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Rob Crowley's avatar

Oh, you meant the other football! Carry on.

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Paul Cassidy's avatar

How long before the new Football Regulator gets involved and imposes a levy on men’s professional football to rectify this terrible wrong?

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Tim Worstall's avatar

3....2...1.....

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jbnn's avatar

A 2023 YouGov poll across 18 international markets found that men are more likely than women to have watched women’s sports in the past month. In Britain specifically, 23 per cent of men watch women’s sports compared to 15 per cent of women.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5163500/2024/02/14/male-fans-womens-football-the-athletic-survey-results/

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Jeff York's avatar

Could that be more due to the 'normal' male propensity to admire female flesh rather than interest in the sporting aspect? In the hope that some of them will be 'fit' as against fit.

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jbnn's avatar

Absolutely, though i would advise women's volleyball. Brazil and Cuba come to mind. All of a sudden. Just like that.

Apart from that, normal males propensity to watch any ball regardless who is playing (with) it.

Thinking of the boys and men who watch mesmerized how builders drive piles into a building site's ground, i guess the most seductive sports activity would the one where 'fit' women kick balls with much fire and thunder.

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Quentin Vole's avatar

My B-i-L taught PE and every year or two he'd find a kid in his class who was naturally gifted at ball games. They had great hand-foot-eye co-ordination and could often play football (all codes) cricket, tennis, pingpong etc to a high standard. Often the parents would ask him whether he thought they were good enough to turn pro, and if so in which sport? His reply was obvious: soccer, because if he's the hundredth best footballer in England, he'll have a big house in Cheshire and a Range Rover, whereas if he's the 10th best tennis payer, he'll struggle to make a living.

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