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Lime Flavoured Redux User ID: 72930704 United Kingdom 01/26/2020 04:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? Did anyone actually say they're equal? Especially in basketball, where size makes a fair amount of difference. Quoting: Lime Flavoured Redux They get to tie off closer in golf also. Same applies there, since how far you can hit a ball makes a difference to the game. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78356159 United States 01/26/2020 04:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? A lot easier for a smaller ball to go through the hoop. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78362709 Maybe they are not "equal?" My son used to play high school and travel hockey. In 10th grade there was a girl on his team that a year later made the US Olympic Women's Hockey Team. I saw her play many times. Against average high school boys she did not stand out at all with respect to hockey sense or ability but she did hustle a bit more than some of them. Several years ago the US Women's National Soccer Team scrimmaged the US Boys Under 17 Soccer Team and lost 8-2. [link to www.bigsoccer.com] In 2017, the US Women's National Soccer Team lost to a 15 and under US boys team. [link to twitter.com (secure)] Moral to the story: The BEST female athletes in the world possess skill levels equal to that of average or slightly above average high school aged boys. They are only above average athletes when compared against other women. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74893445 United States 01/26/2020 04:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? Did anyone actually say they're equal? Especially in basketball, where size makes a fair amount of difference. Quoting: Lime Flavoured Redux They get to tie off closer in golf also. Same applies there, since how far you can hit a ball makes a difference to the game. Do small/weak men get to use the closer tee offs? No, so in what way are women "equal" in sports? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73290399 United States 01/26/2020 04:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? A lot easier for a smaller ball to go through the hoop. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78362709 Maybe they are not "equal?" My son used to play high school and travel hockey. In 10th grade there was a girl on his team that a year later made the US Olympic Women's Hockey Team. I saw her play many times. Against average high school boys she did not stand out at all with respect to hockey sense or ability but she did hustle a bit more than some of them. Several years ago the US Women's National Soccer Team scrimmaged the US Boys Under 17 Soccer Team and lost 8-2. [link to www.bigsoccer.com] In 2017, the US Women's National Soccer Team lost to a 15 and under US boys team. [link to twitter.com (secure)] Moral to the story: The BEST female athletes in the world possess skill levels equal to that of average or slightly above average high school aged boys. They are only above average athletes when compared against other women. Im a male and that is complete BS and not 100% correct I played college football and was a 3 sport HS athlete My sister played D1 college basketball and would wreck any boy from my HS team including me She would swat the shit out of you guarenteed |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 78362709 United States 01/26/2020 04:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? A lot easier for a smaller ball to go through the hoop. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78362709 Maybe they are not "equal?" My son used to play high school and travel hockey. In 10th grade there was a girl on his team that a year later made the US Olympic Women's Hockey Team. I saw her play many times. Against average high school boys she did not stand out at all with respect to hockey sense or ability but she did hustle a bit more than some of them. Several years ago the US Women's National Soccer Team scrimmaged the US Boys Under 17 Soccer Team and lost 8-2. [link to www.bigsoccer.com] In 2017, the US Women's National Soccer Team lost to a 15 and under US boys team. [link to twitter.com (secure)] Moral to the story: The BEST female athletes in the world possess skill levels equal to that of average or slightly above average high school aged boys. They are only above average athletes when compared against other women. Im a male and that is complete BS and not 100% correct I played college football and was a 3 sport HS athlete My sister played D1 college basketball and would wreck any boy from my HS team including me She would swat the shit out of you guarenteed She played with a smaller ball and closer 3 point line. That alone tells you that she cannot play equally. Fail. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 73358690 United States 01/26/2020 04:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? A lot easier for a smaller ball to go through the hoop. