Happened upon the following story linked to OnwardState's story on the latest Barron Fiasco
On Female "Sports Personalities"
Since, it is (somewhat) sports and PSU related...her it is:
https://onwardstate.com/2014/04/14/state-college-native-melanie-collins-making-a-splash-in-sports/
Now, a lot of sports fans have either positive or negative thoughts on the proliferation of female "sports hosts"
Personally, I like some of the female hosts/broadcasters as much or more than many of the male "ex-jock" types......so long as they offer something that shows at least a basic insight of the sport they are covering. I'd take Holly Rowe - even Beth Mowins - over Matt Millen or Jesse Palmer 7 days a week. And good lord, the announcers for ESPN's nightly baseball broadcasts? I'd rather listen to a couple of 14 year old girls discuss fingernail polish.
But, so many of them offer nothing but "cheesecake"...and, to make it worse, many are unabashed about using that "cheesecake" factor to get ahead. This does nothing but hurt the chances for legitimate female sports media folks to be taken seriously.
This one (who happens to be a "local") - in particular - seems to revel in portraying herself as nothing more than a "stripper who can enunciate". WTF is it with these women. Does Todd Blackledge go around posing in speedos on the side? Do Kirk Herbstreit and Andre Ware pimp themselves out to Cosmo? If they did, wouldn't it detract from their attempts to be taken as "serious" journalists?
Anyway.....kinda' pathetic....and kinda' illustrative of how low the bar for "sports journalism" has dropped.
On Female "Sports Personalities"
Since, it is (somewhat) sports and PSU related...her it is:
https://onwardstate.com/2014/04/14/state-college-native-melanie-collins-making-a-splash-in-sports/
Now, a lot of sports fans have either positive or negative thoughts on the proliferation of female "sports hosts"
Personally, I like some of the female hosts/broadcasters as much or more than many of the male "ex-jock" types......so long as they offer something that shows at least a basic insight of the sport they are covering. I'd take Holly Rowe - even Beth Mowins - over Matt Millen or Jesse Palmer 7 days a week. And good lord, the announcers for ESPN's nightly baseball broadcasts? I'd rather listen to a couple of 14 year old girls discuss fingernail polish.
But, so many of them offer nothing but "cheesecake"...and, to make it worse, many are unabashed about using that "cheesecake" factor to get ahead. This does nothing but hurt the chances for legitimate female sports media folks to be taken seriously.
This one (who happens to be a "local") - in particular - seems to revel in portraying herself as nothing more than a "stripper who can enunciate". WTF is it with these women. Does Todd Blackledge go around posing in speedos on the side? Do Kirk Herbstreit and Andre Ware pimp themselves out to Cosmo? If they did, wouldn't it detract from their attempts to be taken as "serious" journalists?
Anyway.....kinda' pathetic....and kinda' illustrative of how low the bar for "sports journalism" has dropped.