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I Don’t Watch Women’s Basketball…
Samuel Johnson wrote:
“Sir, a woman’s preaching is like a dog’s walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.”
That’s pretty much how I feel about women’s basketball. The sport rewards a sort of athleticism that men exhibit more than women. Played well, basketball calls for skills that only a few men and not enough women to populate a league possess. Whether a good men’s team could beat a great women’s team is irrelevant. I’m just saying that the game itself is most enjoyable for me as a spectator when it is played as men play it. The same is true for baseball, hockey, football, golf, boxing, and most track and field events. I’m not a big enough fan of soccer to decide whether it belongs in this list, but, maybe because I don’t understand the game, I’m thinking that women’s soccer is as much fun to watch as men’s soccer.
In contrast, I love to watch women’s tennis, which I see as a very different game from men’s tennis. To me, men’s tennis is not a very good spectator sport. The serve is too important, and rallies don’t last long enough. Yes, the game tests skills, which is why there are people who are consistently best at it, and some matches are worth watching to see some truly astonishing athleticism and…