Saturday, February 6, 2016

What's the Problem Here?

The [Women's Summit], which featured Serena Williams, Billie Jean King, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other influential women in the sports world, was a clear attempt by the [NFL] at bolstering its outreach to women. The event focused on empowerment and inclusion, using the hashtag #InTheHuddle to symbolize the league's commitment to embracing female athletes and fans. "Our initiative here today is to say, 'How do we get more girls to play sports?'" NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the start of the summit on Thursday.

  Mollie Reilly: HuffPo
I don't know. Big college scholarships?
Goodell announced that the league will implement a "Rooney Rule" requiring at least one woman to be interviewed for every executive vacancy.
Wait, are we talking office work or actually playing sports? He said "play" sports. I thought that meant actually playing.
Over roughly eight hours of panels, speeches and presentations Thursday and Friday, not one speaker mentioned the league's handling of players charged with committing domestic violence.
That wouldn't be wise. It certainly isn't an attractive facet of sports for women.
But by and large, the panelists kept their message focused on why sports are important to them and how to boost girls' participation in athletics.
Yeah. That was the purpose of the meeting, yeah? So, why, Mollie, would you expect them to talk about domestic violence?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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