10-01-2015, 02:42 PM
The NRL world is generally seen as sexist, blokey and a boy's club, yet the NRL Footy Show is able to include a 'football intelligent' attractive female in Erin Molan who is shown a high degree of respect by both the panel and audience and not treated as a token female.
With the recent accusations leveled at Newman and Brownless and the deplorable history that the show has in dealing with women ( Newman's comments to those female footballers a few weeks ago was a disgrace) and the fact that the AFL footy show needs a revamp (desperately), are there any suggestions as to any females who might be able take their place legitimately as a panel member, to give the show some form of credibility??
My suggestion: Rebecca Maddern (ch 7) Heard her on SEN recently and was amazed at her football knowledge. I think she's the No 1 ticket holder at Geelong.
We can justifiably criticize the NRL on some issues but when comparing the two shows, the NRL are a mile ahead.
With the recent accusations leveled at Newman and Brownless and the deplorable history that the show has in dealing with women ( Newman's comments to those female footballers a few weeks ago was a disgrace) and the fact that the AFL footy show needs a revamp (desperately), are there any suggestions as to any females who might be able take their place legitimately as a panel member, to give the show some form of credibility??
My suggestion: Rebecca Maddern (ch 7) Heard her on SEN recently and was amazed at her football knowledge. I think she's the No 1 ticket holder at Geelong.
We can justifiably criticize the NRL on some issues but when comparing the two shows, the NRL are a mile ahead.
