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Originally posted by infinitytrack
I don't really understand this really. It's not like the women's game is inherently less interesting to watch. Just because women hit it about 30 yards less, or somehow get less spin on the ball does not to me make it a less interesting television experience. The same goes for women's tennis. Indeed, the argument can be made there that the women's game is far more enjoyable to watch because the men just serve and volley and the point is over in about 3 seconds. I think viewers gravitate to the men simply because they are more accustomed to watching men play sports. A lot of men also fear that they might be labeled pansies by watching girls play sports.
I like watching womens' sports by and large. It's an added bonus that there are athletic babes on the field/court/course etc.
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Some sports are better to watch when the women are playing, some when the men are playing, and some it doensn't matter. A huge generalization here, but when grace predominates, the women are more watchable and in timed events it doesn't matter.
Some examples:
women's gymnastics, figure skating
men's basketball, hockey
For some reason I also find women's soccer more fun to watch. Perhaps there is less diving/bicthing to the ref in the women's game. The women just seem to go about their business.
equal
swimming, running, skiing, speed skating
I also think tennis is equal. But it's pretty player specific. I have no interest in watching Hewitt or Clijster play, but I would watch Serena or Agassi.
Why is men's golf more fun to watch? Probably becasue it's got a richer sense of history (courses, players, records), that the anouncers always shove in our faces. We're told we should care that Mickelson has never won a major, and that Byron Nelson won 11 tournaments in a row, and for some reason we actually do care. A lot of the reasons people watch golf have very little to do with seeing the ball go in the hole.
Maybe women's golf is currently establishing it own history that will make it more watchable in the future. Or maybe the vast majority of people who watch golf are men, and men like to watch men golf rather than women.
