Every sport in this world has one thing in common,the men's version of the sport is more competitive,more watches and of better quality.This blog is about this very fact and reason for this unbalance.
Before starting I would like to name a few sportsperson along with their records.Serena Willam's has won 23 grandslam championships which is four more than what Roger Federer has won.Mitali Raj is the highest run getter in all forms of women's cricket.A record that Sachin Tendulkar did not have(he did not play T-20).But my question is in the comparison who is better known or popular.
If we simply make a list of sporting legends or the most influential sportsperson,I don't think there would be many women.So does it mean that women are less capable than men or women put in less effort or women version of sports are less exciting?
I think the reason is something else.Sure there is a huge level in the standard of the games men and women play.But secondly we ourselves are also not interested in watching their game,simply because we compare them directly with men.May be its justified to some extent but not completely.You can't expect both men and women to play at the same standard.Men are more stronger possess more strength and also recieve more opportunities.Surely there is a big difference between the people watching men and women version of the sport but it can be improved.
Firstly I believe that the rules and format of women's version should be changed.Tennis is one such sport which has managed to do it well.They have a best of five games for men and best of three games for women.But what about other sports.In cricket they still have a 50 over ODI for women(with shorter boundaries).At a time where scoring 300 is a not a match winning total,even 250 is a match winning score in women's version.The length should be shortened.They even keep test matches for them of four days.I believe there should be some modifications made to make the game more exciting.Same goes for other sports also.Believe me the the administrators and marketers will make double money and if women's version is also recieved as good as men.
Finally I believe that the difference in both the versions can be reduced to some extent but the real change will come when we also start admiring female sportspersons. Difference in skill set may be an excuse but what we like to watch in sports is the athletes going on the field and putting their 100%;fighting till their last breath;coming back from losses,injuries and failures.I gurantee that happens both for men's and women's version of sport.
Before starting I would like to name a few sportsperson along with their records.Serena Willam's has won 23 grandslam championships which is four more than what Roger Federer has won.Mitali Raj is the highest run getter in all forms of women's cricket.A record that Sachin Tendulkar did not have(he did not play T-20).But my question is in the comparison who is better known or popular.
If we simply make a list of sporting legends or the most influential sportsperson,I don't think there would be many women.So does it mean that women are less capable than men or women put in less effort or women version of sports are less exciting?
I think the reason is something else.Sure there is a huge level in the standard of the games men and women play.But secondly we ourselves are also not interested in watching their game,simply because we compare them directly with men.May be its justified to some extent but not completely.You can't expect both men and women to play at the same standard.Men are more stronger possess more strength and also recieve more opportunities.Surely there is a big difference between the people watching men and women version of the sport but it can be improved.
Firstly I believe that the rules and format of women's version should be changed.Tennis is one such sport which has managed to do it well.They have a best of five games for men and best of three games for women.But what about other sports.In cricket they still have a 50 over ODI for women(with shorter boundaries).At a time where scoring 300 is a not a match winning total,even 250 is a match winning score in women's version.The length should be shortened.They even keep test matches for them of four days.I believe there should be some modifications made to make the game more exciting.Same goes for other sports also.Believe me the the administrators and marketers will make double money and if women's version is also recieved as good as men.
Finally I believe that the difference in both the versions can be reduced to some extent but the real change will come when we also start admiring female sportspersons. Difference in skill set may be an excuse but what we like to watch in sports is the athletes going on the field and putting their 100%;fighting till their last breath;coming back from losses,injuries and failures.I gurantee that happens both for men's and women's version of sport.
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