Serena Williams‘s husband Alexis Ohanian recently shared a glimpse of the hate he received on his women’s basketball-related post two years back. Ohanian has always been vocal about women’s sports. Being an investor in Angel City FC, a women’s soccer club, Ohanian has always shown the prospect of investing in women’s sports to help them grow. He also pointed out the NCAA’s negligence in not giving required amenities to women’s basketball teams.
While Ohanian is so vocal about supporting women athletes, he faced several criticisms and a series of hateful comments from his fans. Nevertheless, such comments couldn’t change his mind about his vision but he managed to remember them all.
Alexis Ohanian shares old hateful comments from fans as he urged people to support women’s basketball teams
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Serena Williams’s husband has been an ardent supporter of women’s sports and he has faced several hateful comments for that. Two years ago, he spoke about the NCAA’s partial attitude toward women athletes and their disregard for promoting female players at March Madness. Ohanian wrote- “
The greatest lie the @NCAA ever told was that fans for @MarchMadnessWBB didn’t exist. Watch what happens as they start giving women equal promotion, airtime, and those NIL checks keep pouring in.”
Alexis Ohanian’s post drew severe criticism. Now after two years, this Reddit co-founder shared some of the hateful comments on his official Instagram profile’s story. Sharing those hateful comments, Ohanian added captions that read– “I LOVE my haters” and “You Give me LIIIIIFE.”
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Ohanian’s sarcastic caption and the Instagram story expressed that despite all the hate, he is determined to support female athletes. He also displayed determination to support their continuous struggle to establish their worth in a male-dominant industry. Nevertheless, he keeps on speaking about the disparity and lower investment in women’s sports.
Ohanian reveals the continuous underinvestment in women’s sport
In an interview with Bloomberg, Ohanian delved deeper into the sports industry’s backward mindset. He spoke about the industry not giving equal opportunities to female sports. He commented- “I mean it’s the curse of low expectations. When we look back on the legacy of underinvestment in the last, call it 50 years, it will not just be a legacy of sexism and racism, which it is. It’ll be a legacy of gross business incompetence. You build a rabid, dogged fan base all over the world. You continue to raise the bar on brand partnerships. You continue to demonstrate the value,”
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Alexis Ohanian’s Instagram story revealed that he has a vision that can establish women’s sports strongly in the industry. It also showcased that Ohanian will not step back from his objective of making female sports popular despite all the hatred.
