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gnashy's avatar

There was a period in the 90s before Federer and Nadal that women’s tennis was just multiple times more entertaining than men’s, and no, not for puerile reasons. The points would go longer, the drama of would they succeed or fail was simply far better, etc.

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Ian Sherman's avatar

“The only real requirement from me is that the participants care.” Hear, hear. Participants-not-caring is a real problem with the modern “players as brands” NBA, and increasingly in golf too. So hard to watch LIV, TGL, and even the Tour (outside majors) nowadays because it’s not clear if the top players even care week-to-week.

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