THE BEEB’S WOMEN’S FOOTBALL OWN GOAL

JOHN WRAGG SAYS THE BBC WOULD BE DOING THE WOMEN’S GAME A FAVOUR IF THEY TONED DOWN THE HYPE

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IS WOMEN’S football over-hyped? Undoubtedly. Is the BBC the main culprit of this? Yes.
How can France Women v South Korea Women be prime time television? It obviously isn’t but the BBC treated the opening game of the women’s World Cup as though it was the men’s World Cup.
It isn’t, and it does the women’s game no favours. There...

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