tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455317162471408978.post9068885859292376984..comments2023-05-24T07:15:29.996-07:00Comments on nippleworks: For the love of the gameUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455317162471408978.post-39326501500554346242009-10-07T21:55:06.048-07:002009-10-07T21:55:06.048-07:00Another interesting thought. Is the value of an a...Another interesting thought. Is the value of an athlete what a sports franchise or sponsor is willing to pay them? Is the the value of a basketball player proportional to their vertical leap? In both cases, Kobe Bryant comes out on top while Lisa Leslie comes out on the bottom. Which would you rather hold up as a role model?-phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839990375976565783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455317162471408978.post-10810606451495066902009-10-07T21:45:57.299-07:002009-10-07T21:45:57.299-07:00A related question is, "Why is there such a d...A related question is, "Why is there such a disparity between the popularity of women's and men's sports, when there is no similar distinction between women's and men's music, or women's and men's art?" The answer clearly has to do, at least in part, with metrics. If there were a number that described how great women musicians were compared to men, and all the women were clearly worse, no one would pay attention to the women. As a tech weenie, it's instructive for me to consider that sometimes the lack of metrics can be beneficial!<br /><br />The case of science is a middle ground. We have metrics in science (look up the h-index), but they're not quite indicative yet. Women in science will, I predict, be helped by better metrics. Who knows, maybe better metrics will hurt!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455317162471408978.post-14766069740348326492009-10-07T21:32:56.795-07:002009-10-07T21:32:56.795-07:00That's what I'm getting at - it doesn'...That's what I'm getting at - it doesn't have to be popular or cost a lot to be good. We know this with art, music, why not sports?-phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839990375976565783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8455317162471408978.post-47125842371202996372009-10-06T23:16:18.929-07:002009-10-06T23:16:18.929-07:00I have seen fistfights at Little League games, amo...I have seen fistfights at Little League games, among parents and coaches of course. Little League is actually fairly violent. Girls' softball in high school was a bit calmer, but only a bit.<br /><br />The analogy with music is informative. Professional music is not about to go away, but artists will increasingly earn their income from live performances and souvenir sales rather than sales of recordings. YouTube, streaming music sites and the like have helped the idea penetrate that not all worthwhile music is performed by famous people. The cultural fragmentation caused by the Internet has not affected sports much yet, but it will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com