Comments on: Lowering the rim: Only the worst idea ever http://dimemag.com/2009/07/lowering-the-rim-only-the-worst-idea-ever/ Dime is your daily source for NBA News, NBA Trades, NBA Rumors, NBA Videos and Sneakers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: brian mcnally http://dimemag.com/2009/07/lowering-the-rim-only-the-worst-idea-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-220025 brian mcnally Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:56:07 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=15721#comment-220025 You guys sound like a bunch of Republican. Lower the freaking rim already. "Yes We Can" You guys sound like a bunch of Republican. Lower the freaking rim already. “Yes We Can”

]]> By: Silk Smoov http://dimemag.com/2009/07/lowering-the-rim-only-the-worst-idea-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-188831 Silk Smoov Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:13:55 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=15721#comment-188831 This is a no brainer bad idea. Simple as that. Sincerely Lady Prodigy Basketball http://www.ladyprodigybasketball.com This is a no brainer bad idea. Simple as that.

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]]> By: wnba hater http://dimemag.com/2009/07/lowering-the-rim-only-the-worst-idea-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-183611 wnba hater Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:39:52 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=15721#comment-183611 hey man, you're missing the point. yes, lowering the hoops would make for more dunks. but it would also help shooting in the LONG RUN. at the moment women do not shoot with their elbow in, meaning they make adjustments to make up for their lack of strength. elbow out = streak shooters. there is now "ray allen" of the women's game because you need a certain amount of strength to shoot with correct form. they made the ball smaller for a reason. they should lower the hoops as well. the average woman is shorter and less physically built than a man, and people all over the world watch the nba to see lebron fly through the air to throw down over a 7 footer. this doesn't happen in the wnba game. if you lower the hoops, the game becomes increasing based on athleticism as opposed to 'fundamentals' whats sells tickets? jason richardson doing a windmill dunk or sue bird doing a jump stop runner in the lane. come on, do not be naive. Lowering the hoops is an absolute no brain solution to raise ticket sales and get people to watch the only professional sports league more of a joke than the mls. hey man, you’re missing the point. yes, lowering the hoops would make for more dunks. but it would also help shooting in the LONG RUN.

at the moment women do not shoot with their elbow in, meaning they make adjustments to make up for their lack of strength. elbow out = streak shooters. there is now “ray allen” of the women’s game because you need a certain amount of strength to shoot with correct form.

they made the ball smaller for a reason. they should lower the hoops as well.

the average woman is shorter and less physically built than a man, and people all over the world watch the nba to see lebron fly through the air to throw down over a 7 footer. this doesn’t happen in the wnba game. if you lower the hoops, the game becomes increasing based on athleticism as opposed to ‘fundamentals’

whats sells tickets? jason richardson doing a windmill dunk or sue bird doing a jump stop runner in the lane. come on, do not be naive.

Lowering the hoops is an absolute no brain solution to raise ticket sales and get people to watch the only professional sports league more of a joke than the mls.

]]> By: Tacordier http://dimemag.com/2009/07/lowering-the-rim-only-the-worst-idea-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-179280 Tacordier Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:14:30 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=15721#comment-179280 If you look at many other sports, women play on a field that is downsized: softball being the most obvious example, although even the current wnba has a smaller ball and different 3 point line. The argument against lowering the rim basically stems from an absolutist point of view that is really just rooted in sexism. Who said the rim should have been at 10 feet in the first place? Lowering the rim to 9 feet would definitely give many more girls the opportunity to dunk, which not only makes the game more fun to watch, it makes it more fun to PLAY. Those who say this would cause international problems are missing the issue; the change would be made internationally and thus no problems would exist. The changes would also be made at every level: High School, College, and Pro. This would not be degrading, it would be empowering as women would be able to assert the right to play a game they love on their own terms. People who measure the respectability of the game with rim height are just chauvinist because they are keeping to a male-centered conception of what basketball should be. If you look at many other sports, women play on a field that is downsized: softball being the most obvious example, although even the current wnba has a smaller ball and different 3 point line.
The argument against lowering the rim basically stems from an absolutist point of view that is really just rooted in sexism. Who said the rim should have been at 10 feet in the first place? Lowering the rim to 9 feet would definitely give many more girls the opportunity to dunk, which not only makes the game more fun to watch, it makes it more fun to PLAY.
Those who say this would cause international problems are missing the issue; the change would be made internationally and thus no problems would exist. The changes would also be made at every level: High School, College, and Pro.
This would not be degrading, it would be empowering as women would be able to assert the right to play a game they love on their own terms. People who measure the respectability of the game with rim height are just chauvinist because they are keeping to a male-centered conception of what basketball should be.

