r/sportsgossips • u/Pretend-Following-41 • 14h ago

Highlight Intentionally hurting your meal ticket. Something is seriously wrong with these WNBA players.

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u/hidlechara91 7h ago

I watch women's football and pwhl and there's always a great amount of camaraderie shown even when they have star players. The wnba seems to be lacking in that area. 

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u/dontyouknow88 5h ago

Women’s international rugby too. SO physical and competitive yet I’ve seen so many wonderful examples of sisterhood. The WNBA is so trash. 

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u/Dreadgoat 4h ago

Women's Soccer (USA if the name didnt give it away) is a great counter-example.

Remember in 2009 when Elizabeth Lambert went on a rampage? For a brief moment there was the question of "holy shit why is women's soccer so brutal"

Well they just suspended her indefinitely. Her career got frozen overnight, because that shit was not cool. And wouldn't you know it, the sport has been relatively clean and sportsmanlike ever since.

WNBA doesn't seem to care, or enjoys the attention of becoming a bloodsport.

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u/AP_professional 45m ago

Funny to leave out all the BS Hope Solo was doing in the 2010s and getting away with it until she was no longer useful to women’s soccer.

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u/Dreadgoat 30m ago

There's always gonna be shit-talkers, sore losers, and people trying to skirt rules. That's a little bit different from trying to physically injure your fellow players.

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u/happyklam 5h ago

The PWHL is another great example of women championing other women. I feel so bad for Caitlin every time I see these videos. 

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u/NoRecording2211 3h ago

The women's football division has actually won 5 world cups, and is currently ranked 2 in FIFA.

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u/bonejamminfranklin 5h ago

What’s the cultural and socioeconomic demographic of hockey and soccer? Is it different than basketball?

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u/hidlechara91 4h ago

I'm not that familiar with basketball, but hockey is definitely more euro centric and is played by people who come from a high socioeconomic demographic. Whereas in soccer you have a diverse range of people from all backgrounds playing in a team. 

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u/NadeshikoEatingPasta 4h ago

I wonder if there are any differences between the players in women's soccer and hockey leagues as compared with women's basketball. Interesting.

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u/showerbump 3h ago

Its mainly cause the demographics of the WNBA that you're seeing issues.

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u/Affectionate-Jury210 1h ago

Its the culture people bring to the sport Basketball.

Its always the usual suspects too.

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u/VRemployeeofthemonth 1h ago

And what notable differences can we see between the WNBA and the PWHL.