Comments on: The Colour Pink http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/the-colour-pink.html News from The German Bundesliga Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:54:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Juliet http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/the-colour-pink.html#comment-6253 Juliet Mon, 12 May 2008 02:19:27 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/eintracht-frankfurt/the-colour-pink.html#comment-6253 A fan is a fan. By setting us apart like this, our commitment seems marginalized. I think they're trying to be more "fashionable" with this move, but it just looks silly. I don't want to look like a fan of Palermo, for pete's sake. I wish the clubs would sell more things that are cut for women and more stores would pick them up. It's impossible to get a Bayern or German team jersey in the US that's cut for women. A youth XL is as close as I can get. A fan is a fan. By setting us apart like this, our commitment seems marginalized. I think they’re trying to be more “fashionable” with this move, but it just looks silly. I don’t want to look like a fan of Palermo, for pete’s sake.

I wish the clubs would sell more things that are cut for women and more stores would pick them up. It’s impossible to get a Bayern or German team jersey in the US that’s cut for women. A youth XL is as close as I can get.

]]> By: diana http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/the-colour-pink.html#comment-6237 diana Sat, 10 May 2008 13:36:31 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/eintracht-frankfurt/the-colour-pink.html#comment-6237 True, Anna. Oh well, sometimes it can be a little tough being a female football fan where the world of football is dominated by males. You have to prove to people that you know your football. People thinking you watch football just because there are cute guys running around on the pitch. That is not the reason why I am a football fan. If the footballer's talented, he gets my vote. “Women want to be taken seriously and treated equally in the male domain of football. So why do we need fan-products in “girlie-colours?” Totally agreeing with that one. True, Anna.

Oh well, sometimes it can be a little tough being a female football fan where the world of football is dominated by males. You have to prove to people that you know your football. People thinking you watch football just because there are cute guys running around on the pitch. That is not the reason why I am a football fan. If the footballer’s talented, he gets my vote.

“Women want to be taken seriously and treated equally in the male domain of football. So why do we need fan-products in “girlie-colours?”
Totally agreeing with that one.

]]> By: Anna http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/the-colour-pink.html#comment-6235 Anna Sat, 10 May 2008 09:16:31 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/eintracht-frankfurt/the-colour-pink.html#comment-6235 And I love what they're saying on the site of the campaign: "Frauen wollen in der Männerdomäne Fußball ernst genommen und gleich behandelt werden. Warum brauchen wir dann Fanartikel extra in „Girlie“-Farben?" "Women want to be taken seriously and treated equally in the male domain of football. So why do we need fan-products in "girlie-colours?" Exactly. And I love what they’re saying on the site of the campaign:
“Frauen wollen in der Männerdomäne Fußball ernst genommen und gleich behandelt werden. Warum brauchen wir dann Fanartikel extra in „Girlie“-Farben?”
“Women want to be taken seriously and treated equally in the male domain of football. So why do we need fan-products in “girlie-colours?”

Exactly.

]]> By: Anna http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/the-colour-pink.html#comment-6234 Anna Sat, 10 May 2008 08:59:01 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/eintracht-frankfurt/the-colour-pink.html#comment-6234 WORD. Even if I liked pink, which I don't, I wouldn't want to wear a pink fan-scarf. Why? Because my club's colours are white and red. Not pink. And also because the idea of everything especially made for women having to be pink is something that makes me feel insulted. I don't mind if a hand-full of fan-things are made for women - I love the idea of "ladies"-jerseys (which Stuttgart sadly don't have) because the average football jersey looks on me like I'm wearing a bag. But that difference is something football executives apparently are too lazy to understand. WORD.

Even if I liked pink, which I don’t, I wouldn’t want to wear a pink fan-scarf. Why? Because my club’s colours are white and red. Not pink. And also because the idea of everything especially made for women having to be pink is something that makes me feel insulted.
I don’t mind if a hand-full of fan-things are made for women – I love the idea of “ladies”-jerseys (which Stuttgart sadly don’t have) because the average football jersey looks on me like I’m wearing a bag. But that difference is something football executives apparently are too lazy to understand.

]]> By: diana http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/the-colour-pink.html#comment-6231 diana Sat, 10 May 2008 05:13:18 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/eintracht-frankfurt/the-colour-pink.html#comment-6231 'We are just as capable of liking (and wearing) scarves in the proper colors of the club. It’s completely stupid.' Abby just took the words out of my mouth. Actually, there used to be at one time when pink is my favourite colour. But that was when I was still a little girl. It's blue now, by the way. ‘We are just as capable of liking (and wearing) scarves in the proper colors of the club. It’s completely stupid.’
Abby just took the words out of my mouth.

Actually, there used to be at one time when pink is my favourite colour. But that was when I was still a little girl. It’s blue now, by the way.

]]> By: Abby http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/the-colour-pink.html#comment-6227 Abby Sat, 10 May 2008 00:55:49 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/1-bundesliga/eintracht-frankfurt/the-colour-pink.html#comment-6227 As a girl football fan, pink-colored garb for us is utterly ridiculous. We don't need to be pandered to. We are just as capable of liking (and wearing) scarves in the proper colors of the club. It's completely stupid. (Hertha has a light-blue girl's scarf. Which is still ridiculous, but less so as at least light blue is blue.) As a girl football fan, pink-colored garb for us is utterly ridiculous. We don’t need to be pandered to. We are just as capable of liking (and wearing) scarves in the proper colors of the club. It’s completely stupid.

(Hertha has a light-blue girl’s scarf. Which is still ridiculous, but less so as at least light blue is blue.)

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