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Hattori_Hanzo
Singapore1229 Posts
On September 30 2012 01:06 Prplppleatr wrote: How is this any different from beach volleyball and to a lesser extent, tennis? None. Except the women aren't wearing men's clothes. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26225 Posts
On September 30 2012 02:01 Hattori_Hanzo wrote: None. Except the women aren't wearing men's clothes. Pehaps beach volleyball is similar marketing gimmickry although not everyone appears to share that sentiment within the sport, from Wikipedia: 'According to FIVB rules, female beach volleyball players have the option of playing in shorts or a one-piece swimsuit.[12][13] Most players, however, prefer the two-piece bikini. Competitors such as Natalie Cook and Holly McPeak have confirmed the FIVB's claims that the uniforms are practical for a sport played on sand during the heat of summer, but British Olympian Denise Johns claimed that the regulation uniform is intended to be "sexy" and to draw attention. Tennis is a legitimate sport, in which there is a sizeable following who appreciate the skill and physical conditioning required to play the sport at the level that these women do. While people may find a Sharapova more attractive than a Serena Williams (hence her massive endorsement deals), there is still much respect for both based on their abilities to play the sport. You really are dense if you can't see that the bikini basketball league isn't directly equivalent. | ||
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Hattori_Hanzo
Singapore1229 Posts
Street basketball should be it's own Olympic sport by that theory because it has usually less players and allows striking and shoving of opponents. Women trying out for bikini basketball | ||
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EnE
417 Posts
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ChoDing
United States740 Posts
On September 30 2012 04:10 EnE wrote: So... this will be interesting because if it's anything like male basketball when it comes to contact, bras will be coming off everywhere. i shall watch this when that happens | ||
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JieXian
Malaysia4677 Posts
On September 28 2012 11:54 GTR wrote: basketball's LFL? :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO never knew that existed. To be honest they really do play decent football. (right?) | ||
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Tiegrr
United States607 Posts
On September 30 2012 04:18 JieXian wrote: :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO never knew that existed. To be honest they really do play decent football. (right?) At an above average level yes. They do run some pretty good plays sometimes. | ||
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ClysmiC
United States2192 Posts
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Trollk
Belgium93 Posts
On September 28 2012 12:04 skullnite wrote: As someone with a degree in physics I wonder if this is going to be possible or do they have some really well designed bikini tops or is bikini tops falling off part of the show. Sport bra's help a lot I figure. And no viewer will really mind slipups. On topic: Sounds fun. Like basketball, like bikini's, if free, I might actually watch it. | ||
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Voltaire
United States1485 Posts
On September 30 2012 04:23 ClysmiC wrote: What is this world coming to... I'm glad we live in a world where people can make their own sports leagues with their own rules. If you don't like it you don't have to watch it. | ||
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Fischbacher
Canada666 Posts
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willy001
United States89 Posts
On September 28 2012 12:05 NotSorry wrote: Sorry that the American culture is so sexually oppressed that we have to resort to half naked women playing basketball, fucking Republicans i don't know if you should blame republicans, since the democrats would be the ones to sa that its the womens choice to play basketball in a bikini. | ||
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emc
United States3088 Posts
On September 30 2012 05:01 willy001 wrote: i don't know if you should blame republicans, since the democrats would be the ones to sa that its the womens choice to play basketball in a bikini. republicans are the silent i-will-rape-you-if-i-get-the-chance, but in public they will tell you that women shouldn't dress this way and it's degrading and makes them look like sluts. Now democrats, are a bunch of pussy white knights, so they believe women should have the right to play a sport half naked, they also want to see gays being married but also think obama is doing the right thing in giving the government more control over our health care. how funny is it to be ignorant? User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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Reason
United Kingdom2770 Posts
