Im not a woman, and I don't agree. If the woman knows football, she knows football. Likewise if a man doesn't really know football, then he doesn't.
What Newton said was no foul, because IT WAS TRUE. Speaking about the situation today, IT IS "STRANGE" to have a woman ask those types of questions. It is simply out of the norm. Its not a judgement, its not saying women SHOULDN'T ask those questions, its just that its STILL WEIRD. He shouldn't have apologized.
Women explaining football is basically like a catholic priest explaining about sex.
Good post. I agree with you.
While it isn’t true down to the 100% percentile, most every other sport seems to have announcers/reporters that have a personal experience of the game. Former basketball, baseball, tennis, ice skating, gymnastics athletes... With football, that isn’t the case. So, the women can only have been added to the mix for 2 reasons: eye candy, or gender-equality. I say it’s the former, but the (IMO) faux insistence on the latter irritates me.
On the other hand, I thought Newton should apologize because at first it seemed like he was commenting on the novelty of her asking that question along the lines of, "Check out the NFL and America in 2017: a black quarterback being asked about pass routes by a woman reporter. Pretty good, huh?" Instead, he just seemed amused as if he never encountered a female reporter before.
haha - I agree with you. Unfortunately for Cam, we live in an super sensitive and PC world that will turn on you in a heartbeat if you make the wrong move.
I love football, been watching a long time. I also wouldn’t consider myself qualified to be asking “insightful questions”. I never had an opportunity to play growing up.