Sexism in football

78mjt

LilacPixie wrote: »

See this is what i was sort of getting at earlier. Where is the actual issue, certain people or society as a whole?? Charlotte Jackson is a sky sports news presenter, previously Setanta now she does appear to be knowledgable but lets not be shy about it, she is not on TV because she looks like a bag of spanners. She knows this, she quite willingly ups her public profile by posing in undies/bikini for promo shots. She used to write sports websites.. If she was a 23 stone shaved headed tattooed strong woman she probably still would be. Her professional ability would be the same but she would not of had the breaks she has IMO.

Gray is a muppet and IMO not a very good pundit but I do think there has been a witch hunt for him, probably because of the whole phone hacking thing.

Sexism has no place in a civilised society but it will still exist while sex sells

Completely agree with everything you're saying. A couple of months back I texted my mate who works for Sky News, saying "who is that girl who's just read the sports news", "that'll be Hayley McQueen" he text back "she's lovely, beautiful, and most importantly she has massive cans. She also knows a bit about footy."

Says it all.

zierisaver

78mjt wrote: »

Completely agree with everything you're saying. A couple of months back I texted my mate who works for Sky News, saying "who is that girl who's just read the sports news", "that'll be Hayley McQueen" he text back "she's lovely, beautiful, and most importantly she has massive cans. She also knows a bit about footy."

Says it all.

Let's hope your mate didn't text from his work's phone! :rotfl:

hoyles10

I heard that because Andy Gray wasn't working last night he stayed at home to play Monopoly with his wife.... It all kicked off though when he gave her the iron piece

dondino_2

Just bought fifa 12... its great. When the Mrs picks the controller up Andy Gray shouts 'get back to the f**king kitchen,' !!!

adr0ck

lemonjelly wrote: »

Or, according to many ex sky employees, Gray & Keys bullied & sexually harrassed numerous colleagues over a 20 year period, & are now getting their comeuppance.

Lets face it, the comments which they have made, are not acceptable in the modern day and workplace. He asked a female colleague to put her hands down his trousers !!!!!!. If I did that at work, I would be dismissed.

i think you have hit the nail on the head

they have been making comments for 20 years and nothing is done about it

untill Andy Gray sues Murdoch and Murdochs about to buy SKY

Andy Grays sacking has nothing to do with any comments he has made (otherwsie he would have been sacked years ago)

its all to do with Murdoch buying SKY

sabretoothtigger

Let's cut to the chase. Brady got the job as she was good looking.

And kept it because she did a good job?

Applover

Heard Richard Keys on Talk Sport at lunch, it was painful. I was half expecting Gazza to turn up with some chicken and a six pack to try to rescue him....

diable

lemonjelly wrote: »

Lets face it, the comments which they have made, are not acceptable in the modern day and workplace. He asked a female colleague to put her hands down his trousers !!!!!!. If I did that at work, I would be dismissed.

You're upset as I sense the tension that you have no one at work to ask to help warm your gonads..........

StevieJ

I like these

http://www.redcafe.net/f7/photoshop-gray-keys-319618/

Generali

FWIW, I am a trained FIFA referee and have had a woman be my assistant ref a few times and there was no difference in the players' behaviour towards her or me. One of them was quite happy to tell me he'd see me next Tuesday within earshot of her (he wasn't so happy when I booked him for it).

She is no more or less competant than a man doing the same job. She has done a very good job for the most part I think but it's hard for a ref to see how good the AR is at the offside decisions because you don't run the line if someone else is there to do it for you!

G&K seem to have been behaving in a way that isn't acceptable in the workplace these days so they got the sack/resigned. What they were saying and doing would have been fine 40 years ago but it isn't any more. The world changes and these 2 haven't changed with it. Equally there are plenty of things done in the workplace now that would not have been accepted 40 years ago. I'm sitting in a bank without a tie or jacket on and today called the boss by his first name. That wouldn't have been acceptable in 1971.