What a Bunch of Hypocrites!

[vivalaraza]

first off i must say that jennifer baretta is smoking hottt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




i can't count the times that i have read on message boards like this one about how men are sexist and pigs for commenting on the ladies of billiards. whether it is jeanette's sexiness or karen corr's lack thereof, it is always what comes up when men talk about the women's tour. then of course the women come out of the woodworks and defend them by saying that we pigs should just concentrate on their skills and that they shouldn't be judged by their appearancs, and they do have a point there. now that one of them is nominated for an award based on her looks by ESPN it is all good. how come we are pigs for making the same judgements? i bet that many people, even in the pool community, had never ever ever heard of jennifer before this. i know i hadn't and i am usually on top of the sexy female athletes....no pun intended.


the fact is that sex sells! it has long been said that what the women's tour needed was more of the jeanette-type (very attractive and very good) and less of the uh....well......i don't know exactly how to say it.....you know the type i am talking about.

face it, for a sport to be successful on tv it has to have some asthetics to it. this jennifer baretta is great for women's pool. she could do the same for pool that anna did for women's tennis (on a much smaller scale). now, i know that women's tennis had been chocked full of talent for decades, bj king, martina, evert, graf, and more recently seles and the williamses, but anna did more for that sport than anybody. hopefully jennifer will win that contest on ESPN and get some momentum into the women's tour.

 

[landshark77]

OK raza...let's just say that this has been debated in depth before. I don't think women came outta the woodwork either to say anything about men being sexist pigs because you find someone on tour attractive. Go back and read the previous threads, I for one am not going to get into it again, my views are known.

Jenn has made a name for herself, good for her. There is nothing wrong with that. She did it the way she felt she needed too and that she was comfortable with. Not everyone is Jenn but everyone is entitled to their opinions of her and how she made her name. She made it known that she was in this competition and it is plastered on two message boards in a total of four different forums. The contest for the sexiest woman's sports figure. There is a list of woman that were some how chosen by ESPN. I voted for who I wanted to. Just because Jenn plays pool doesn't mean she gets my vote. If the contest were for which of these women can play pool best, then I'd vote for Jenn...unless there were others on there that I thought were better pool players.

For the record, I don't personally know Jenn. I am not saying anything bad about her. She seems like a nice person on these forums. All I'm saying is that she doesn't scream sexy to me. I think arguing about who is hot and who is not is ridiculous. It is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[Deanna Michelle]

I think we should all go rollerblading.

 

[dandydude]

first off i must say that jennifer baretta is smoking hottt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




i can't count the times that i have read on message boards like this one about how men are sexist and pigs for commenting on the ladies of billiards. whether it is jeanette's sexiness or karen corr's lack thereof, it is always what comes up when men talk about the women's tour. then of course the women come out of the woodworks and defend them by saying that we pigs should just concentrate on their skills and that they shouldn't be judged by their appearancs, and they do have a point there. now that one of them is nominated for an award based on her looks by ESPN it is all good. how come we are pigs for making the same judgements? i bet that many people, even in the pool community, had never ever ever heard of jennifer before this. i know i hadn't and i am usually on top of the sexy female athletes....no pun intended.


the fact is that sex sells! it has long been said that what the women's tour needed was more of the jeanette-type (very attractive and very good) and less of the uh....well......i don't know exactly how to say it.....you know the type i am talking about.

face it, for a sport to be successful on tv it has to have some asthetics to it. this jennifer baretta is great for women's pool. she could do the same for pool that anna did for women's tennis (on a much smaller scale). now, i know that women's tennis had been chocked full of talent for decades, bj king, martina, evert, graf, and more recently seles and the williamses, but anna did more for that sport than anybody. hopefully jennifer will win that contest on ESPN and get some momentum into the women's tour.

Dandy reply:

Yes lets be fair, dress all of them the same in black hobits like Catholic nuns so we cant see no hooters or cheeks and we can concentrate on their stroke and follow through. No, this is not Iran, bad idea, sex sells and we are all buying.

 

[sjm]

There are many lovely ladies playing the WPBA, and Barretta is just one of them. I'm sure some of the others will draw attention in future ESPN polls.

I'm inclined to place a positive spin on the whole thing. Many of us have delighted in recent months over the fact that ESPN has been showing a whole lot of pool on TV. This has given pool greater visibility, and probably helps to explain why pool players managed to even be considered in ESPN's poll.

I'm of the opinion that every time a pool player manages to bring attention to pool outside of the traditional pool circles, it's good for our sport. And if that player happens to be a member of our forum, even better.

 

[Perk]

All I'm saying is that she doesn't scream sexy to me the beholder.

Well, I guess my vote cancels you out!

I think its picture #5 on her website that I enjoy the most. She has very nice eyes, and that picture displays them well. Eyes tell alot about a person.

 

[predator]

It's always like that with ladies in sports.

Hey, it's not our fault that some of them look so damn good! It would be quite unnatural not to carefully examine their stance while they play...

 

[Fred Agnir]

i can't count the times that i have read on message boards like this one about how men are sexist and pigs for commenting on the ladies of billiards.

Me neither. In fact, I can't remember any time being called a pig for commenting on the ladies of billiards.

then of course the women come out of the woodworks and defend them by saying that we pigs should just concentrate on their skills and that they shouldn't be judged by their appearancs, and they do have a point there.

Did this happen, too? Must have missed it.

Fred <~~~ thinks women are smarter than this