Womens Sports Facts
IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT WOMEN AND SPORTS* Before Title IX was passed in 1972, only 1 out of 27 high school girls participated in sports. Today, 1 out of 2.5 high school girls plays organized athletics. * Female student athletes graduate at significantly higher rates (68%) than female student nonathletes (59%).* In 2000, American Sports Data, Inc. estimated that 3.8 million girls (age 6-17) play basketball. Out of the 9.59 youth, boys and girls playing soccer, approximately 43% of U.S. are girls and young women.* Girls who participate in sports are 92% less
* Over 60% of adult women work fulltime. * 80% of women identified as key leaders in Fortune 500 participated in sports as youth. She continued to win 55 tournaments during her career and founded the LPGA in 1949. * Women comprise 69% of the professional staff for the WNBA. * The NBA received a B+ grade from the 1998 Sports and Society Gender Report for its gender hiring practices. * The longest winning streak in basketball history doesn't belong to a pro team, college team, or even a men's team. likely to use drugs, 80 % less likely to get pregnant and 3 times more likely to graduate and have higher levels of confidence. * The "Babe", Babe Didrikson, was one of this century's greatest athletes. She dominated the 1932 AAU track championships winning 5 out of 10 events and later won Olympic Gold in Los Angeles. 7 million people attended WNBA games. It belongs to the Baskin High Lady Rams of Baskin , LA who won 218 straight games from 1947-1953. Facts about Women and the Sports Industry * Sports is a $213 billion industry - more than agriculture and motor vehicle sales combined. * In the five year period between 1992 and 1997, corporate sponsorship of women's sports doubled to $600 million from $285 million. * Over 6 million career opportunities are available in the sports industry. * Although 20% of golfers are women, they purchase 50% of the golf product.
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