I completely agree. Any criticism of the w-league is met with anger whether it's a valid point or not doesn't seem to matter.Heres a can of worms...
I really want to support the lady reds but there is something I personally find cringey about the way we perceive them and womens sport in general.
Its that womens professional athletes seem to be above criticism. If your team plays terribly its just not really socially acceptable to call them out, its more a case of “ ohwell girls you tried really hard we are proud.”
In no way is it a critique on the players, its more about the way the public percieves them for various societal reason.IMO its condescending and disrespectful to them that we do not scrutinise them in the same way.
Even this thread is ultra positive ( with good intentions ) but i feel like womens sport needs to get beyond this road block to progress into the mainstream.
A perfect example is many years ago we had a keeper who was clearly not physically fit ( im sure some remember), however its was and still is taboo to even go into detail and even raising the issue you felt like a bit of an ass leaning towards a mysogynist.
Or anytime a goal is scored outside the box suddenly its a worldie.
I dont see how this kind of well meaning positivity actually shows any kind of respect to proffesional athletes that they deserve.
How is it ever supposed to improve if the status quo is not only accepted but praised?
I really think that the W-league should be striving to have a curtain raiser game before as many A-league games as possible but until they are producing a higher quality product, I don't see that being worth the extra costs.