Newstalk: Off The Ball

How many of those are DRL Waves fans?

People see these type of diversity and inclusion initiatives as an irritant more than anything. It's not enough to put you off waiting for their actual interests.

Earlier in the week the appointment of Tuchel as England manager was cut short so that they could discuss Jonas Eidevalls dismissal. It went from a hot topic of significant interest to most football fans to a complete irrelevance for most.

Is it your View that people's enjoyment should be diluted in order for more "progressiveness" to take place?

Nonsense, I dont particularly care how many races are on at the Curragh but does it irritate me? No. Someone listening is interested. If you listen to a sports show expect sports news and updates! And if diversity and inclusion irritates you, the problem is more than likely you.

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Resorting to offensive language and insults, it's clear you're triggered. Deep breaths pal.

Would you not go and cosplay as Ewan MacKenna somewhere else? "Genuine question." instead of clogging up this forum with your nonsense.

I did say "up to". A quick google shows the weekend show is actually at 143k, thats where you get those pesky DLR Waves updates!

I'd hazard a guess that the "How dare they have a piece on women's sports" crew don't even know how long it was covered for (quick, go to Spotify and find out....) .
Also, I wonder if you live with women and have daughters etc and are trying to keep them interested in playing sports as they become teenagers - would you share your opinion with them? Or is the cloak of anonymity and perpetual online outrage just too much of a drug?
I really hope its single males only offering this opinion because anybody who has a wife or daughter should be embarrassed to be arguing against the show covering women's sports for a little bit of their endless coverage.

Quick point on this. Bit disingenuous. They often lead with womens updates on news bulletins. Hazard a guess often taking up at least half the snippet. A lot of people driving in the car or something would flick these things on for any big breaking news. This is a tangible example of how it just negatively impacts the average sports fan with a consequential opportunity cost of more relevant news being left out.

It's not quite as simple as that though is it if this 20X20 campaign thing has a lot of the potential advertisement corperates on board who no doubt are chasing ESG meaning that the product gets diluted across the board for actual consumers.

I'm sure that it's if not a prerequisite it's at least a quid pro quo from this potential advertisement partners that OTB engage with it.

The best way to promote women's sport is to help out - coach a team, fundraise, become an administrator of the club, be the taxi driver to games and training.

I assume all those vociferous posters here are doing as such, as opposed to just virtue signalling on social media.

PS - on the ground I have seen a massive increase in participation levels over the last two decades. The two biggest challenges women's sport faces are fall-off rates when girls turn 17/18 and getting spectators in to watch games. Significant improvements in these two aspects over the next 10 years will prove if this extra coverage is actually working or not.

You absolutely nailed it with this post and I agree with every single word of it. Kudos.

And then don't forget the people we know nothing about who will turn into the next Rhasidat or Katie McCabe or whoever... They need coverage to get there.

If only you had parted with "only a tenner a month" Ger could afford a haircut.....