Tickenest's Journal: So passionate...yet so naive...

So you may have heard that two days ago the WUSA, the pro women's soccer league in the USA, folded. Now, it actually "suspended operations", but believe me, it's in all likelihood done.

Anyway, the reason for this post is to point out what's happening over at the WUSA General Messageboard. No, this isn't a post to dance on the grave of a league that few people knew about and even fewer cared about, just commentary on what some of their fans are saying. I have to say that it's impressive to see how committed these people (mostly girls and some women, but a few men are on the boards, too (mostly fathers)) are to their league (though I've noticed that they seem much more loyal to their favorite players than anything else.) The responses have ranged from "let's all donate money to save the league" to "that corporate bastards should give the league money to keep going" to "those corporate bastards at Nike should give the league money to keep going" to "this country and government will never recognize equal rights for women" (the last one brought to you by a good Socialist, and by "good" I mean "dogmatic".) Nothing's going to come of these fan efforts, of course, since there's just no money in it for sponsors, but hey, give these fans credit for trying. There were some voices of reason who were explaining why fan efforts wouldn't work or that corporations are in the business of making money, not charitable contributions (and when you give money to a league that squandered its original 5-year allottment in one year, that's charity.) And I only noticed one real flamebaitish thread.

Interesting stuff, really.