Table Tennis Champ Soo Yeon Lee

vutiendat1337 wrote: smackman wrote: to Zap this video will not get new table tennis players, oooooooooh the ball hit her titty now I want to play TT , dream on Maybe it won't get new players but it can change how people perceive TT as a sport. People want more media exposure, popularity, investments, etc. But is ESPN going to broadcast TT if the general audience thinks TT is a boring and nerdy sport? I don't think so.

yes sure it will (not really) the only word correct was exposure lol, anyway the ittf must try harder to get the sport on TV, we don't need barrier kicking, umpire pushing and crutch shots we need TV

mts388 wrote: vutiendat1337 wrote: [QUOTE   But is ESPN going to broadcast TT if the general audience thinks TT is a boring and nerdy sport? I don't think so.  If the sport isn't boring, is it the people who make up the sport that make it look like a nerdy sport? I've been playing the sport 18 years and have always felt we are not good ambassador's of the sport.

I feel exactly the same way.  Table tennis has this extremely nerdy image in the U.S...and I mean EXTREMELY NERDY (anyone remember the GQ cover that made fun of our Nationals?)...unlike in South Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, etc., where it's a relatively cool sport and very well respected.

To many TT players in the West being anal retentive for TT becoming a popular sport, just my personal opinion, and I am allowed one.