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Now I know how women feel in press boxes
KADEEM SIMMONDS attended the Women in Football seasonal awards but as one of the only men in attendance felt like an outsider, something female journalists must feel every weekend

BEING a black sports journalist in 2015 is still a rare thing. I often find that I am the only ethnic minority in the press box and it is an uneasy feeling.

Other reporters are not rude in any way but I personally feel like I am not meant to be there, that I stand out in a room full of white men.

The reason I mention this feeling is that I have never thought about what it would feel like to be a woman in a press box. I’ve never had to and when I do come across the few, they seem a lot more at ease in their surroundings so the thought that they are uncomfortable never crosses my mind.

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