Watching Women Final Four Championship game was a new experience for me because i never actually watched any female sports other than gymnastics. watching wasn’t the only first experience i participated in, having to actually listen closely to the commentators to what they say and how they say it, because normal for individuals to be so focused into the game that often whatever those commentators say falls on deaf ears, because your focus isn’t their mentally to pick up and comprehend what’s being said. I believe commentators are limited on words to use for the entire game without causing any kind of negative publicity, during the Women's championship game between Miss St. v. South Carolina commentators refers to all female athletes by Girl …show more content…
For the men's final four the games were held in phoenix Arizona inside the cardinals NFL football stadium. For both final four events, I was impressed that the women's final four games actually brought in a larger number of fans and spectators. For the men’s I wasn't as impressed by the numbers they brought in because the men's final four is more popular and receives more media coverage, there is more television stations that covers the men's final four versus the woman's final four. During the men's game commentators mentioned the woman's final four briefly to congratulate South Carolina boys and girls team for making the tournament other than that the women's game were rarely talked about or even having commercials for women's final during the men's, but as for the women's final four commentators rarely had conversations about the men's final four if they aren't playing. Gender marking for the men only existed on the TV guide wasn't much gender markings on the court or in the stands. But Gender marking for the women's final four had women's attach to the final four logo which were also on their jerseys, game court, the arena, TV guide, also wasn't any feminized mascots