This was my point:

Act like a smartass, get it shoved back in your face.

No, it sounds like that boy needs medication. It also sounds as if you believe it is fair to extrapolate from that one boy's example to an entire population. In other words, you and I don't have much to discuss.

You could read this and learn more, but I'm guessing you won't understand any of it.

America has already discovered a method of controlling boys who like to run and play and laugh — they drug them up. It's very popular and enormously profitable so if you know of a boy who is acting like a boy, get him on some mood-altering drugs!

I apologize, Asta. I have been informed that football is just about the simplest game in the world. No doubt that is true. Everything I have written here has been incorrect and sexist. I hope you will accept my apology.

I agree with you. Everything I've written here has been incorrect and sexist. I apologize for all of it.

Okay, football is an easy game to understand. I think we're done here. Bye.

Egads. The "especially" part is obviously stupid and offensive. I presume that's why it was deleted and the appropriate explanation for its deletion was given. That seems like a good thing, but apparently it has made some people even angrier. Seems odd to me.

Yeah, you're right. That's why coaching an NFL team is so easy. Anyone can do it!

Of course men are not born with a special gene for understanding football. But it is silly to pretend that girls are as immersed in the game as boys are and have been for decades. Some girls have been, no doubt, but, on the whole, boys and men have been a far bigger part of the NFL fan base than girls and women.…

No, I get that the NFL isn't holding this event. That's part of why I don't understand why the NFL is being accused of not understanding how to talk to women.

It's okay with me if you secretly want to ban pink merchandise. I don't use it, obviously, and a lot of it is really ugly.

Makes perfect sense to me. I grew up a Reds fan [long after the Joe Morgan era, alas], but even I'd admit that Morgan was/is a terrible announcer. Easily one of the greatest second basemen in the history of the game, but his disdain for sabermetrics and his constant invocations of baseball truisms — including ones…

It's a good idea to have all sorts of licensed garments, I'm sure, but I still see plenty of pink jerseys out there. I'm sure plenty of women don't want them and now they have other options, but I still see a ton of them on game days. But obviously, just slapping a pink hue on something and calling it marketing is so…

EXACTLY! The rules are confusing! They also change frequently. Hence this marketing campaign.

I think it's the only part you understood, sis.

Ah, I see. So at what percentage does a market demographic have a right to offer opinions? That's handy information to have and you seem to have it. Don't be an info hoarder.

Where does the NFL imply that women don't understand football because they are women? I just don't see that at all. The assumption the NFL is making, which is certainly based on tons of market research, is that many women are interested in sports, but do not follow football. Therefore, this is a market with potential.…