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78362709 Maybe they are not "equal?" My son used to play high school and travel hockey. In 10th grade there was a girl on his team that a year later made the US Olympic Women's Hockey Team. I saw her play many times. Against average high school boys she did not stand out at all with respect to hockey sense or ability but she did hustle a bit more than some of them. Several years ago the US Women's National Soccer Team scrimmaged the US Boys Under 17 Soccer Team and lost 8-2. [link to www.bigsoccer.com] In 2017, the US Women's National Soccer Team lost to a 15 and under US boys team. [link to twitter.com (secure)] Moral to the story: The BEST female athletes in the world possess skill levels equal to that of average or slightly above average high school aged boys. They are only above average athletes when compared against other women. Im a male and that is complete BS and not 100% correct I played college football and was a 3 sport HS athlete My sister played D1 college basketball and would wreck any boy from my HS team including me She would swat the shit out of you guarenteed She played with a smaller ball and closer 3 point line. That alone tells you that she cannot play equally. Fail. Um girls hands are naturally smaller hence the ball is a bit smaller Damn you guys are so gung-ho with proving woman are inferior and not equal lmao no wonder this site is filled with angry dudes who hate woman And I stand by my statement. My sister would wreck any of you guys in basketball with a male or female ball, GUARENTEE |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 78362709 United States 01/26/2020 04:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78356159 My son used to play high school and travel hockey. In 10th grade there was a girl on his team that a year later made the US Olympic Women's Hockey Team. I saw her play many times. Against average high school boys she did not stand out at all with respect to hockey sense or ability but she did hustle a bit more than some of them. Several years ago the US Women's National Soccer Team scrimmaged the US Boys Under 17 Soccer Team and lost 8-2. [link to www.bigsoccer.com] In 2017, the US Women's National Soccer Team lost to a 15 and under US boys team. [link to twitter.com (secure)] Moral to the story: The BEST female athletes in the world possess skill levels equal to that of average or slightly above average high school aged boys. They are only above average athletes when compared against other women. Im a male and that is complete BS and not 100% correct I played college football and was a 3 sport HS athlete My sister played D1 college basketball and would wreck any boy from my HS team including me She would swat the shit out of you guarenteed She played with a smaller ball and closer 3 point line. That alone tells you that she cannot play equally. Fail. Um girls hands are naturally smaller hence the ball is a bit smaller Damn you guys are so gung-ho with proving woman are inferior and not equal lmao no wonder this site is filled with angry dudes who hate woman And I stand by my statement. My sister would wreck any of you guys in basketball with a male or female ball, GUARENTEE So did she use a "slightly smaller" hoop? LOL. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73358690 United States 01/26/2020 04:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73290399 Im a male and that is complete BS and not 100% correct I played college football and was a 3 sport HS athlete My sister played D1 college basketball and would wreck any boy from my HS team including me She would swat the shit out of you guarenteed She played with a smaller ball and closer 3 point line. That alone tells you that she cannot play equally. Fail. Um girls hands are naturally smaller hence the ball is a bit smaller Damn you guys are so gung-ho with proving woman are inferior and not equal lmao no wonder this site is filled with angry dudes who hate woman And I stand by my statement. My sister would wreck any of you guys in basketball with a male or female ball, GUARENTEE So did she use a "slightly smaller" hoop? LOL. No they still play at 10 feet and the 3 point line is like 2 feet less It isn't a bunch of midgets running around My sister is 6'3 and would drive by you , shoot over you or swat the shit out of you guarentee She is better than most guys alive besides NBA players and D1 men |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73619505 United States 01/26/2020 04:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73290399 Im a male and that is complete BS and not 100% correct I played college football and was a 3 sport HS athlete My sister played D1 college basketball and would wreck any boy from my HS team including me She would swat the shit out of you guarenteed She played with a smaller ball and closer 3 point line. That alone tells you that she cannot play equally. Fail. Um girls hands are naturally smaller hence the ball is a bit smaller Damn you guys are so gung-ho with proving woman are inferior and not equal lmao no wonder this site is filled with angry dudes who hate woman And I stand by my statement. My sister would wreck any of you guys in basketball with a male or female ball, GUARENTEE So did she use a "slightly smaller" hoop? LOL. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73619505 United States 01/26/2020 04:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78362709 She played with a smaller ball and closer 3 point line. That alone tells you that she cannot play equally. Fail. Um girls hands are naturally smaller hence the ball is a bit smaller Damn you guys are so gung-ho with proving woman are inferior and not equal lmao no wonder this site is filled with angry dudes who hate woman And I stand by my statement. My sister would wreck any of you guys in basketball with a male or female ball, GUARENTEE So did she use a "slightly smaller" hoop? LOL. No they still play at 10 feet and the 3 point line is like 2 feet less It isn't a bunch of midgets running around My sister is 6'3 and would drive by you , shoot over you or swat the shit out of you guarentee She is better than most guys alive besides NBA players and D1 men Those womens basketballs are like toys. Easy to play with and easy to score with. Stop lying. