Do Female College Sport Teams Receive The Same Opportunities And Funding As Male College Sport Teams?

Do Female College Sport Teams Receive The Same Opportunities And Funding As Male College Sport Teams?

Introduction

There are various professional sport and colleges which still in today's era continue to grant unequal funding for the women. Prioritizing men and paying them more for the very same sport gives a side line to the women and acts as a discouragement for the women to participate in any of the sports. It is also to be noticed that the female students comprises of 57% population of the college, but only 43% of the female athletes were provided with the opportunities to participate in the sporting events. Which were nearly 56,110 fewer participation chances than the male counter parts. It is also witnessed that the gap has narrowed a bit, but the male athletes are still receiving 55% of the college athletic scholarships and only 45% of the scholarship is allocated to the women students (Gayles, 2009).

This unfair biasness can also be witnessed by the act of women team receiving only a 38% of the college sport operating fee of 33% of the grant is spent on the recruitment of the athletic team of the women. In the NCAA division I-A, the head coaches for the women's team received an average salary of about $850,400, while compared to the head coach of men's team was receiving an average amount of 1,783,100 amounting the difference to an amount of $932,700 (Emerson, et. al., 2009).

Discussion

A study indicated that gender equity and barriers to advance in athletics and sports paralleled other professions that indicated women were still under-represented as potential leaders on all levels within sports organizations. Title IX of the Education Amendments was passed in 1972 that is a federal law that does not allow gender discrimination in the educational institutions that receives federal funds.

The Women in Athletic Training Committee (WATC) conducted a survey that reported women and men had equal knowledge, skills, and education to be successful in the profession up to leadership positions but there were fewer opportunities for women than men because of low involvement of schools and colleges in enhancing further skills by offering funds for different programs. A NATA survey indicated that women who are certified athletic trainers (ATCs) received $10, 000 less than men (Creswell, 2008). The most common concerns women had as ATCs been their family and personal life, lack of opportunities, “good old boys' network,” and salary. The most common concerns for male ATCs were affirmative action and quotas, long hours, and “good old boys' network” that prevents younger candidates to leadership positions. The National Athletic Training Association was founded in 1950 by 101 athletic trainers with no females that were recorded at the time (Lawhorn, 2008). The first women to enter into the male-dominated profession of athletic training had been oppressed, silent, and isolated as they were denied access to facilities, meetings, programs, and certain ...