Sports Show Hosts

[Frogbelly]

If a woman is on the panel, why does she have to be the host or hostess? Whatever you want to call it. Do I sound chauvinistic?

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

Never noticed that, but now that you mention it, it does seem to be the case usually.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Women are better multitaskers. Some of them are the host with a couple of ex football players that couldn’t really control the flow of the show.

 

[jjab360]

They usually get talked over and quietly given the Cam Newton treatment of, "it's funny hear to a girl talk about football". It's pretty annoying, actually

 

[Faceplant]

They usually get talked over and quietly given the Cam Newton treatment of, "it's funny hear to a girl talk about football". It's pretty annoying, actually

Kinda funny that Cam's target for that comment was none other than our own Jourdan Rodriguez. She has probably forgotten more about route concepts than Cam has ever known, lolz.

 

[majrleaged]

Cam has always been a Dick

 

[Angry Ram]

If a woman is on the panel, why does she have to be the host or hostess? Whatever you want to call it. Do I sound chauvinistic?

Rich Risen, Jim Brown, Curt Menefee. Trey Wingo, Chris Berman, whoever the college GameDay guy is these days. Just a few off top of my head. Isn't the Sunday night GameDay show also all male?

 

[Frogbelly]

Rich Risen, Jim Brown, Curt Menefee. Trey Wingo, Chris Berman, whoever the college GameDay guy is these days. Just a few off top of my head. Isn't the Sunday night GameDay show also all male?

There are still some all male panels. I was only referring to those with women on them.

 

[Flint]

I think the fact that they can’t really play football has held them back in terms of these shows that get a large part of their content from football. There quite a few women who do basketball analysis and debate as well as coach. Basketball is basketball and there are women who’ve been involved with it their whole lives so talking about the nba or women’s basketball seems pretty natural. There are women who know and love football but I don’t think that player-coach-broadcaster pipeline is available. And I doubt Cam Newton is the only guy who questions women’s involvement and understanding of football.

 

[Q729]

Does it count if a woman is on the panel of a show that's hosted by another woman?

 

[bluecoconuts]

Media is a copy cat industry, so as soon as someone finds a combination that works others will tend to follow along. They have a few different "crazy opinionated" shows with people like Skip and Stephen A. Smith, they have their buddy Sunday pregame shows, they have their we're on radio and TV with guys like Cowherd and Rich, etc etc. Similar to the late night talk shows all basically having a funny host, and a band, and a similar format.

There's no reason why women can't be elevated into more prominent roles within sports analysis, the reason why they aren't likely comes down to a combination of the good ol boys club and the fact that most of the big names have been doing it long before women were really taken seriously in that world, and we're really not that far removed for those days. I don't buy the idea that someone needs to have played the sports in order to understand and break it down, some of the dumbest analysts out there are former players, some even HOF players.

 

[ScotsRam]

Theres a great Soccer analyst in the UK (and she is fucking hot as fuck) but she knows more soccer than the pros. It makes them feel inadequate. People like Mina Kimes and Kay Adams are the same. They have to know even MORE football than your average man to get anywhere near the show. The lady presenters are, generally speaking, absolutely excellent.

Tl:dr - I DGAF if you have tits or a penis just talk good football.

 

[Ramer]

If a woman is on the panel, why does she have to be the host or hostess? Whatever you want to call it. Do I sound chauvinistic?

No more than saying they're eye candy for a mostly male audience

 

[fearsomefour]

No more than saying they're eye candy for a mostly male audience

Which is usually the case.
Their contributions are usually vapid and lame. That might be because that’s the script they are given or it may be what they contribute.
At any rate it usually indicates a downturn in the “football” quality of the show. Meaning, less Xs and Os and more human interest bullshit.
There are plenty of crappy shows with just men of course as well.
I would be curious to know if the women working on these shows are scripted into all the peripheral BS?
I suspect so.