No (Title) IX Lives
If a soccer league fails (in the US) does it make a sound? The WUSA, the women's soccer league, decided to close down after realizing it was not financially viable. In other words, no one in the US wants to watch soccer, much less women's soccer, unless, of course it is a World Cup women's soccer game and Brandi Chastain gives us a glimpse of her jog bra. Before we go labeling Verbal Jazz a sexist, that is not what I say, but rather what the "marketplace" says. After all, sports are ruled by the marketplace.
Unlike the WNBA the WUSA was not blessed with a benevolent benefactor to keep the league running until it had reached its tipping point and boys and girls were arguing whether to watch Nomar or Mia (Nomar Garciaparra of the Boston Red Sox and Mia Hamm of the now defunct Washington Freedom are engaged). I'm a baseball nut, I'll take Nomar, and so would my Significant Other. For now I will take my soccer once every four years when I watch the World Cup.
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If a soccer league fails (in the US) does it make a sound? The WUSA, the women's soccer league, decided to close down after realizing it was not financially viable. In other words, no one in the US wants to watch soccer, much less women's soccer, unless, of course it is a World Cup women's soccer game and Brandi Chastain gives us a glimpse of her jog bra. Before we go labeling Verbal Jazz a sexist, that is not what I say, but rather what the "marketplace" says. After all, sports are ruled by the marketplace.
Unlike the WNBA the WUSA was not blessed with a benevolent benefactor to keep the league running until it had reached its tipping point and boys and girls were arguing whether to watch Nomar or Mia (Nomar Garciaparra of the Boston Red Sox and Mia Hamm of the now defunct Washington Freedom are engaged). I'm a baseball nut, I'll take Nomar, and so would my Significant Other. For now I will take my soccer once every four years when I watch the World Cup.
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