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RE: Honest question: Why are women athletes' height made public but weight is not? - martyup - 03-24-2024

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RE: Honest question: Why are women athletes' height made public but weight is not? - Leftcoast - 03-24-2024

I asked three of the young women in my life whether they would want their weight posted and frequently updated in the nightly program should they be lucky enough to play for Stanford Women's basketball.  They shook their heads and looked at me like i was an idiot (not uncommon in and of itself).

I told them, in my best whiney voice,  "But FANS on the Cardboard REALLY, REALLY want to know!".  Answers were specific and unprintable. I suggest you don't identify yourself as a Cardboard reader should you meet them at half-time tonight.

Go Cardinal!

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RE: Honest question: Why are women athletes' height made public but weight is not? - BobK - 03-24-2024

I stand with your family left coast

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RE: Honest question: Why are women athletes' height made public but weight is not? - M T - 03-24-2024

(03-24-2024, 03:55 PM)BobK Wrote:  I stand with your family left coast

Speaking of meeting up at the game...  I hope you're healthier Bob, but since you're posting, I guess you aren't making the trek.

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RE: Honest question: Why are women athletes' height made public but weight is not? - BobK - 03-24-2024

They call me Mr couch potato. Thanks MT
Hope down in two weeks softball

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RE: Honest question: Why are women athletes' height made public but weight is not? - TonyLima - 03-24-2024

I just want to thank everyone on this thread for the laughs.  Reminds me of Bill Cosby: Why is there air?

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RE: Mudhead - Mick - 03-25-2024

(03-23-2024, 06:51 PM)StanFanFam13 Wrote:  I'm sorry, but does anyone think that male athletes' weight—and every other aspect of their bodies—is discussed, scrutinized, and criticized the way that female athletes are? Equity demands acknowledgment of disparate circumstances, which I certainly think is the case here.

Just once, I'd like to see a male athlete's height and weight juxtaposed with his height and weight years later when he's a fat old coach.

Oh wait...here's one. 12-year NBA veteran and former USF men's basketball coach, and San Jose native, Rex Chapman.

Here he is as a 6'4", 190 pound guard...
[/url][url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/waltere01.html]Rex Walters Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more | Basketball-Reference.com

And 40 pounds later, Rex is a 6'3" (must have shrunk an inch) and 230-pound assistant coach:
Rex Walters - Wikipedia

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RE: Honest question: Why are women athletes' height made public but weight is not? - CompSci87 - 03-25-2024

On the lighter side, here's Cameron Brink proving that men lie about their height... sometimes.

https://youtu.be/8zBZZFRwXPk

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RE: Mudhead - Mick - 03-26-2024

(03-26-2024, 08:26 AM)82lsju Wrote:  

(03-25-2024, 09:16 PM)Mick Wrote:  

(03-23-2024, 06:51 PM)StanFanFam13 Wrote:  I'm sorry, but does anyone think that male athletes' weight—and every other aspect of their bodies—is discussed, scrutinized, and criticized the way that female athletes are? Equity demands acknowledgment of disparate circumstances, which I certainly think is the case here.

Just once, I'd like to see a male athlete's height and weight juxtaposed with his height and weight years later when he's a fat old coach.

Oh wait...here's one. 12-year NBA veteran and former USF men's basketball coach, and San Jose native, Rex Chapman.

Here he is as a 6'4", 185 pound guard...
Rex Chapman Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more | Basketball-Reference.com

And 45 pounds later, Rex is a 6'3" (must have shrunk an inch) and 230-pound assistant coach:
Rex Walters - Wikipedia

I think these are different people....

Did you mean to use this link?

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/waltere01.html

I did, clicked too soon. Edited the OP.

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RE: Mudhead - TrumpCard - 03-26-2024

(03-25-2024, 09:16 PM)Mick Wrote:  

(03-23-2024, 06:51 PM)StanFanFam13 Wrote:  I'm sorry, but does anyone think that male athletes' weight—and every other aspect of their bodies—is discussed, scrutinized, and criticized the way that female athletes are? Equity demands acknowledgment of disparate circumstances, which I certainly think is the case here.

Just once, I'd like to see a male athlete's height and weight juxtaposed with his height and weight years later when he's a fat old coach.

Oh wait...here's one. 12-year NBA veteran and former USF men's basketball coach, and San Jose native, Rex Chapman.

Here he is as a 6'4", 190 pound guard...
[/url][url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/waltere01.html]Rex Walters Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more | Basketball-Reference.com

And 40 pounds later, Rex is a 6'3" (must have shrunk an inch) and 230-pound assistant coach:
Rex Walters - Wikipedia

He's past 50, so it's not so improbable that he lost an inch of height.  Or maybe he was 6'3" to start, and now he's 6'2", and he's always been lying by an inch.  If he did lose height though, that doesn't imply any loss of mass because it just happens due to compression of the spine.  Getting old is not for the faint of heart...

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RE: Honest question: Why are women athletes' height made public but weight is not? - fullmetal - 03-26-2024

"Beauty is the price that women pay to exist in this world."

Is this what we want to continue to perpetuate, or will we have the courage to change this in the world around us?

It's far more "acceptable" to be an overweight man than an overweight woman in this world.

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RE: Honest question: Why are women athletes' height made public but weight is not? - BostonCard - 03-26-2024

What's more important, Crook's weight or that she dropped 40 points in the game against Maryland?

Also, if you look at the last play of regulation, we had Iriafen set up perfectly for the game-winning shot, driving one-on-one against Crooks.  Except that Crooks moved with her step for step and forced her to take an off-balance shot as time expired.  I must have looked at that clip a dozen times looking for a foul, but it looked clean to me.

Also, she's a freshman; I expect that by her senior year, a substantial amount of that adipose tissue will be replaced by muscle, and she will be a premier player.

Lastly, she really looked like she was having a ton of fun out there.  Great for her.

BC

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(03-25-2024, 10:19 PM)CompSci87 Wrote:  On the lighter side, here's Cameron Brink proving that men lie about their height... sometimes.

https://youtu.be/8zBZZFRwXPk

There's a whole genre of clips showing that men lie about their height: eg

https://www.tiktok.com/@codypremer/video/7302121193564441902?lang=en

BC

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RE: Mudhead - Mick - 03-27-2024

(03-26-2024, 09:56 AM)TrumpCard Wrote:  

(03-25-2024, 09:16 PM)Mick Wrote:  

(03-23-2024, 06:51 PM)StanFanFam13 Wrote:  I'm sorry, but does anyone think that male athletes' weight—and every other aspect of their bodies—is discussed, scrutinized, and criticized the way that female athletes are? Equity demands acknowledgment of disparate circumstances, which I certainly think is the case here.

Just once, I'd like to see a male athlete's height and weight juxtaposed with his height and weight years later when he's a fat old coach.

Oh wait...here's one. 12-year NBA veteran and former USF men's basketball coach, and San Jose native, Rex Chapman.

Here he is as a 6'4", 190 pound guard...
[/url][url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/waltere01.html]Rex Walters Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more | Basketball-Reference.com

And 40 pounds later, Rex is a 6'3" (must have shrunk an inch) and 230-pound assistant coach:
Rex Walters - Wikipedia

He's past 50, so it's not so improbable that he lost an inch of height.  Or maybe he was 6'3" to start, and now he's 6'2", and he's always been lying by an inch.  If he did lose height though, that doesn't imply any loss of mass because it just happens due to compression of the spine.  Getting old is not for the faint of heart...

Man, no kidding. I topped out at 6'1 5/8" and at age 61, I have lost 1.5". My kids now tower over me.

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