Female Poker Players - it's important that they are pretty......

[ifm]

You couldn't make it up!!
A womens only poker comp and the complaint is that saying they are pretty is sexist

don't think anyone's said that

So it's not sexist then.
Crisis over.
Can't believe i fell for the disguised spam post again, sigh.

[MKKfish]

I don't know why you are worrying your pretty little heads about it....

[Chili]

I don't know why you are worrying your pretty little heads about it....

My pretty little head is worrying if my bum will look big on tv...........

[MKKfish]

I don't know why you are worrying your pretty little heads about it....

My pretty little head is worrying if my bum will look big on tv...........

Ooh... are there some special camera angles for this event...?     

[Rod Paradise]

I don't know why you are worrying your pretty little heads about it....

My pretty little head is worrying if my bum will look big on tv...........

Ooh... are there some special camera angles for this event...?     

I'm definitely watching it now 

[MKKfish]

This is going to be a veritable minefield for the commentators...

We've got 'backdoor' this and 'backdoor' that.. *snigger*

"Everyone's got a pair"

"All in"

"She's flopped the nuts"

It's endless..

[ifm]

"she has a tell, she licks her lips when she's holding the nuts"

[snoopy1239]

Think this is a bit harsh, I don't really see the problem. It's TV, he's advertising the three main attractions, makes sense to me.

[tikay]

Think this is a bit harsh, I don't really see the problem. It's TV, he's advertising the three main attractions, makes sense to me.

You think, then, that you are more likely to watch the show if he refers to them as "pretty", rather than having their rather impressive Poker accomplishments mentioned? That's my point - it's assumed we are all daft, & they think that "pretty" is the hook which will get us to watch the show.

If true, that's pretty. Pretty sad.

[snoopy1239]

Think this is a bit harsh, I don't really see the problem. It's TV, he's advertising the three main attractions, makes sense to me.

You think, then, that you are more likely to watch the show if he refers to them as "pretty", rather than having their rather impressive Poker accomplishments mentioned? That's my point - it's assumed we are all daft, & they think that "pretty" is the hook which will get us to watch the show.

If true, that's pretty. Pretty sad.

Considering that they are trying to attract audiences, yes, I believe that if they comment on the attractiveness of the participants, especially when they are the likes of Tilly, Elizabeth and Lieu, then people are more likely to watch the show.

[Rod Paradise]

Think this is a bit harsh, I don't really see the problem. It's TV, he's advertising the three main attractions, makes sense to me.

You think, then, that you are more likely to watch the show if he refers to them as "pretty", rather than having their rather impressive Poker accomplishments mentioned? That's my point - it's assumed we are all daft, & they think that "pretty" is the hook which will get us to watch the show.

If true, that's pretty. Pretty sad.

No, it's assumed that the poker fans will watch for the poker, BUT it's also a valid advertising method to attract the punter who's kinda interested in poker kinda interested in Shannon Elizabeth's breasts, and flicking through the channels & remembers "Ohh Shannon's playing poker on that", thus increasing their audience & increasing profit for the channel, all to the betterment of the game.

[Claw75]

Think this is a bit harsh, I don't really see the problem. It's TV, he's advertising the three main attractions, makes sense to me.

You think, then, that you are more likely to watch the show if he refers to them as "pretty", rather than having their rather impressive Poker accomplishments mentioned? That's my point - it's assumed we are all daft, & they think that "pretty" is the hook which will get us to watch the show.

If true, that's pretty. Pretty sad.

Is this any different than online poker sites (blonde included), using pretty girls for marketing purposes?  I doubt the woman in the banner to the right there would be featuring in the ad if she wasn't pretty.  There's also been talk about having a new 'face of blonde'.  I presume the face will be a pretty one?

[Ironside]

woman in the blonde banner aint that pretty compared to the average woman on the street

[Chili]

Think this is a bit harsh, I don't really see the problem. It's TV, he's advertising the three main attractions, makes sense to me.

You think, then, that you are more likely to watch the show if he refers to them as "pretty", rather than having their rather impressive Poker accomplishments mentioned? That's my point - it's assumed we are all daft, & they think that "pretty" is the hook which will get us to watch the show.

If true, that's pretty. Pretty sad.

No, it's assumed that the poker fans will watch for the poker, BUT it's also a valid advertising method to attract the punter who's kinda interested in poker kinda interested in Shannon Elizabeth's breasts, and flicking through the channels & remembers "Ohh Shannon's playing poker on that", thus increasing their audience & increasing profit for the channel, all to the betterment of the game.

I think everyone understands the marketing concept here, bottom level, sloppiness & appealing to standard brain cells.  Although it is understood, it doesn't make it better for the actual "players" involved in this tournament who just want recognition for their play and nothing else (well ok, rewarded in monetary terms too I guess).  Ho hum - such is life as TK would say.

[Claw75]

woman in the blonde banner aint that pretty compared to the average woman on the street

but she's attractive, and definitely not ugly.