I had absolutely no idea that tournament existed! And while a heartwarming story, it's infuriating to know how much men kept women's organized sport down before and since then, now knowing the...
I had absolutely no idea that tournament existed!
And while a heartwarming story, it's infuriating to know how much men kept women's organized sport down before and since then, now knowing the interest was entirely there in the 70's for football, at least. This tournament was a complete sell out with the ticket costs being the same as the mens tournament the year prior and now 50 years later, women still don't have equal pay, opportunity, or treatment.
I'm glad this tournament is getting a shine so that people can learn about it!
It's very strange how it seems to have more or less vanished from history - I guess not helped by FIFA actively ignoring it for so many years. I definitely hope it becomes more well known with...
It's very strange how it seems to have more or less vanished from history - I guess not helped by FIFA actively ignoring it for so many years. I definitely hope it becomes more well known with these names attached to the documentary!
women still don't have equal pay, opportunity, or treatment.
At least waves are being made. Check my profile for an article or two about the Spanish women's team as a good example of (overdue) changes happening
Oh for sure, it is getting better, it's just still sad when the top men athletes in the world can make hundreds of millions and the top women athletes make hundreds of thousands and maybe a few...
Oh for sure, it is getting better, it's just still sad when the top men athletes in the world can make hundreds of millions and the top women athletes make hundreds of thousands and maybe a few million if they're true stars and/or get advertising deals (tennis is an exception, though, since women can earn a lot more there, but still notably less than men).
I know part of that is that women's sport usually isn't as popular as men's, but you have to think how things might be different if the momentum from events such as Copa 71 was followed up on instead of being ignored.
I'm not saying it's the case here, but I've studied a bit of history and it's troubling how often women's accomplishments are covered up in the history books and even sometimes attributed to men (obviously not the case here, this is just an example), even well into the 20th century. There are definitely other cases where women's accomplishments have just been erased, ignored, or vanished. One other example is how the Birka grave was always assumed to be the grave of a great warrior, general, or chieftain and was found in a fortress, so that checked out. As soon as it was found to be a woman's grave in 2017, the narrative from some changed and suddenly it "wasn't a warrior's grave" (obviously it is (according to professionals), some people just changed their minds on it once it was found to be a woman). Even some professionals changed their mind on the warrior after learning they were a woman instead of just accepting that women could be warriors.
A documentary about this tournament has already been made by Danish TV but such a small language is of course unlikely to have much of a reach. Hopefully this new documentary will bring this...
A documentary about this tournament has already been made by Danish TV but such a small language is of course unlikely to have much of a reach. Hopefully this new documentary will bring this historical event into better light!
The tournament in Mexico has been all but forgotten about for nearly 50 years. A Venus and Serena Williams executive produced film aims to correct the record
The pair acknowledge that, like the 1971 tournament itself, getting a film about women’s football off the ground was a challenge. But Copa 71 added firepower with Serena and Venus Williams signing on as executive producers, alongside USA’s Women’s World Cup winning striker Alex Morgan.
I had absolutely no idea that tournament existed!
And while a heartwarming story, it's infuriating to know how much men kept women's organized sport down before and since then, now knowing the interest was entirely there in the 70's for football, at least. This tournament was a complete sell out with the ticket costs being the same as the mens tournament the year prior and now 50 years later, women still don't have equal pay, opportunity, or treatment.
I'm glad this tournament is getting a shine so that people can learn about it!
It's very strange how it seems to have more or less vanished from history - I guess not helped by FIFA actively ignoring it for so many years. I definitely hope it becomes more well known with these names attached to the documentary!
At least waves are being made. Check my profile for an article or two about the Spanish women's team as a good example of (overdue) changes happening
Oh for sure, it is getting better, it's just still sad when the top men athletes in the world can make hundreds of millions and the top women athletes make hundreds of thousands and maybe a few million if they're true stars and/or get advertising deals (tennis is an exception, though, since women can earn a lot more there, but still notably less than men).
I know part of that is that women's sport usually isn't as popular as men's, but you have to think how things might be different if the momentum from events such as Copa 71 was followed up on instead of being ignored.
I'm not saying it's the case here, but I've studied a bit of history and it's troubling how often women's accomplishments are covered up in the history books and even sometimes attributed to men (obviously not the case here, this is just an example), even well into the 20th century. There are definitely other cases where women's accomplishments have just been erased, ignored, or vanished. One other example is how the Birka grave was always assumed to be the grave of a great warrior, general, or chieftain and was found in a fortress, so that checked out. As soon as it was found to be a woman's grave in 2017, the narrative from some changed and suddenly it "wasn't a warrior's grave" (obviously it is (according to professionals), some people just changed their minds on it once it was found to be a woman). Even some professionals changed their mind on the warrior after learning they were a woman instead of just accepting that women could be warriors.
A documentary about this tournament has already been made by Danish TV but such a small language is of course unlikely to have much of a reach. Hopefully this new documentary will bring this historical event into better light!