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Originally Posted by Geeoff
I think that women's sports work better in situations where they can be presented as equal to but different than the men. Where you can show them on the same broadcast and present them at the same level. Figure Skating, tennis, UFC, these have the advantage of promoting female athletes due to their format.
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Those 3 sports also leaned heavily on highly marketable star athletes to get to where they are today. You can't just conjure a Rhonda Rousey or Serena Williams out of thin air. Women's MMA completely changed once Rhonda started seeing 7 figure paydays, the quality of female fighters and fights has skyrocketed since then.