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Why do we continue to point to lower participating numbers of women in sports to justify the assertion that society is persecuting women? I was a part of a state high school championship team in Colorado and we never cut anybody. My daughters' teams in this very school (Deer Valley) district were regional champions 11 years running. Nobody on their teams got cut. I would assert that the opportunities are there even with the good teams/schools. Is it possible that overall less women are interested in sports? Badminton would put us in compliance??? Swell.
And for what it's worth, I think Hogshead got touched out in the 84 Olympics.
Fort, it's been awhile, please educate me again.:)
Some of you aren't taking into account the fact that, after college (except for the somewhat limited WBNA) there aren't many opportunities for women to play sports professionally. Or to earn big money doing it. One of the reasons you see more women start focusing more time on school or careers in college than men is because there aren't the opportunities available in sports as a career for women.
I also live in the real world and unfortunately the NBA draws 13-20K per night while the WNBA averages 8K with a much cheaper ticket price. Perhaps we should regulate the professional sports industry to require a women's counterpart to every men's sport so that we can all have the same professional opportunities.
I do not feel particularly sorry for people having to focus on an education due to the lack of professional opportunities; as a only slightly above average college swimmer, I had to do the same thing.
I am not a big football fan, but despite statistics that float around, college football must be extremely profitable at some schools. At my alma mater (BYU), they recently threw the entire athletic program (men and women's) under the bus, so that the football team could go independent and score the big television bucks.
Some of you aren't taking into account the fact that, after college (except for the somewhat limited WBNA) there aren't many opportunities for women to play sports professionally. Or to earn big money doing it. One of the reasons you see more women start focusing more time on school or careers in college than men is because there aren't the opportunities available in sports as a career for women.
I also live in the real world and unfortunately the NBA draws 13-20K per night while the WNBA averages 8K with a much cheaper ticket price. Perhaps we should regulate the professional sports industry to require a women's counterpart to every men's sport so that we can all have the same professional opportunities.
I do not feel particularly sorry for people having to focus on an education due to the lack of professional opportunities; as a only slightly above average college swimmer, I had to do the same thing.
I am not a big football fan, but despite statistics that float around, college football must be extremely profitable at some schools. At my alma mater (BYU), they recently threw the entire athletic program (men and women's) under the bus, so that the football team could go independent and score the big television bucks.
