volleyball is also one of the only team sports in the U.S. to become mainstream without a more popular male counterpart. Per the National Federation of State High School Associations, more girls play volleyball than any other sport besides track and field. In August 2023, a college volleyball match drew the largest crowd in the world ever to attend a women’s sporting event as 92,003 fans crowded into Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium to watch Nebraska’s volleyball team beat Omaha in three sets.www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/usa-vs-france-olympic-volleyball-primetime-paris-rcna165993Its always nice that a mainstream regular national-level news outlet cover volleyball, which is all too rare in my opinion. It mentioned Nebraska...ok, but that aide, what do you think of its argument? "Quintessentially female" is a very American-centric view of the sport. Good point. I was wondering about that. Other countries don't necessarily define volleyball in such gender defined terms... |
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Post by bbg95 on Aug 17, 2024 10:17:18 GMT -5
MSNBC has an article praising Olympic volleyball, specifically from a gender angle: For one thing, volleyball is arguably the only team sport that is quintessentially female. This is a relationship-based sport played with power and athleticism in a noncontact environment defined by interdependence and rapid scoring. It is also incredibly joyous, with encouragement and celebration a defining aspect of every play. There’s a reason that in the 50 years since Title IX opened athletics opportunities, girls have flocked to the court.
Volleyball is also one of the only team sports in the U.S. to become mainstream without a more popular male counterpart. Per the National Federation of State High School Associations, more girls play volleyball than any other sport besides track and field. In August 2023, a college volleyball match drew the largest crowd in the world ever to attend a women’s sporting event as 92,003 fans crowded into Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium to watch Nebraska’s volleyball team beat Omaha in three sets.www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/usa-vs-france-olympic-volleyball-primetime-paris-rcna165993Its always nice that a mainstream regular national-level news outlet cover volleyball, which is all too rare in my opinion. It mentioned Nebraska...ok, but that aide, what do you think of its argument? "Quintessentially female" is a very American-centric view of the sport. MSNBC is an American network. This should not surprise you. Also, it's just a fact that women's volleyball is more popular than men's in the US. |
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Post by n00b on Aug 17, 2024 20:01:14 GMT -5
That article was written by Kathy DeBoer, former executive director of the AVCA. So it's nice that MSNBC published the piece, but it's not like it really has anything to do with the views of MSNBC.
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Post by bbg95 on Aug 17, 2024 20:44:59 GMT -5
That article was written by Kathy DeBoer, former executive director of the AVCA. So it's nice that MSNBC published the piece, but it's not like it really has anything to do with the views of MSNBC. That's a good point. It's an op-ed. That said, MSNBC can still dictate which op-eds it wants to run. |
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