The hashtag #ProudOfBassett has been making the rounds since this extremely unfortunate own goal yesterday. While it was an insanely unlucky own goal, the double standard of support bestowed on Laura Bassett is striking when compared to male soccer blunders. Normally websites would link to tweets and blogs containing death threats and encouraging the player to kill themselves. Buzzfeed's article is about the total outpouring of support for Laura Bassett. In the famous 30 for 30 The Two Escobars, Andrés Escobar was literally murdered for the exact same thing 10 days after his return home from the World Cup in 1994. Granted, there might have been a little more action on that game in 1994, and losing massive bets seems to rile people up a tad.
Thursday, July 2, 2015
#ProudOfBassett Would Never Happen For A Man's Own Goal
The hashtag #ProudOfBassett has been making the rounds since this extremely unfortunate own goal yesterday. While it was an insanely unlucky own goal, the double standard of support bestowed on Laura Bassett is striking when compared to male soccer blunders. Normally websites would link to tweets and blogs containing death threats and encouraging the player to kill themselves. Buzzfeed's article is about the total outpouring of support for Laura Bassett. In the famous 30 for 30 The Two Escobars, Andrés Escobar was literally murdered for the exact same thing 10 days after his return home from the World Cup in 1994. Granted, there might have been a little more action on that game in 1994, and losing massive bets seems to rile people up a tad.
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