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<blockquote data-quote="Hanley!" data-source="post: 931127" data-attributes="member: 77015"><p>I'll often find a women's game more entertaining than a men's game on a given weekend. Maybe because there's sometimes more "running rugby" due to the defensive systems being inferior. The skills might not be on the same level as the men's game, but that doesn't mean the games are less fun to watch. </p><p></p><p>It's always going to be a slow process to be honest, because the sport isn't going to be as attractive to elite female athletes as it is to male athletes because the female game isn't currently viable as a career. Two thirds of rugby fans are also male rather than female. So for both these reasons the men are drawing from a larger pool of prospective talent and will as a result find more quality players. The resources for training and coaching the female players will also be inferior due to the lack of funds and that has an impact on their skills/fitness also. The inferior skills/fitness of the woman's game can then be used as an excuse to cover it less, but it's a circular argument. If they were covered more, there would be more funding, and if there were more funding the performances would be of higher quality. </p><p></p><p>I think it will begin to change over time, but it won't happen soon. There does appear to be an opportunity there with rugby in particular, as it seems to have a higher percentage of female fans than most team sports.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hanley!, post: 931127, member: 77015"] I'll often find a women's game more entertaining than a men's game on a given weekend. Maybe because there's sometimes more "running rugby" due to the defensive systems being inferior. The skills might not be on the same level as the men's game, but that doesn't mean the games are less fun to watch. It's always going to be a slow process to be honest, because the sport isn't going to be as attractive to elite female athletes as it is to male athletes because the female game isn't currently viable as a career. Two thirds of rugby fans are also male rather than female. So for both these reasons the men are drawing from a larger pool of prospective talent and will as a result find more quality players. The resources for training and coaching the female players will also be inferior due to the lack of funds and that has an impact on their skills/fitness also. The inferior skills/fitness of the woman's game can then be used as an excuse to cover it less, but it's a circular argument. If they were covered more, there would be more funding, and if there were more funding the performances would be of higher quality. I think it will begin to change over time, but it won't happen soon. There does appear to be an opportunity there with rugby in particular, as it seems to have a higher percentage of female fans than most team sports. [/QUOTE]
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