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This is the list of schools with the highest combined winning percentage of the 5 major college sports (football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, and softball) over the last 3 years. No surprise, our Tennessee Volunteers are at the top.

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redblood said:
Thats great, but i struggle to see how they included softball in any metric
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Seriously? As a father with a daughter I don't see how anybody can say women's sports are inconsequential. Why is softball any less important than baseball? Because girls play it? I would have to assume you don't have daughters or granddaughters.
 
Spurhunter said:
Seriously? As a father with a daughter I don't see how anybody can say women's sports are inconsequential. Why is softball any less important than baseball? Because girls play it? I would have to assume you don't have daughters or granddaughters.
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i have a daughter who played high school basketball and my son is a basketball player. My neice played college softball. But she spoke about playing in front of crowds of less than 50 people many games. Not anti softball but just trying to figure out why it was included in that metric, with sports that have more interest and draw in more revenue - like football and basketball.

And you are probably right Palspal- have never thrown a ball underhanded lol. Sure it wouldnt be pretty.
 
redblood said:
i have a daughter who played high school basketball and my son is a basketball player. My neice played college softball. But she spoke about playing in front of crowds of less than 50 people many games. Not anti softball but just trying to figure out why it was included in that metric, with sports that have more interest and draw in more revenue - like football and basketball.
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Not to belabor the point, but I don't see how revenue factors in. I can assure you the women working their butts off couldn't care less that softball brings in less revenue than baseball or women's basketball brings in less revenue than men's basketball. I don't know. Maybe I'm crazy. It has just always irritated me, as a father with a daughter, that female athletes and women's sports are considered irrelevant because it's "chick ball". Personally, I watch Lady Vols softball and basketball anytime they are on. It is refreshing to me to see fundamentals in basketball. I'm amazed that softball pitchers can throw 70+ MPH underhand and throw 130+ pitches back to back days. Different strokes for different folks I guess. Maybe we should raise our daughters to not have dreams and aspirations, but rather be barefoot, pregnant, in the kitchen cooking and fetching beers for the men. After all, they obviously aren't as important.
 
Spurhunter said:
Not to belabor the point, but I don't see how revenue factors in. I can assure you the women working their butts off couldn't care less that softball brings in less revenue than baseball or women's basketball brings in less revenue than men's basketball. I don't know. Maybe I'm crazy. It has just always irritated me, as a father with a daughter, that female athletes and women's sports are considered irrelevant because it's "chick ball". Personally, I watch Lady Vols softball and basketball anytime they are on. It is refreshing to me to see fundamentals in basketball. I'm amazed that softball pitchers can throw 70+ MPH underhand and throw 130+ pitches back to back days. Different strokes for different folks I guess. Maybe we should raise our daughters to not have dreams and aspirations, but rather be barefoot, pregnant, in the kitchen cooking and fetching beers for the men. After all, they obviously aren't as important.
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I have coached girl athletes at varying levels from kindergarten through high school age. No doubt they work hard. My post had nothing to do with work ethic. I know those girls work hard. And they have a right to compete and play just as much as the men (as long as they pay the bills) -I was just wondering how they decided to go with those 5.

Obviously football, mens basketball and then baseball are the big 3. They had to use some kind of metric to formulate their rankings.

I can tell you that while reveniue matters little to the kids on the field, it matters greatly to administration that has to pay the bills at some point. I can remember a few years when one of the womens athletic programs were complaining about the lavish facilities the alabama football team had compared to theirs. When in reality the football program generated the funds that paid for not only their facility but also the women's program who was doing the complaining . (Im an no bama fan btw). Even at the school i teach, we only have 3 sports programs that make money or break even. That info came directly from our book keeper

Every parent loves to cheer for their children/ male or female. And as spectators we have the right to watch what tickles our fancy. I coached my daughter through middle school. I cheered every time she knocked down a 3 ptr and kept her newspaper clippings.

My son was district mvp, all district tourney and co mvp of the state tournament (middle school). Just like my daughter i cheered for his accomplishments. Personal preference, the boys game is much
more entertaining because of the skill level and athletic disparity between the 2. But i like nfl better than college because of the smar vast difference in skill level. But too each his own.

I will agree with you that in basketball (i know little about softball) girls are less reactive and have to be more intuitive and fundamentally sound. So i do think it is easier to coach boys, because you will generally have a kid who has the sheer athleticism and range to get his own shot anytime they need to.
 
PossumSlayer said:
Watch a woman's softball game and a woman's basketball game…. you'll see more athletes in the softball game.
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I dont generally watch girls sports, but i did enjoy watching caitlin clark because she reminded me of steph curry and steve nash with her range and precision passing
 
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