Apps not Suits

As I pointed out in “700 for the ball,” major news outlet neglected to cover the USWNT’s lawsuit against the country’s athlete body. Conversely, Fox News found a mediation app’s use to improve player competitiveness as the next big break. The logic to do such seems a bit twisted in my opinion. Fox highlights a partnership that is supposedly going to help the number team in the world, but never mentions the team’s dissonance with the federation. The article hypes up the partnership with loaded comments, convoluted with references to medical research, which isn’t cited. Fox’s article claim’s that the agreement for the interview was by USSF’s Director of High Performance, James Bunce, to inform them of the advancements being made by the federation. Once again, if the federation and the media outlets are easy to reach for communicating apps and ‘mental health’, why is there still silence on the team’s activism for women empowerment? Doesn’t a movement to empower women beneficial to their ‘mental health; if promoting ‘mental health’ was the true motive, then I expect the struggles of the team to be highlighted as well. I enjoy a good conspiracy, and it appears easy to assume some type of partnership between the federation and the major news outlets to keep the federation’s issues out of the mainstream. Or, at least, it’s more interesting to contemplate.

Link: https://www.foxnews.com/sports/us-womens-national-team-turns-to-app-to-maintain-competitive-advantage-heading-into-world-cup