Women in Sport
September 6th 2006 08:16
It is so disheartening to see that here in the year 2006, men are still given dominance when it comes to televising and promoting sport.
The Australian Government needs to do something about increasing the promotion of women in sport.
There are so many Australian sportswomen who are doing the country proud but for some reason television broadcasters can’t be bothered to cover the events. Australian netball is one example. Their New Zealand counterparts are considered famous and just as good as the country’s football team. But, here in Australia, these highly talented Australian women are not even given the coverage for their national semi finals.
ABC was the only free-to-air channel to broadcast some of the netball semi finals but it was only the highlights. Yet if they were men, the whole game would be broadcast on television and it would be shown in prime time.
You even get coverage of sportsmen who are once again having another affair or a drunken rage.
But, Australian netballers, like Sharelle McMahon and Liz Ellis, who have won so many world championships, are hardly ever broadcasted on television. The highlights on ABC are the only time you get to see some of the action of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, the national netball competition.
The Australian netballers were the first to receive gold in the Commonwealth Games for this sport. They are brilliant role models for girls wanting to get into sport, yet even the media are refusing to cover netball properly.
Read my blog on Our Netball Champions for more information.
There are many other sportswomen who are in the same predicament. The Australian women’s soccer, hockey, and basketball teams also perform extremely well on the world circuit.
Australians should be pushing for television broadcasters to give sportswomen a fair go. Isn’t Australia winning or coming very close to winning in an international competition, regardless of gender, more important than Shane Warne having another affair? There is more to sport than just cricket or football. Gender should not be an issue. Let’s show Australia how incredibly talented ALL of our sportspeople are and give ALL of our kids great role models to look up to.
The Australian Government needs to do something about increasing the promotion of women in sport.
There are so many Australian sportswomen who are doing the country proud but for some reason television broadcasters can’t be bothered to cover the events. Australian netball is one example. Their New Zealand counterparts are considered famous and just as good as the country’s football team. But, here in Australia, these highly talented Australian women are not even given the coverage for their national semi finals.
ABC was the only free-to-air channel to broadcast some of the netball semi finals but it was only the highlights. Yet if they were men, the whole game would be broadcast on television and it would be shown in prime time.
You even get coverage of sportsmen who are once again having another affair or a drunken rage.
But, Australian netballers, like Sharelle McMahon and Liz Ellis, who have won so many world championships, are hardly ever broadcasted on television. The highlights on ABC are the only time you get to see some of the action of the Commonwealth Bank Trophy, the national netball competition.
The Australian netballers were the first to receive gold in the Commonwealth Games for this sport. They are brilliant role models for girls wanting to get into sport, yet even the media are refusing to cover netball properly.
Read my blog on Our Netball Champions for more information.
There are many other sportswomen who are in the same predicament. The Australian women’s soccer, hockey, and basketball teams also perform extremely well on the world circuit.
Australians should be pushing for television broadcasters to give sportswomen a fair go. Isn’t Australia winning or coming very close to winning in an international competition, regardless of gender, more important than Shane Warne having another affair? There is more to sport than just cricket or football. Gender should not be an issue. Let’s show Australia how incredibly talented ALL of our sportspeople are and give ALL of our kids great role models to look up to.
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