If women can do it well and have the knowlege to show that they deserve the opportunity...then great, no problem at all with me. However, what we see today is that networks appear to believe that they must have women in the booth or on the sidelines - it is affirmative action to them - because now there MUST be women on the broadcast. No woman has played major league baseball or NFL football, and that makes it more difficult for them to fill these roles and understand the game at the same level as men who have that experience. Not impossible, just much more difficult. I would expect that those "deserving" one of these would be a rather limited cohort. Yet, every game MUST have women on the broadcast team. It is affirmative action at that point. And insidious political correctness.
If that's the criteria, then no one who didn't play in the NFL should be able to comment on an NFL game.
Many, many women have been paying attention to football for decades, and we tend to know more than we're given credit for.
If you took all the men who haven't had professional sports experience in every sport out of it, you might be able to argue your point.
But that ain't gonna happen.....
