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[Sky Sports] Arsenal have released a statement to acknowledge a lack of diversity in their women's team and say they will work to deliver 'greater diversity' as a 'priority'. (www.skysports.com)

submitted 11 months ago by II_MrBlack_II@alien.top to c/main@soccer.forum

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[–] lolzor7@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

People saying "What" in the comments clearly haven't read the article and jumping to conclusions.

It's not hard to see the glaring differences between women's and men's football in the UK. While a lot of Premier League stars are from working class backgrounds, most WSL players are from middle class families instead.

Supporting grassroots, accessible women's football is only going to help in giving young girls opportunities in life, and spots talent which would never get the chance otherwise.

Good on them for recognising this tbh.

[–] Magnaminous_High@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah that’s a pretty uncommon level of self awareness from my recollection. Hopefully this starts something with some positive impact.

[–] radoboss@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Football is one of the cheapest sports to play. You just need one ball that cots 10pounds and 20 kids can have fun on the street. All those working class girls need is a desire to play football which they obviously don't have. And it is not an opportunity either... the mean salary in WSL is £47,000. This is if you become one of the best 400 football players in the country (which is extremely difficult, by the way). This is by no means an opportunity for those girls... they are better of studying and becoming doctors, lawyers, etc...

[–] ThereWillBeGoals@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

All those working class girls need is a desire to play football which they obviously don't have

I'm getting strong "Look at the Lobster, for example" vibes here.

[–] PapaSays@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

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[–] theirishembassy@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

my hottest take is that all articles should require you to answer a reading comprehension questionnaire before you can post a comment.

not even anything complex, just something like “what is the first name of the player who spoke on the podcast?”. literally a “did you read..?”.

[–] bakalaka25@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, once you read the article it makes perfect sense. Glad we're gonna be spearheading this