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FINALLY! A Worthy Comparison

posted by One Sport Voice
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 3:35pm EDT

Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi: This blog reflects my critical eye and voice on all things sport. I am a critical thinker, scholar, and researcher in girls & women in sport, youth sport, and coach & sport parent education.

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On the eve of the final WNBA playoff game, I just watched a fantastic video made by a WNBA Intern, that I saw due to a Tweet by Minnesota Lynx player Candice Wiggins (@candicwiggins). In the video, clips featuring similar plays from the NBA and WNBA are shown back-to-back or simultaneously. What this sets up is that WNBA players are athletic as, and do exactly the same exciting plays as their NBA male counterparts. Female athletes are depicted in action, on the court, in uniform doing what they do best (in contrast to passive, off the court, and NOT in *cough* uniform Serena Williams). Brilliant! Usually when female athletes are compared to male athletes, the male version of the game is constructed as “better than”, more exciting, or the real version. Not in this video!

Advice to the WNBA: HIRE THIS INTERN. Whomever you are Intern, NICE WORK! This is exactly the kind of marketing and fresh thinking the WNBA needs to sustain the league.

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Q McCall		 Actually, I think it was more than one intern, which is even better -- multiple WNBA teams can be graced with their presence and help with the league's growth at a grassroots level. :)
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 3:54pm EDT

Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi		 That is even better news! Multiple Interns. Good job to all of you!
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 3:57pm EDT

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