An unfolding disaster.
Tonight, Wednesday, July 20th, is the athletic world’s answer to the Academy Awards, the Grammys, etc. The ESPYs, a red carpet, black tie affair, put on by sporting news giant ESPN, will air live at 8:00 pm PST from Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater and be hosted by basketball great Steph Curry. And while it should be a moment of wonderful celebration of world records being shattered, championships being won, a sexist controversy has exploded like a bomb.
ESPN has allegedly decided not to invite women to the dance.
Per reporting in Fansided:
The 2022 ESPY Awards are set to go down in Los Angeles on Wednesday but one of the biggest nights in sports will have a dark cloud hanging over it after several nominated athletes were not invited to the ceremony.
Of the athletes speaking out about their lack of invitation … they are all women.
Nicole Baxter the teammate of ESPY nominee Caprice Dydasco took aim at ESPN for withholding a seat at the ceremony.
“In what world would @espn nominate Cappy for best NWSL (National Women’s Soccer League) player and then tell us that category is not invited to the ESPYS????????” Baxter tweeted. “The constant disrespect for womens sports SMH.”
It is not the first time ESPN has made a gendered or abelist blunder.
Back in 2016, inspirational surf star Bethany Hamilton was nominated in the “Best Female Athlete with a Disability” category but subsequently threw it right back in ESPN’s face, ESPN trying to spin by claiming, “Bethany expressed that she was appreciative of the nomination but didn’t feel it was a good fit for her, so ESPN removed her from the category upon her request.”
Hamilton was, most definitely, not appreciative of the nomination.
Rude of ESPN to make unfortunate assumptions even in 2016 when humankind’s mind was slept.
Ruder, today, to forget to invite women altogether.
On a happier note, I suppose, the world’s greatest surfer Kelly Slater has won six ESPYs and the world’s most beloved surfer, Mick Fanning, has won one.
Still does not help the unfolding disaster.
Will there be boycotts?
Monies where mouths are?
Let’s hope.
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Expect ESPN to do something right in one hand.
Now shit in the other.
See which one fills up faster.
ESPN is the insurance adjuster of the sports coverage world.
Look – I get ya have to draw the line somewhere, but to not invite the best women’s college athletes in the US is pretty fucking dumb. On the dumb scale level, this is through the floor.
you hooked me with pulpo!
I see that ChiCom asset, Eileen Gu, was a big winner at the ESPY’s last night.
Who could have predicted that?
Saves us all from having to hear another Bethany speech about “ohh myy it’s soooo great “
Beth charges so Beth gets to speak.
Surfing and public speaking are very different skillsets
Just look at Occy
Being a great speaker doesn’t mean what you are saying is worth hearing.
That applies to almost every politician, TV talking head and “activist.”
Occy and Beth have done things so they get the benefit of the doubt and even if they aren’t great speakers should be listened to.
ESPECIALLY Beth.
People today need safe spaces from words while she survived a shark ripping off her arm.
Now she’s a wife, mother and she charges.
She’s a hero and a role model for everyone.
Weve all done things. Just because yoite famous doesnt mean what you have to say is more important than anyone else. Look at egghead and his screwball rantings.
While moving your bowels technically counts as “doing things” it isn’t remotely remarkable or noteworthy.
And yes, I think Kelly is worth a listen even if I disagree with him or think he’s off his rocker.
He’s had a remarkable life, overcome adversity and continues to perform at an exceptionally high level.
Can you say the same?
I can’t.
You were the one who said “doing things” was the criteria.
Precisely zero people in the world have done the same as me, that doesnt make me special, it makes me an individual.
Since you asked, i am an expert in my field, only a handful can top my resume. Not that i seek or need acclaim, nor do think that because im good at one single thing (like egghead) that means I can speak about other shit with any firm of authority. But i havent been feted since i was 14.
The implication was that they were at the top of their respective professions.
Do you talk or write about your expertise to an audience who might be interested?
If not, you should.
It sounds as if you have some knowledge that can be passed on to others or even future generations.
Sharing is caring, as they say.
Im a specialist, been involoved in a world record and was joint winner of an award that was a bit of a big deal but its a niche specialty and no one else would or should care.
As for topics out of my field, im just some guy, and definitely no epidemiologist!
I’m being serious…why don’t you think anyone would care.
Sounds pretty cool.
If you say so
I spoke it therefore it is so!
surf instructor menu
(chef’s kiss emoji)
…what’d be there in apey cooking book for such occasion?
You selfless animal….
Sounds like ESPYonage…but who, what, where, when and you know the rest.
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There’s been 6 upvotes on this. I love me some PMS-w art as much as the next guy. And always your words! But the cock-centricity of the comment section here gets rather…throbbing. (?) I’m for toning down the cock centricity here. Sorry Dez.
If I were looking to complain about the content below the line or otherwise around here, I’d probably start with the transphobia before I did the dick jokes.
I’m bi-phobic re: trans and dicks. I might be seriously repressed
Nah…you have to address the misogyny and the homophobia before you get to the trannies.
The only good news is that, according to ESPY winner Mick Fanning, Chas is the only Jew in surfing or else we’d have to deal with anti-semetism, also.
blue vein’s matters
Length AND girth really matter.
So who’s the favourite for the chicks-with-dicks award then?
How dare you mock the Jenner award!
Buckle up, Buckaroo
Bruce Gender
heineken…kegger
hangover…
kid nappers r us
yomamma…
Ha, that fat cunt couldn’t win fuck all
Other things we won’t see on the ESPYS this evening:
1) Taiwanese flags;
2) Free Tibet signs; or
2) Comments from athletes that are critical of China’s track record on human rights.
Brittney Griner
“I forgot that I packed cannabis oil in my suitcase heading to Moscow”…. yeah, right.
Underrated comment
Will Smith slap Chris Rock’s acai bowl from his hands
That’s when you know the fight is real.
It’s ESPYS, Chas; not ESPXXS.
Is Sasha competing against Lia for an award?