Re all this Sam Newman bashing:
I can't see the point of chicks getting so angry about him and the surly, aggro culture he represents. It's just a fact of life. Footy commentary is full of rough-heads because the game is full of rough-heads. It's a boofy, brawly, blokey game. That's the whole point.
So women in the meeja should just avoid that whole scene altogether and throw the odd salvo at Newman and his mates from on high. That's a much better look. (Or more "empowered", to use their term.)
But many don't. They want to be part of it while still being treated like a lady. That seems precious in the extreme. And by complaining that they're not getting respect from blokes who are simply incapable of giving it to them they ensure their own victimhood and "disempowerment".
Let's face it. The only way a chick is gonna get respect from those neanderthals is if she grows a dick and loses her neck.
It just ain't gonna happen.