On September 30 2012 04:51 Fischbacher wrote: It's depressing to see what female athletes have to do for attention T.T To be honest I think it's depressing that if you tried to make a male version of this or any sport full of scantily clad men who are not in as good shape are their modestly clad counterparts playing a sport at an amateur level whilst being half naked that it would fail. Nobody wants to watch that shit! We idolise women, we put them on a pedestal and we say to them : It's okay that you can't do this as well as we can, you look so good doing it that if you're willing to do it half naked I'm willing to watch you do it all day long. I think it's a compliment, not an insult. | ||
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McFeser
United States2458 Posts
On September 30 2012 06:36 Reason wrote: To be honest I think it's depressing that if you tried to make a male version of this or any sport full of scantily clad men who are not in as good shape are their modestly clad counterparts playing a sport at an amateur level whilst being half naked that it would fail. Nobody wants to watch that shit! We idolise women, we put them on a pedestal and we say to them : It's okay that you can't do this as well as we can, you look so good doing it that if you're willing to do it half naked I'm willing to watch you do it all day long. I think it's a compliment, not an insult. That's incredibly degrading. Woman don't like be looked at as something different especially if you have the misguidance to tell they aren't any good. "But hell baby, you still look good doing it" You think that's a compliment? Edit: Seriously!!??? | ||
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Supamang
United States2298 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26225 Posts
On September 30 2012 04:09 Hattori_Hanzo wrote: Nice Double standards you have there. Because it's name is based around the type of clothes worn and not the gender (It's been already taken, genius) formed by the creators of the Lingerie Football League is sexist and offensive but it's okay when women play beach ball in bikinis and becomes a hit sport until it's recognized as an Olympic sport despite being THE EXACT SAME GAME OF Volley BALL but on different surface and two players instead of five. Street basketball should be it's own Olympic sport by that theory because it has usually less players and allows striking and shoving of opponents. Women trying out for bikini basketball Lol, way to disregard large parts of what I said and introduce things that I did not say. Misdirection appears to be a strong suit of yours, judging by your wilful disregard of the general rules of discussion. People take the time to actually address what you say, and respond accordingly, but apparently such a concept is above your latent genius. I may not be a genius, although thanks for the sarcasm and attitude, you on the other hand are a grade A moron. Ridiculous poster. | ||
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Trollk
Belgium93 Posts
On September 30 2012 06:42 McFeser wrote: That's incredibly degrading. Woman don't like be looked at as something different especially if you have the misguidance to tell they aren't any good. "But hell baby, you still look good doing it" You think that's a compliment? Edit: Seriously!!??? Degrading? If you choose to play basketball in a bikney, you know beforehand that its because guys like to look at the junk in the trunk. If they don't like it, don't bother signing up. What is next, making it illegal for woman to monetise their sex appeal? Only person who could complain that is degrading, are the woman that are playing on that court. And gues what, they actually are capable of thinking on their own. TL; DR Complaing abt it being degrading is actually an insult to every woman who chooses to be there. | ||
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Mathewep2010
United States63 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26225 Posts
On September 30 2012 07:37 Trollk wrote: Degrading? If you choose to play basketball in a bikney, you know beforehand that its because guys like to look at the junk in the trunk. If they don't like it, don't bother signing up. What is next, making it illegal for woman to monetise their sex appeal? Only person who could complain that is degrading, are the woman that are playing on that court. And gues what, they actually are capable of thinking on their own. TL; DR Complaing abt it being degrading is actually an insult to every woman who chooses to be there. Nope not buying it. People here aren't saying that these women aren't capable of making these decisions themselves, more that the idea itself isn't overly edifying. Likewise not all of us are against monetising your sex appeal. Modelling, pornography etc are all fine by me because they are what they are, attractive ladies making the most of this attribute. The problem for me is more when people use their sex appeal to make a mockery of hardworking, talented people in other fields and get a leg up in fields that are completely unrelated to attractiveness. Likewise the token female pickups in the world of SC2, ridiculous to see some of the bans that were handed out on those threads, but some of the posts that are tolerated here. In before 'well that's the way the world works'. The world only works in certain ways because people accept these as normal. Equally, such an onus is not placed on the supposed critical importance of attractiveness when it comes to males. Perhaps in sport it's the generally superior product on display, and that's a discussion worth having. | ||
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