Sportsball
Apr. 4th, 2023 01:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
supergeeThe recent championships suggest that basketball may be becoming one of those sports (like soccer and tennis) where we should speak of “[unadjectived] $SPORT” and “men’s $SPORT.” Some thoughts, admittedly from a distance:
1) Caitlin Clark appears to be GOOD (maybe even Simone Biles level);
2) There is controversy over whether it is good to be “color-blind,” but NCAA officiating isn’t. Neither is public reaction to unladylike gestures;
3) When Kyler Murray, a Black man, became the first choice in the NFL Draft, President Trump ignored him and congratulated the white second choice. Jill Biden did a milder version, offering to invite both of the finalists. As with Benghazi vs. 34-counts-and-we-haven’t-even-gotten-to-espionage, some will find the liberal woman’s offense much worse.
1) Caitlin Clark appears to be GOOD (maybe even Simone Biles level);
2) There is controversy over whether it is good to be “color-blind,” but NCAA officiating isn’t. Neither is public reaction to unladylike gestures;
3) When Kyler Murray, a Black man, became the first choice in the NFL Draft, President Trump ignored him and congratulated the white second choice. Jill Biden did a milder version, offering to invite both of the finalists. As with Benghazi vs. 34-counts-and-we-haven’t-even-gotten-to-espionage, some will find the liberal woman’s offense much worse.
