Nrlw 2021

[zac]

Yes they say “batter” now. Seriously.

who cares? i don't have a problem with batsman or batter. why make a big deal of it?

[Insider]

who cares? i don't have a problem with batsman or batter. why make a big deal of it?

Who cares ? Exactly right mate , but thats a question you need to ask the extreme minority that were offended and decided to make a big deal out of nothing to begin with, and ask why this minority is pathetically appeased to.

[King Salvo]

Womens AFL is the worst of the lot. It's that bad it does more harm than good for womens sport i believe

They are improving all the time though - do you watch it though ?

[King Salvo]

Yes they say “batter” now. Seriously.

Maybe call them Batswoman / and the fielding position Third Woman as after all they are Women so why would you be calling them Batsman or the fielding position Third Man.

Not sure what the issue is calling them Batters though - some on here don't like seeing Women playing any sport by the sounds of it - Women should be confined to the House/Kitchen/bedroom only perhaps like the 1800's or early 1900's - not voting or working even perhaps.

[zac]

Who cares ? Exactly right mate , but thats a question you need to ask the extreme minority that were offended and decided to make a big deal out of nothing to begin with, and ask why this minority is pathetically appeased to.

i don't care if it's batsman or batter but i can see a logical reason for calling it batter (a lot of girls play cricket). i can't see a logical reason for complaining about the change to batter. worried it's the first step to having your dick cut off lol?

[King Salvo]

who cares? i don't have a problem with batsman or batter. why make a big deal of it?

I think some on here are just grumpy old men.

The Aussie Women will be chasing 170 to win - England Women 4/169 after their 20 overs - Just for JT the Aussie Women Batters need to bat well to chase this score down- Batters Healy and Lanning need to provide a good platform

[milanja]

Yes they say “batter” now. Seriously.

oh fck me.

I wonder how many chances the commentators get before they are banished from their jobs for using this now archaic word “batsman”

The days must be numbered for the words “female” and “woman”

[King Salvo]

oh fck me.

I wonder how many chances the commentators get before they are banished from their jobs for using this now archaic word “batsman”

The days must be numbered for the words “female” and “woman”

They use the term batter in both Baseball and Softball without any problem.

In fact batter is the correct term as per the change in the ICC laws of Cricket.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on October 7 2021 announced that from now onwards, the word 'batsman' will be replaced by the word 'batter' to demonstrate a gender-neutral identity in all forms of cricket.

For ICC Hall of Famer and former Australia star Lisa Sthalekar the move to 'batter' is a simple but important one in growing a sport that truly is for everyone.

Unaware cricket was a sport played by women as a child, Sthalekar went on to become one of the finest players Australia has ever produced before making the step into commentary.

Having grown up using the term ‘batter’ as a player, she stuck to the word when she stepped behind the microphone and remembers being told by a co-commentator in one of her earliest gigs that “batter was for fish.”

“We don’t say ‘hey look at that fieldsman’, we say ‘look at the fielder’. We don’t say ‘bowlsman’, we say ‘bowler’," she said following the MCC decision.

“So if there is a similar term to describe someone with a piece of wood in their hands, why wouldn’t we follow suit?”

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2276150

[milanja]

They use the term batter in both Baseball and Softball without any problem.

In fact batter is the correct term as per the change in the ICC laws of Cricket.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on October 7 2021 announced that from now onwards, the word 'batsman' will be replaced by the word 'batter' to demonstrate a gender-neutral identity in all forms of cricket.

For ICC Hall of Famer and former Australia star Lisa Sthalekar the move to 'batter' is a simple but important one in growing a sport that truly is for everyone.

Unaware cricket was a sport played by women as a child, Sthalekar went on to become one of the finest players Australia has ever produced before making the step into commentary.

Having grown up using the term ‘batter’ as a player, she stuck to the word when she stepped behind the microphone and remembers being told by a co-commentator in one of her earliest gigs that “batter was for fish.”

“We don’t say ‘hey look at that fieldsman’, we say ‘look at the fielder’. We don’t say ‘bowlsman’, we say ‘bowler’," she said following the MCC decision.

“So if there is a similar term to describe someone with a piece of wood in their hands, why wouldn’t we follow suit?”

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2276150

As long as it is consistent and they change all gender specific names, any idea why the Nrl chose to call it NRLW instead of (LRL)ladies rugby league?

[King Salvo]

As long as it is consistent and they change all gender specific names, any idea why the Nrl chose to call it NRLW instead of (LRL)ladies rugby league?

It is run by the NRL so the name had to have NRL in it -It could have been called WNRL but they chose NRLW instead possibly copying the AFL whose Women's comp is the AFLW.

There is also a AFL comp based in Western Australia called the WAFL- Western Australia Football League (Men's is called the WAFL and Women's is called the WAFLW). So the AFL couldn't use the name WAFL for their Women's Comp in any case.

[The Bondi spy]

So many “men” here threatened by women playing football. I love watching the girls play.

[Johnny Tobin]

Maybe call them Batswoman / and the fielding position Third Woman as after all they are Woman so why would you be calling them Batsman or the fielding position Third Man.

Not sure what the issue is calling them Batters though - some on here don't like seeing Women playing any sport by the sounds of it - Women should be confined to the House/Kitchen/bedroom only perhaps like the 1800's or early 1900's - not voting or working even perhaps.

Exactly what I would expect a woke virtue signalling idiot to say.

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

Yes they say “batter” now. Seriously.

And in women's cricket they no longer refer to the fielding position as "third man" - they just call it 'third"

[zac]

'batter' v 'batsman' doesn't have much to do with the nrlw

[Johnny73]

While I'm sure a lot of the women don't have the same stamina level as the male footballers, the skill level is there for a lot of them.