Paige Spiranac laid out the struggles for women in sports after a viral tweet slandering female sports broadcasters.
On Monday, the golf influencer took to X and went off on a tweet from user TJ Moe during a college football broadcast on ESPN.
‘Who actually wants to watch three women stand around and talk about football? I do not,’ he wrote over a photo of the pre-game coverage before writing a follow-up.
‘Let me clarify: No one wants to listen to 3 women talk football. Men are better at it– it’s like asking cats to bark,’ he explained. ‘I issue no apology and no retracts.
‘Most people agree with me, they’re just afraid to say it. Carry on with your outrage.’
Spiranac then explained how plenty of successful broadcasters and coaches did not play the sports they cover and coach past the high school level.
‘So let’s break it down, you’re a woman who wants to work in the sports industry and you have a deep understanding of sports and you have a right to be there,’ Spiranac said.
‘However, you’ll never get the highest opportunities because men only wanna listen to other men talk about sports. ‘
‘So you use whatever else you have in your toolbox to get opportunities, maybe that’s your looks,’ she added. ‘As soon as you use your looks, for example, you’re objectifying yourself and no one will take you seriously.’
‘Even when you weren’t, you were never taken seriously or given opportunities. It’s a vicious cycle, and it’s never-ending.’
Further elaborating on the double standards, Spiranac cited Nelly Korda posing for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue and women having to objectify themselves to market their work.
‘Your counter is women can talk about women’s sports, but women’s sports don’t get the funding, which means they don’t get the eyeballs. And men wanna watch men play sports,’ she said.
