Comments on: Women’s Football: Glass Half Empty / Half Full Attitudes http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html News from The German Bundesliga Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:54:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jan http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html#comment-848 Jan Wed, 12 Sep 2007 08:53:35 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/international/national-team/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html#comment-848 I always thought it was funny that soccer is more of a women's sport in the US while it's the other way round in Europe. Or better it was this way in the past. I always thought it was funny that soccer is more of a women’s sport in the US while it’s the other way round in Europe. Or better it was this way in the past.

]]> By: Karl http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html#comment-844 Karl Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:22:23 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/international/national-team/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html#comment-844 As a fan of both US national teams, I enjoy the role reversals involved in following each team. On the one hand, you have a perenial underdog, who always seems to struggle on the international stage, but can come up with a big win on occasion. On the otherhand, with the WNT you get to follow a soccer super power. Sort of the best of both worlds. I always plan on just watching a few games of the WWC, but always wind up getting absorbed in it. I just love World Cups in all their guises. As a fan of both US national teams, I enjoy the role reversals involved in following each team. On the one hand, you have a perenial underdog, who always seems to struggle on the international stage, but can come up with a big win on occasion. On the otherhand, with the WNT you get to follow a soccer super power. Sort of the best of both worlds.

I always plan on just watching a few games of the WWC, but always wind up getting absorbed in it. I just love World Cups in all their guises.

]]> By: Jan http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html#comment-843 Jan Wed, 12 Sep 2007 04:23:26 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/international/national-team/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html#comment-843 Inara: I think it's a good thing that the major clubs like Olympique Lyon have a women's team and that you report about it. That's also one of the problems IMHO of the women's league in Germany. If I look at what teams play in this league then I see a lot of unknown names except for Bayern Munich and Hamburg, who are among the traditional Bundesliga clubs who play in the women's Bundesliga. Werder Bremen only recently started a women's team. And thus they started in the fourth division and it will take some years before they eventually make it to the first division. And it's the same for other clubs. I think that big clubs with a long tradition in the men's game automatically help raise the profile of the women's game as well. Inara: I think it’s a good thing that the major clubs like Olympique Lyon have a women’s team and that you report about it. That’s also one of the problems IMHO of the women’s league in Germany. If I look at what teams play in this league then I see a lot of unknown names except for Bayern Munich and Hamburg, who are among the traditional Bundesliga clubs who play in the women’s Bundesliga. Werder Bremen only recently started a women’s team. And thus they started in the fourth division and it will take some years before they eventually make it to the first division. And it’s the same for other clubs. I think that big clubs with a long tradition in the men’s game automatically help raise the profile of the women’s game as well.

]]> By: Jan http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html#comment-842 Jan Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:51:39 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/international/national-team/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html#comment-842 I think that you can look at football as a sport and as a product. As a sport the FA's and clubs have a social responsibility to let girls play football and develop their skills just as they let the boys do the same. Women's football is booming like never before in Germany, especially since last years World Cup. As a product though, there are different things that matter. I wouldn't watch women's football just to show everybody that I support equal rights agendas. E.g. it's normal that there are more people interested in the Champions League than Germany's second division. So it's also normal that there are currently more people who care about the men's Bundesliga than the women's Bundesliga. Which doesn't mean that women's football can't or won't get there. But it's not my obligation as a 'customer' to buy a product that still needs some time in development. I think that you can look at football as a sport and as a product. As a sport the FA’s and clubs have a social responsibility to let girls play football and develop their skills just as they let the boys do the same. Women’s football is booming like never before in Germany, especially since last years World Cup.

As a product though, there are different things that matter. I wouldn’t watch women’s football just to show everybody that I support equal rights agendas. E.g. it’s normal that there are more people interested in the Champions League than Germany’s second division. So it’s also normal that there are currently more people who care about the men’s Bundesliga than the women’s Bundesliga. Which doesn’t mean that women’s football can’t or won’t get there. But it’s not my obligation as a ‘customer’ to buy a product that still needs some time in development.

]]> By: Inara http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html#comment-840 Inara Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:09:49 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/international/national-team/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html#comment-840 I've actually gotten interested in women's soccer recently and am making an effort to catch a game every once in a while. I won't lie, for every ten men's games I watch, I'll watch the highlights of a women's game. But that's better than nothing, right? I've also decided to update my readers on OL Ladies, so that's something I guess. Still, I think despite the weaknesses in women's football, it's doing pretty well. I’ve actually gotten interested in women’s soccer recently and am making an effort to catch a game every once in a while. I won’t lie, for every ten men’s games I watch, I’ll watch the highlights of a women’s game. But that’s better than nothing, right? I’ve also decided to update my readers on OL Ladies, so that’s something I guess.

Still, I think despite the weaknesses in women’s football, it’s doing pretty well.

]]> By: Juliet http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html#comment-837 Juliet Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:27:19 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/international/national-team/womens-football-glass-half-empty-half-full-attitudes.html#comment-837 Reminds me of my own "growing up" with soccer. I fully accept that I am a bad feminist for not wanting to watch women's soccer. Reminds me of my own “growing up” with soccer.

I fully accept that I am a bad feminist for not wanting to watch women’s soccer.

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