Are Things Equal Between The Sexes In College Sports?

Are Things Equal Between The Sexes In College Sports? "Monday night football won't be shown this week, instead women's field hockey will be aired." Monday night football has been a long lasting American pastime and a change like this would tend to really shock and upset millions of dedicated football fans. This group, made up of mostly men gather round the tube each week for a chance to watch men running around a field carrying a ball and running into each other. The situation I stated earlier probably won't happen, at least not in the near future. Men's sports still seem to dominate, and in order to allow this to be changed, certain steps must be taken. First of all, the situation needs to be addressed as a serious problem, then those people affected need to be determined. Next, the cause of the problem needs to be addressed and finally, it is time to think of solutions. So, first of all, is there really a problem? Why does it matter that men get all the attention in sports? That's the way it has been for hundreds of years dating back to the first Olympics. But then again why should men get all the attention, women work just as hard as men at their sports, why not give them some credit? Men and wome

This has helped in closing the gap between thenumber of men's and women's sports teams offered. ABC's sportscommentator, Keith Jackson states, " I don't care for it. Limitingfootball spending, offering more scholarships for women, and adding more women'ssports programs are all possible solutions to this problem. If football programs were limited to a smaller number ofscholarships, those extra scholarships could be distributed to female athletesin order to equalize up the number of scholarships given to male and femaleathletes. Solutions to this problem of sexual discrimination in sports do exist. As schools try to equal things outbetween men's and women's sports, more money will have to be spent. Everyone that pays taxes is affected. Tradition can be a very strongcause to sexual discrimination in sports. The money a team receives to be on television also adds to thebudget differences between men's and women's sports. This is compared to theone full day allowed for women's NCAA championship basketball (Baker 38). Football has far more money budgeted than any othersport at a college. " An argument to this situation is thatfootball programs bring in lots of revenue that goes to help athletic programs. n are treated differently in sports ranging from thesize of budgets, the number of scholarships given, and in how many athletes areparticipating in sports. As stated earlier, menreceive more than double the amount of scholarship money than women. The solutions ofcutting back at football funding, giving equal number of scholarships, andadding women's teams, all have their drawbacks.