Are Things Equal Between The Sexes In College Sports?

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in sports ranging from the
size of budgets, the number of scholarships given, and in how many athletes are
participating in sports.
Men's athletic budgets are without a doubt a lot higher than women's
athletic budgets. On average men's athletic budgets are nearly five times that
of women's (Moline 18). An example of this is at schools that offer women's
sports of field hockey and volleyball that have budgets less than 20% of that
which is allocated for men's sports (Hanmer 13). Overall operating funds for
women's sports are about three times that of men's (Moline 18). Funding for
individual sports is different but when all added together men receive a lot
more money for their sports than women.
Another difference between men's and women's sports is the number of
athletic scholarships given to athletes of differing sexes. Male athletes, as a
whole, receive twice the number of scholarships that women athletes receive
(Moline 18). In a survey conducted by the NCAA( national ...

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scholarship money, and there are a lot fewer female
athletes than male athletes. In 1975, a girl in Colorado had to use the court
system in order to be allowed to practice and play with a men's team. This was
done since there was no available women's team. (Hanmer 96). Having to go to
court, again shows that a problem does exist, and even though it is getting
better, with the number of female athletes rising, the problem of inequality
still exists.
Now that it is known that a problem exists, the next step in solving
the problem is to figure out who is affected by sexual discrimination in sports.
Contrary to popular belief, female athletes are not the only people affected by
sexual ...

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