TV presenter shocks some viewers with "sexist" comment
We read:
"American TV presenter Mark Haines shocked viewers with a sexist comment about how women don't understand sport.
His co-presenter Erin Burnett suggested that a bad call by a baseball referee did not matter because the situation was handled gracefully by both sides.
Haines replied: 'See, this is why women aren't in charge of sports'.
As production staff could be heard giggling, Burnett sat open mouthed and said: 'Oh my! You know...I think...this is a moment that should be passed over'.
The footage has found its way onto YouTube where most of the comments support what Haines said. GBTRU wrote: 'She makes it sound so trivial that a perfect game was thrown, because of a stupid call by the ump. 'She and women like her...have a fair play everybody wins mentality when it comes to sports. This was record breaking...she knows nothing.'
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10 comments:
It's a gross generalization what Mark Haines said. I'm a man and I don't understand organized sports very well, although I do understand a bad call by a referee can cause outrage.
"The incident has become a major talking point in America, especially as baseball authorities have refused to reverse the decision."
---When that happens I change the channel. I refuse to watch news about men who make money playing sports.
If you were a man, you would know that it was an umpire, not a referee who made the bad call.
As for the two TV personalities, they are stock market analysts, not sportscasters. But they're still entitled to their opinion. Erin Burnett, although quite good to look at, has become far too "PC-ized", which is probably from spending too much time guesting at MSNBC with the liberal RINO Joe Scarborough, and his socialist partner Mika, also good to look at, but a boring and obnoxious snob.
The very obvious bad call from the ump points out one of baseballs biggest problems, in that, umpires have "way too much" power and authority. They have become little gods, in spite of the obvious fact that they're "far, far, far, from perfect!"
The TV networks have all but ruined the enjoyment of watching a ball game with all their digital technology and their motor-mouthed announcers. Why not use that technology to rid the game of umpires? They already use instant replay, and they also have the means to digitally call balls and stikes without some highly imperfect ego-god behind the plate. Time to join the 21st century guys.
"I refuse to watch news about men who make money playing sports."
You're a funny guy, in a peculiar kind of way.
"I refuse to watch news about men who make money playing sports."
That's why I only watch news about Tiger Woods, who PAID OUT money playing with women!
See, there is a place for women in sports!
The key to inter-gender communication is translation.
Had Mark Haines said, "It's a akin to having a bad hair day," Ms. Burnett would have instantly understood the gravity of the circumstance at hand.
Good one Ken
time to move on and quit being offended. A tiny percentage of women understand football vs. the much larger percentage of men. BIG DEAL get over it.
"I agree Bobby, but i think you're refering to the fans, not the participants of the game. And i'm also a shooter."
---Yeah, some of the fans are really obnoxious. The participants I respect, but when I'm at Subway and some sports fan wants to borrow the sports page, I kinda look down at that person. Makes me sad they never want to borrow any other section of the paper.
"Once the insatiably greedy networks see the public become attracted to a sport, (or anything else) they then take control of that sport and flood it with money, never-ending commercials, and motor-mouthed announcers, totally destroying the viewing pleasure of millions."
---That's another reason I never became a sports fan, life is too short to waste 3 or 4 hours watching a game.
"It is obscene to pay "any" ballplayer 10, or 20, or 30 million dollars a year simply to play ball, no matter how good they are, or claim to be. The NY Yankees pay "Dick-Rod" $2.5 Million (per month)!! No one is worth that much money unless they're saving lives or solving world problems."
---I disagree there. In the private sector you're paid what you're worth. It's not a question of fairness but supply and demand.
Got a degree from Harvard? Got 10 years of experience? Play a game that few people can play well? Then you're worth big money.
On the other hand, if you go into a so-called "glamorous profession" that pays very little in the beginning, then you're not worth squat, ok, maybe $45,000 a year which is better than nothing but it's not much unless you're renting a really cheap place.
Looking back at my life I realize that I was stupid, if you go to college you should study something practical like computers, business, engineering, law, medicine, anything that's likely to guarantee a salary of $65k or even $100k+ after graduation.
Besides, the people who really care about saving lives or solving world problems aren't doing that to make lots of money. I specially resent teachers who complain about their so-called "low" salaries when 1. They make more than I do. 2. They have a pension. 3. Nobody goes into teaching to become rich!
Of course, if said teacher gets a PhD and becomes a college professor, then he might be worth $120k. So like I said, it's all supply and demand, if everyone had a PhD then PhD's would not be worth as much as they're worth.
In conclusion, if your kid is good in sports, encourage him to play so he can become a millionaire and never have to worry about money.
I haven't watched a baseball game since the babies went on strike years ago. I swore off the sport. I still watch other sports.
Sports are liken to ancient gladitorial combat. Root for your favorite gladiator, or team of gladiators. Its visceral, and testosterone filled. Women have a harder time relating to the competative physical nature of sports than men.
The Roman emperors gave their populace "bread and circuses" to distract them from revolution - the same today with wall-to-wall media sport on a global level, especially in "3rd world" countries.
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