Recently, the sports world has been asking popular WNBA players if they should lower the rim to 8-ft in order to make dunking/scoring easier. Some "popular" WNBA players are for it, others are staunchly against it and taking to social media to rip those who want it and calling out men for being men and having men's things.
The general reasons why women are against it root right back to gender equality, that the women "deserve" the same hoop as men. This isn't a question of gender equality, this is a question of entertainment value. Men are simply better than women at basketball. Done deal, no arguing. The rim being 10 feet high just is what it is for men's hoops. Why can't the WNBA just adopt a lower rim and make that what it is for their own league? Lowering the rim would allow more women to score and dunk, leading to the WNBA maybe being a fraction more watch-able than the train-wreck it is to watch now.
You want the popularity of the WNBA to grow, right ladies? You want more money? You want more people to be entertained by your talents on the court? Great! Lower the rims. Holding your ground here, and making this about gender is just costing women's basketball more and more money people are willing to throw at the sport, just to watch people dunk and score as much as possible.
I know, some women can dunk already but it's just hideous to watch..
The general reasons why women are against it root right back to gender equality, that the women "deserve" the same hoop as men. This isn't a question of gender equality, this is a question of entertainment value. Men are simply better than women at basketball. Done deal, no arguing. The rim being 10 feet high just is what it is for men's hoops. Why can't the WNBA just adopt a lower rim and make that what it is for their own league? Lowering the rim would allow more women to score and dunk, leading to the WNBA maybe being a fraction more watch-able than the train-wreck it is to watch now.
You want the popularity of the WNBA to grow, right ladies? You want more money? You want more people to be entertained by your talents on the court? Great! Lower the rims. Holding your ground here, and making this about gender is just costing women's basketball more and more money people are willing to throw at the sport, just to watch people dunk and score as much as possible.
I know, some women can dunk already but it's just hideous to watch..
VS
Keep throwing away money and fun ladies. But seriously, do w/e you want, keep the damn 10ft hoop if you really want to, I still won't watch no matter how high the rim is, anyway.
By: El Mijo
By: El Mijo