]]> By: wholesale jordans http://dimemag.com/2009/07/lowering-the-rim-only-the-worst-idea-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-172040 wholesale jordans Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:41:01 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=15721#comment-172040 seriously what is there to do now.im not watching nascar,or the tour de whogivesfuck,golf,.I m in limbo cuz. you’d be offering skilled basketball with eyepopping presentation(some of those wnba chick are fyne) at my lowest point.cover them in whipped cream and i’d owe you for life. It’s simple math. Get a calculator if you can’t figure out the equation. seriously what is there to do now.im not watching nascar,or the tour de whogivesfuck,golf,.I m in limbo cuz.

you’d be offering skilled basketball with eyepopping presentation(some of those wnba chick are fyne) at my lowest point.cover them in whipped cream and i’d owe you for life.

It’s simple math.

Get a calculator if you can’t figure out the equation.

]]> By: Stew Padasso http://dimemag.com/2009/07/lowering-the-rim-only-the-worst-idea-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-164918 Stew Padasso Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:12:12 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=15721#comment-164918 Umm, lowering the hoop would creat more dunks. More dunks would mean more highlights on sports center. More highlights on sports center means more people being exposed to wnba players. I listen to ESPN radio everyday because I drive alot. No one ever says one word about the wbna. The only time I here anything about the wnba is when that stupid comercial comes on with that rediculious song and the announcer says something about someone named Candis Parker. Who the hell is Candis Parker?!? I bet if the hoop was lowered and she had a dunk or 2 now and then we would see the hightlight on sports center and be able to tell who she is. Then, if I happened to click on a wnba game I might give it a chance becuase I would actualy know some of the players. Hey Austin, you said part of the beauty of the game is that it is the same for everyone, but it's not the same. The ball is already smaller and lighter for women. And that is because womens hands are smaller and they are not as stong as men. Well guess what, women are not as tall as men either. Did you know that? Oh and, is it insulting to the WBNA players because there ball is smaller and lighter? They must be pissed. The facts is, no one watches the WNBA because it is boring! Lowering the hoop will make it more exciting. That will get more people to watch. It's simple math. Get a calculator if you can't figure out the equation. Umm, lowering the hoop would creat more dunks. More dunks would mean more highlights on sports center. More highlights on sports center means more people being exposed to wnba players.

I listen to ESPN radio everyday because I drive alot. No one ever says one word about the wbna. The only time I here anything about the wnba is when that stupid comercial comes on with that rediculious song and the announcer says something about someone named Candis Parker. Who the hell is Candis Parker?!?

I bet if the hoop was lowered and she had a dunk or 2 now and then we would see the hightlight on sports center and be able to tell who she is. Then, if I happened to click on a wnba game I might give it a chance becuase I would actualy know some of the players.

Hey Austin, you said part of the beauty of the game is that it is the same for everyone, but it’s not the same. The ball is already smaller and lighter for women. And that is because womens hands are smaller and they are not as stong as men. Well guess what, women are not as tall as men either. Did you know that? Oh and, is it insulting to the WBNA players because there ball is smaller and lighter? They must be pissed.

The facts is, no one watches the WNBA because it is boring! Lowering the hoop will make it more exciting. That will get more people to watch. It’s simple math. Get a calculator if you can’t figure out the equation.

]]> By: Powerslave http://dimemag.com/2009/07/lowering-the-rim-only-the-worst-idea-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-162687 Powerslave Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:42:30 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=15721#comment-162687 women have time to play ball between making meals? women have time to play ball between making meals?

