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Women Sports Essay, Research Paper

Women and women’s sports have made great strides since the mid 70’s. Although,

gender inequality in sports is still common in most sports today. Prior to the

early 1970 women did not have teams or similar programs that the males had. In

1972 the government finally stepped in and passed Title IX of the Educational

Amendments. Today women are given many opportunities to participate in sports.

While opportunities have increased for women, the equal rights of men and

women’s athletics are still heavily favoring men’s athletics’. Many sports

played by women are still seen as inferior to men sports. Men can make a wealth

profession from playing professional sports. Women have little to no options, as

there are few professional women’s team. The NBA and the WNBA are examples of a

professional sport that both men and women have there own league. The biggest

difference in the leagues is that the NBA players make extremely larger salary

than the women of the WNBA. Main reason for the salary difference is that people

are willing to pay a larger amount to see a NBA game. Also the NBA has spent

millions in advertisements. In most cases, women’s athletics programs are

seriously lacking the funds as compared to men’s programs. In most universities

men’s programs have the better gym, the nicer facilities, the newest equipment,

and the top notch coaching staff. While the women’s teams are not subjected to

the same luxuries as the men’s teams. This is due to the bonuses schools have by

having a excellent men’s athletic program. Football teams like Nebraska, Texas,

and Michigan rely heavily on their football teams. When there football team has

a good year they will participate in a big time bowl, such as the ‘Sugar Bowl’.

Half of the money generated from the bowl is given to the school. This money

usually ends up being a lot of money. Every year these schools depend on their

football team to keep them financially sound. These schools can afford to pay a

coach a large salary or build a new football stadium. These schools may have

excellent programs for women’s sports, but no female sport team can create the

money that a big time football program can. Social equality of Men and Women’s

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