Within sports, heroes are made, goals are set and dreams are lived. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) did not offer athletic scholarship for female athletes nor did they hold championships for women's sports. ... Women's sports continue to receive and substantially less amount of news coverage and airtime than men's sports. ... Unlike men's sports, women's sports are often played during the afternoon, a time that prevents many spectators from attending and sends a message that women's sports are less important than males. ... The overall lack...

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Many men and women alike love sports, and to discriminate against a certain sex by not providing them with the opportunity to participate in the sport(s) that they are interested in is wrong. ... (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the 1964 Civil Rights Act) This law has done wonderful things in the promotion of women's sports and is a great law in its original intent; however, the enforcement of this law has terribly perverted its spirit. ... The court sited numerous cases in which the elimination of men's sports opportunity was permitted (TheMat.com). ... According...

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Before it came to life there were many barriers keeping females from fully participating in activities, unlike education, sports especially highlighted this. ... This seen prominently in the 1960s defined what made a girl a "girl" in a sense, and those not to be defined by that, which meant the girls who played sports left them to be outsiders. ... The problem of inequality has been around for quite some time, the first time it was seen in sports was in the mid-1920s, when "a group of women physical educators destroyed girl's chances to participate in competitive sports, t...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate