Just came across this article by Jordyn White, #32 (LB) for the DC Divas. It’s sad to me that the only people who seem capable of writing intelligent, accurate and relevant pieces about the IWFL are players in the damn IWFL itself. WTF, journalists? In a handful of paragraphs, this woman manages to articulate exactly what I try to get across to people when I talk about women’s football but can’t, mostly because I swear a lot and apparently have anger management issues.
I do intend to forward that link to people, but lest we forget exactly who’s cheerleading for whom, let’s talk about this for a moment:
The Militia already started counting chickens by their trash talk that appeared in the Boston Globe and elsewhere around the Web.
First off, as far as I’m concerned, pots and kettles who sell tickets to a game before confirming its actual existence shouldn’t throw stones at chicken counters. I do intend to more fully address the Massey Ratings/Game Location Debacle soon, but holy hell, people, running around acting like the players on the Militia team personally snuck up on you and stole Christmas because their hearts were three sizes too small just makes you look whiny.
So Jordyn White, in all seriousness, thank you for writing the article that you wrote. If I run into you at the afterparty on Saturday I’ll buy you a drink, and I won’t even tell anyone that for a few hours today, the byline of the article actually said “Jordyn White plays XXX for the D.C. Divas.” Cool?
