[medwards]

From today's NY Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/sports/olympics/21tabletennis.html?hp

 

[Rossini]

Fair enough. And it has a performance as well as an aesthetic benefit. The same discussion is taking place in other racquet sports, too.

 

[ilikeyourstyle]

Most sports fans are men. Most of them want to see the best athletes playing at the highest possible level. By nature of their size/strength advantage, men will be the best at most sports, so they will get the most attention. That said, nothing catches a man's attention quite like an attractive women in a sexy outfit...which is what women's golf, tennis, beach volleyball, and even table tennis now are attempting to do.

 

[Rossini]

Most sports fans are men. .

I read that the US Olympics coverage was geared more towards the female viewer.

 

[medwards]

Most sports fans are indeed men. And, yes, the Olympics do draw an unusually large number of female viewers. Here's the NY Times on this phenomenon:

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19adco.html

 

[Orsini]

In any event, they should at least be able to keep their pants up...

 

[LVP]

I read that the US Olympics coverage was geared more towards the female viewer.

Perhaps this is because the men do not need to be targeted because they're already generally more interested in sports.