12-08-2016, 01:26 AM
Can you imagine the outcry if a player like Cripps wanted to play professional cricket as well as AFL and was hit on the head by a bouncer ending his football career?
While I'm all for equality, it comes at a price that some of the girls seem reluctant to pay.
Having signed contracts that require them to focus on their chosen professional commitment some are now having difficulty accepting that if you are an AFLW, FA or BBL professional you cannot also be a professional in a second sport. They seem parallised by the need to make a choice, but that is not the sport's problem it's the sportsperson's problem!
If you are a male that is accepted, why should professional women's sport be any different, why is anyone even posing this question?
I find this demoralising, because I am an advocate for women's sport but it seems to be a common thread that some on the women's side of sport want to have their cake and eat it as well. All want to be recognised as professional, on professional money with a professional profile, but some want to retain their amateur freedoms.
Not matter what sex you are, if you make yourself difficult to deal with your opportunities will be limited. Your professional worth is affected by your personal choices.
While I'm all for equality, it comes at a price that some of the girls seem reluctant to pay.
Having signed contracts that require them to focus on their chosen professional commitment some are now having difficulty accepting that if you are an AFLW, FA or BBL professional you cannot also be a professional in a second sport. They seem parallised by the need to make a choice, but that is not the sport's problem it's the sportsperson's problem!
If you are a male that is accepted, why should professional women's sport be any different, why is anyone even posing this question?
I find this demoralising, because I am an advocate for women's sport but it seems to be a common thread that some on the women's side of sport want to have their cake and eat it as well. All want to be recognised as professional, on professional money with a professional profile, but some want to retain their amateur freedoms.
Not matter what sex you are, if you make yourself difficult to deal with your opportunities will be limited. Your professional worth is affected by your personal choices.
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