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78356159 United States 01/26/2020 04:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78356159 My son used to play high school and travel hockey. In 10th grade there was a girl on his team that a year later made the US Olympic Women's Hockey Team. I saw her play many times. Against average high school boys she did not stand out at all with respect to hockey sense or ability but she did hustle a bit more than some of them. Several years ago the US Women's National Soccer Team scrimmaged the US Boys Under 17 Soccer Team and lost 8-2. [link to www.bigsoccer.com] In 2017, the US Women's National Soccer Team lost to a 15 and under US boys team. [link to twitter.com (secure)] Moral to the story: The BEST female athletes in the world possess skill levels equal to that of average or slightly above average high school aged boys. They are only above average athletes when compared against other women. Im a male and that is complete BS and not 100% correct I played college football and was a 3 sport HS athlete My sister played D1 college basketball and would wreck any boy from my HS team including me She would swat the shit out of you guarenteed She played with a smaller ball and closer 3 point line. That alone tells you that she cannot play equally. Fail. Um girls hands are naturally smaller hence the ball is a bit smaller Damn you guys are so gung-ho with proving woman are inferior and not equal lmao no wonder this site is filled with angry dudes who hate woman And I stand by my statement. My sister would wreck any of you guys in basketball with a male or female ball, GUARENTEE We don't have to "prove" women are inferior athletes. nature has already done it for us. We are all equal before our creator. Equality ends there. From that point on every single person is unique and different. Someone is going to be superior and inferior in all things. Attempting to squelch that simple natural order by imposing an arbitrarily- defined method of "equality" is an assault on all human liberty. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73358690 United States 01/26/2020 04:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73358690 Um girls hands are naturally smaller hence the ball is a bit smaller Damn you guys are so gung-ho with proving woman are inferior and not equal lmao no wonder this site is filled with angry dudes who hate woman And I stand by my statement. My sister would wreck any of you guys in basketball with a male or female ball, GUARENTEE So did she use a "slightly smaller" hoop? LOL. No they still play at 10 feet and the 3 point line is like 2 feet less It isn't a bunch of midgets running around My sister is 6'3 and would drive by you , shoot over you or swat the shit out of you guarentee She is better than most guys alive besides NBA players and D1 men Those womens basketballs are like toys. Easy to play with and easy to score with. Stop lying. NBA men's balls are 29.5 inches around Woman's are 28.5. that's 1 inch around retard You act like it's 7 inches less... That 1 inch is for the difference between male had female hand sizes How bout you stop lying to yourself. Most woman aren't even athletic.. but the ones that are , are athletic Again my sister would destroy you in basketball I would put my house on it |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 20798847 United States 01/26/2020 05:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? A lot easier for a smaller ball to go through the hoop. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78362709 Maybe they are not "equal?" maybe they should put different hoops up for womenz so the correlation is the same .. good point. why if all other things are resized, did the hoop get over looked? pretty sure the female athletes had nothing to do with it as all athletes are puppets anyhow for the elite to be entertained by. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73619505 United States 01/26/2020 05:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? No they still play at 10 feet and the 3 point line is like 2 feet less It isn't a bunch of midgets running around My sister is 6'3 and would drive by you , shoot over you or swat the shit out of you guarentee She is better than most guys alive besides NBA players and D1 men Those womens basketballs are like toys. Easy to play with and easy to score with. Stop lying. NBA men's balls are 29.5 inches around Woman's are 28.5. that's 1 inch around retard You act like it's 7 inches less... That 1 inch is for the difference between male had female hand sizes How bout you stop lying to yourself. Most woman aren't even athletic.. but the ones that are , are athletic Again my sister would destroy you in basketball I would put my house on it That 1 inch size and weight difference makes a HUGE difference since the hoop is not 1 inch smaller. Your sister might have been born a male. