Channel 7 once again sparing us from women commentators

[bigfarter]

I'm watching AFL Game Day and to me Daisy Pearce seems like a token female on that panel. She's obviously a good AFLW player who they're trying to groom for the media, but she seems out of her element.

At this stage she probably is being used as a token female but if we're ever going to get to the point where women in football media aren't seen as complete outliers/worthy of outrage among the small-minded, it might be somewhat necessary. She's no bad at the job, at least - leagues better than quite a few blokes who already work for 7.

 

[Off The Couch]

She has an opinion, she just rarely gets the opportunity to talk as she is talked over the top of. I saw the same happen the other night to Kate Sheahan on fox with Brad Johnson and Dixon

 

[Ok Boomer]

If we allow women to call the footy, next there'll be women police and judges and prime ministers. Where will it end?

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ch...l/news-story/3c17f6b9d232abbf656d93b7636b96ea


MMM also bravely upholding tradition.
https://www.triplem.com.au/sport/afl

Channel 10 tried it and it was awful. Not for her knowledge or passion, but tone. This isn't a female problem, Basil, Hamish, BT are all just as bad, but I hope the next female caller is actually good and not parachuted into the role because of gender.

 

[BigRough]

I can't believe we're having a conversation about "token" women doing terrible jobs on TV when Basil, Dwayne and Luke Darcy have jobs.

 

[Arbuckle]

She has an opinion, she just rarely gets the opportunity to talk as she is talked over the top of. I saw the same happen the other night to Kate Sheahan on fox with Brad Johnson and Dixon

Oh, please. Have you ever actually listened closely to Kate Sheahan? She offers absolutely no insight or anything of any use whatsoever on that show ... she is horrendous.

 

[thejester]

Oh, please. Have you ever actually listened closely to Kate Sheahan? She offers absolutely no insight or anything of any use whatsoever on that show ... she is horrendous.

I think she has the kind of reliably bad takes that network executives for some reason see as extremely valuable.