]]> By: danocasa http://dimemag.com/2009/07/lowering-the-rim-only-the-worst-idea-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-162591 danocasa Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:15:42 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=15721#comment-162591 lowering the rim would not create more highlights...you think they are going to have a womens dunk contest if they lowered the rim? heres the deal guys....if the WNBA can survive another ten years, they will be good enough by themselves to be entertaining. its the same reason the NBA was terrible during the 40s and 50s. you guys think watching a whole bunch of 6 foot white guys taking set shots all day was entertaining? hell no. but when the NBA got into the 60s, and the guys that were growing up playing ball when the NBA was around made it to the L, the NBA became entertaining. all the ballers had a real reason and dream to drive for, an actual professional league. they could devote their whole lives for this one dream, not split it with wondering if they should get some education and job experience for another career because basketball had no real future before that. same thing goes for the girls. the WNBA has only been around for 14 years. when the girls that grew up with the WNBA around get to the WNBA, a bigger percentage of them will be entertaining to watch. i mean, some already are (watch some women US olympic games, then talk to me about girls not being entertaining, candace parker, diana taurasi, and sue bird are better than everyone on this site). i coach and ref a youth basketball league (12-13 years old), and every year there are a handful of girls that come in and sign up with the boys, and the girls fucking murder them all, no joke. and that number of girls is getting bigger and bigger every year. so if the NBA can keep the WNBA afloat for ten more years, it will be not only self-sustaining, but everyone here will enjoy watching it. lowering the rim would not create more highlights…you think they are going to have a womens dunk contest if they lowered the rim?

heres the deal guys….if the WNBA can survive another ten years, they will be good enough by themselves to be entertaining. its the same reason the NBA was terrible during the 40s and 50s. you guys think watching a whole bunch of 6 foot white guys taking set shots all day was entertaining? hell no. but when the NBA got into the 60s, and the guys that were growing up playing ball when the NBA was around made it to the L, the NBA became entertaining. all the ballers had a real reason and dream to drive for, an actual professional league. they could devote their whole lives for this one dream, not split it with wondering if they should get some education and job experience for another career because basketball had no real future before that.

same thing goes for the girls. the WNBA has only been around for 14 years. when the girls that grew up with the WNBA around get to the WNBA, a bigger percentage of them will be entertaining to watch. i mean, some already are (watch some women US olympic games, then talk to me about girls not being entertaining, candace parker, diana taurasi, and sue bird are better than everyone on this site).
i coach and ref a youth basketball league (12-13 years old), and every year there are a handful of girls that come in and sign up with the boys, and the girls fucking murder them all, no joke. and that number of girls is getting bigger and bigger every year.
so if the NBA can keep the WNBA afloat for ten more years, it will be not only self-sustaining, but everyone here will enjoy watching it.

]]> By: Chicagorilla http://dimemag.com/2009/07/lowering-the-rim-only-the-worst-idea-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-162448 Chicagorilla Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:13:04 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=15721#comment-162448 S. Fowles doesn't need the rim lowered. Did anyone see her dunk during the all-star game? Sure it was lame that they all moved out of the way to let her do it. It's nothing that the guys in the NBA haven't done (Check the 2003 Rookie Game where Lebron and Tayshun Prince had the lane cleared so they can dunk), but it does take away from the fun. S. Fowles doesn’t need the rim lowered. Did anyone see her dunk during the all-star game? Sure it was lame that they all moved out of the way to let her do it. It’s nothing that the guys in the NBA haven’t done (Check the 2003 Rookie Game where Lebron and Tayshun Prince had the lane cleared so they can dunk), but it does take away from the fun.

]]> By: ZACH http://dimemag.com/2009/07/lowering-the-rim-only-the-worst-idea-ever/comment-page-1/#comment-162407 ZACH Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:06:19 +0000 http://dimemag.com/?p=15721#comment-162407 Austin: How can you say the game is the same for everyone when the ball isn't the same? (as you stated in an earlier paragraph). I brought up the lowering the rim thing on Ben's post, and also noted it wouldn't be pure ball. I still probably wouldn't watch it even if they did lower them (just disclosing that). The sad fact about women's sports is that they usually have to wear skimpy outfits or adapt there rules to survive. (ie volleyball, tennis) With the exception of golf I can't think of a popular women's sport that doesn't have very small uniforms. I am not a hater of the WNBA I just dont find it that entertaining. (As a DET fan I tried to watch the Shock,I watched about 7 or 8 games, and I just didn't enjoy it) Austin: How can you say the game is the same for everyone when the ball isn’t the same? (as you stated in an earlier paragraph).
I brought up the lowering the rim thing on Ben’s post, and also noted it wouldn’t be pure ball. I still probably wouldn’t watch it even if they did lower them (just disclosing that). The sad fact about women’s sports is that they usually have to wear skimpy outfits or adapt there rules to survive. (ie volleyball, tennis) With the exception of golf I can’t think of a popular women’s sport that doesn’t have very small uniforms. I am not a hater of the WNBA I just dont find it that entertaining. (As a DET fan I tried to watch the Shock,I watched about 7 or 8 games, and I just didn’t enjoy it)

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