The Pros The Pros Would Pay to See- Hunter Haas

This article was one of the more interesting articles I have read in a while. In our culture we spend so much time focusing on the celebrity status of athletes that we forget they are regular people like the rest of us. What really struck me was the lack of interest displayed by many of the athletes surveyed. If you take any semi-professional athlete or regular fan and ask them these questions I feel that you would have a sincere, excited response. When these athletes were asked who they would pay to see, many did not take the question seriously, and made jokes about seeing themselves or close friends. I feel that this occurrence can be owned by the fact that we have such a divide of wealth and power between average people and modern sport figures.

On the topic of gender, I found it interesting that women were not taken as seriously in their respective sports. With the exception to a few respecting fans, most of the athletes talked about the bodies and physical appearances of the female athletes. When on the topic of male athletes it was more about skill and mastery of the game, a completely different tone that was separate of women athletes. Multiple athletes discussed the cat woman suit worn by Serena Williams and the tight outfits that she wore, while only one athlete discussed her dominance on the court. Also, another athlete stated he would love to see Gabrielle Reese, a sand volleyball player. When given his reason, the player simply stated because of her body.

Although sport is a popular channel for sexuality to be distributed, I would have expected more from professional athletes. As an average sport fan I would hope that the pros I admire would have the same appreciation for sport and all that it encompasses, and sometimes this seems to not be the case. The least I can say is that I am glad all of America does not have this belief of body above all, or else the Lingerie Football League might have a sudden boom in attendance figures.