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73358690 United States 01/26/2020 05:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 73358690 No they still play at 10 feet and the 3 point line is like 2 feet less It isn't a bunch of midgets running around My sister is 6'3 and would drive by you , shoot over you or swat the shit out of you guarentee She is better than most guys alive besides NBA players and D1 men Those womens basketballs are like toys. Easy to play with and easy to score with. Stop lying. NBA men's balls are 29.5 inches around Woman's are 28.5. that's 1 inch around retard You act like it's 7 inches less... That 1 inch is for the difference between male had female hand sizes How bout you stop lying to yourself. Most woman aren't even athletic.. but the ones that are , are athletic Again my sister would destroy you in basketball I would put my house on it That 1 inch size and weight difference makes a HUGE difference since the hoop is not 1 inch smaller. Your sister might have been born a male. Typically GLP calling everyone transgender lmao That's why you are alone and have no friends or woman. You come here and bitch all day Nobody ever sad woman are better than men at basketball so I don't know why you are bitching But it's a fact some woman are beasts at basketball.. And I played my sister for 20 years growing up with men's basketballs, trust me it doesn't effect a D1 player that grew up with brothers |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 76715453 United States 01/26/2020 05:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? It's all bullshit. I have no doubt at all that equal pay for equal work would result in the vast majority of women receiving a pay cut--a big one. I do love women. Those that pretend the sexes are equal hate women--even if they are a woman. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 41197335 United States 02/16/2024 11:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? Did anyone actually say they're equal? Especially in basketball, where size makes a fair amount of difference. Quoting: Lime Flavoured Redux What year are you living in? All the big media outlets, education and every other facet of modern society says women are equals, despite the kind of special treatment Opie describes. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 41197335 United States 02/16/2024 11:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? No they still play at 10 feet and the 3 point line is like 2 feet less It isn't a bunch of midgets running around My sister is 6'3 and would drive by you , shoot over you or swat the shit out of you guarentee She is better than most guys alive besides NBA players and D1 men Those womens basketballs are like toys. Easy to play with and easy to score with. Stop lying. NBA men's balls are 29.5 inches around Woman's are 28.5. that's 1 inch around retard You act like it's 7 inches less... That 1 inch is for the difference between male had female hand sizes How bout you stop lying to yourself. Most woman aren't even athletic.. but the ones that are , are athletic Again my sister would destroy you in basketball I would put my house on it So you can't do maff either? Area of a circle is pi*r^2. A small change in radius makes a big difference in area. Your sister couldn't destroy any healthy man in basketball. Unfortunately, there aren't many healthy men out there anymore. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 79504288 United States 02/16/2024 07:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? A lot easier for a smaller ball to go through the hoop. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78362709 Maybe they are not "equal?" Using a smaller ball on the same size hoop invalidates any equal comparison. And the fact that no sportscasters mention it proves its meant to go unnoticed. Any sportscaster who brought that up would be fired the next day. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 14896124 United States 02/16/2024 07:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? Obviously men can be, and usually are, bigger and stronger and faster with proportionally greater upper body strength. "Equal athletes" doesn't necessarily mean equal in a head-to-head match. It means women should have the same access to sports activities as men and can be athletes themselves. You're overlooking that there was a time when athleticism for women was very much frowned upon. At one time, even swimming and wading out into water was not considered appropriate for women. And it was pretty hard to do many sports anyway when you had a floor-length dress on. Women can be athletes and schools and colleges should have some funding and facilities for such. That's all it means. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 86858156 United States 02/16/2024 08:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? Obviously men can be, and usually are, bigger and stronger and faster with proportionally greater upper body strength. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14896124 "Equal athletes" doesn't necessarily mean equal in a head-to-head match. It means women should have the same access to sports activities as men and can be athletes themselves. You're overlooking that there was a time when athleticism for women was very much frowned upon. At one time, even swimming and wading out into water was not considered appropriate for women. And it was pretty hard to do many sports anyway when you had a floor-length dress on. Women can be athletes and schools and colleges should have some funding and facilities for such. That's all it means. Schools shouldn't be forced to fund both sexes sports equally when interest and revenue is totally disproportionate. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 81547740 United States 02/16/2024 08:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: If women are "equal" athletes as men, why do they get a closer 3 point line and smaller basketball? Did anyone actually say they're equal? Especially in basketball, where size makes a fair amount of difference. Quoting: Lime Flavoured Redux They get to tie off closer in golf also. Same applies there, since how far you can hit a ball makes a difference to the game. They also have separate leagues for chess. (Which I guess still follows your line of thinking, as they also have 30% smaller brains.) |