tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post988974604031318861..comments2024-03-21T00:30:32.509-07:00Comments on From A Left Wing: Sepp Blatter's Moronic Statement about Indian Women's FootballUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-39456988055575841542010-02-19T14:58:52.598-08:002010-02-19T14:58:52.598-08:00Hi,
Yes - I was in India in December and intervie...Hi,<br /><br />Yes - I was in India in December and interviewed Yolanda de Souza, a NT player of the late 1970s and early 1980s who was involved with Goan women's football throughout that period. There are a few newspaper articles from within India during the period which you can find with internet searches that confirm that the regional leagues in especially Goa, Kerala, and Kolkata were strong especially for that time period. If you just talk to Indian women today a surprising number will talk about playing football in school or with their Dads, brothers as girls. Of course, this various according to region as does most things. <br /><br />Manipur and Sikkim are two regions, for example, where football itself is strong, and where women's football seems to enjoy a good organizational structure.<br /><br />The book Goalless has a chapter on Indian women's soccer - that work was published in an article in Soccer and Society a couple of years back. That was written by Boria Mazumdar and Kausik Bandyopadhyay. <br /><br />I would love to know more about women's football in India & hope I get to go back & do some more research and talk with the women involved with the sport at the regional level.Jennifer Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004554513454749517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-55634096958439829912010-02-19T13:32:09.901-08:002010-02-19T13:32:09.901-08:00Hi
I am an Indian and also one of those who has a...Hi<br /><br />I am an Indian and also one of those who has abhorred Blatter's stupid quotes over the years. <br /><br />But while I follow a little of Indian football I haven't really heard of any accomplishments by the women's team. Could you tell me which specifically you were referring to in your comment "Like the US, soccer in India isn't so much a "man's game" - girls play it in schools, and the sport has had its moments of popular success (in the 1970s & 80s)"kamikaze kontikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07622361350425686015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-17219932087545091172010-01-28T00:52:51.937-08:002010-01-28T00:52:51.937-08:00A big stumbling block to women's football - an...A big stumbling block to women's football - and indeed all women's sport - in India is the fact that we don't, to my knowledge, have any legislation akin to Title IX. Spending on sport in general is pitiful in most schools, and much much worse for girls.Karthik Krishnaswamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11559140865496007975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-2119664522415322902010-01-25T22:59:26.651-08:002010-01-25T22:59:26.651-08:00Hi Jim - Yes: But if India is Islamic, it is also ...Hi Jim - Yes: But if India is Islamic, it is also Hindu, Catholic, Sikh, Buddhist and more - plus, globally, codes of conduct regarding gender segregation and participation in sport vary widely - whether we be talking about Asia, the Middle East, or Europe. (They vary in fact within India itself) FIFA's chief representative should know this, and in speaking of a big initiative in India, he should have an awareness of India's interesting history regarding women's football - it isn't all that obscure, if a girl like me can gain access to it.<br /><br />(I will always be put off by men saying "the future of football is feminine" or however that line goes: it belies a long history of patriarchal intervention and suppression of women's participation in football.)Jennifer Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004554513454749517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-81573592086165985832010-01-25T20:40:55.307-08:002010-01-25T20:40:55.307-08:00I really like your blog, but I think you malign FI...I really like your blog, but I think you malign FIFA's idiot secgen unfairly, re his second point. Having not long ago moved back to the USA from the Middle East, I know that Blatter is very much aware of national women's teams in a number of Islamic countries, where it's an unheard-of departure and a truly heartwarming development. Some of the players have great moves and technique and are rapidly developing game vision.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03678981126540457825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-12115332037484924732010-01-25T19:20:45.151-08:002010-01-25T19:20:45.151-08:00Anyone who ends a quote with a sentence is usually...Anyone who ends a quote with a sentence is usually a moron...Gustavo Arellanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06768093433425264879noreply@blogger.com