Is This The Beginning To The End?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5318495/Darts-walk-girls-SCRAPPED-sexism-concerns.html

Will we see this escalate on to other sports, boxing, Motor Racing, Rah Rah girls, and the Motor Show etc.

[New Judge]

It is not the end.

It is not even the beginning of the end.

But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning :-)

[douglas9401]

There's a superfluous 'other' in there, darts ain't sport and no amount of walk-on music, fist bumping and back slapping will change that.

Now to the question, there's a disconnect between toned young women and the 'athletes' that's just too jarring, the rest of the places, not so much.

[Mamyalynne]

It's very silly.

Isn't it - Oche?

[Spicerack]

These 'walk on' girls wouldn't be my cup of tea but I can't really see what harm they're doing.
(probably ugly) middle class women seem determined to block off all (legal) avenues to well paid work for pretty working class girls.

[anotheoldgit]

douglas9401
If Archery can be classed as a sport, I can't see why darts cannot be.

One has the use of a very sophisticated bow to propel the arrow in archery, whilst in darts all one has is the use of a sharp eye, the arm, hand and the fingers as the propellant.

[Bazile]

What is the definition of a sport ?

[douglas9401]

There are many Bazile, a many as the are stars in the sky and NONE of them include darts. :-)

[New Judge]

It often makes me giggle when the darts commentators refer to the participants as "athletes". :-)

[horselady]

For pitys sake. There's some sad, sour people around. The girls aren't being forced to do it, let them enjoy being young and pretty, it doesn't last forever.

[anotheoldgit]

New Judge

Obviously they couldn't by any stretch of the imagination be classed as "athletes" but Darts being a sport, why not?

[anotheoldgit]

All be it their throwing arm gets a regular workout in the pub every night.

[Peter Pedant]

damn you NJ
I wanted to do my WSC impression.....

Plan B - now is the winter of discontent turned glorious summer, when this son of York ....
[ takes bag of sugar off shoulder]

[Peter Pedant]

// What is the definition of a sport ?//

croquet used to be an olynpic sport apparently

they have a fat overfed parasitic committee to decide these things apparently (IOC that is)

[emmie]

time these sports got rid of the sexism that underlies
them, young women parading should be a thing of the past.

[dannyk13]

Even if they enjoy it Emmie?

[emmie]

one way to supplement your income i suppose but surely these pretty girls, if they are, could find better ways to earn a few bob.

[dannyk13]

That is entirely up to them Emmie

[anotheoldgit]

emmie
/// young women parading should be a thing of the past. ///

That's put paid to the Notting hill Carnival then, just to name but one.

[Gromit]

The end of what ?

The end of sexism, I doubt it.
The end of sad old men being pervs, I doubt it.

[emmie]

around a boxing ring i meant. and at darts - i just don't like it.