Source: Women’s Sports Foundation
In the 46 years since the passing of Title IX, women have been constantly making strides up the sports industry ladder. We have created teams on the youth, collegiate and professional levels. Today, we as women and girls play basketball, lacrosse, track, tennis, soccer and so many, many more sports.
Women have integrate the sports once known as “boys only” sports such as football, hockey, mixed martial arts and boxing. We have integrated the “boys club” by becoming professional referees, team administrators, and coaches.
Yet, there is still much more as women we must do to shatter the glass ceiling that seems to ever keep rising within the sports industry. . It is wonderful that we finally can see someone who looks like us in various levels of sport, but the fight for the highest levels and equal pay continues. The fight continues to earn respect.
Actually, it’s not job to prove that we belong or are worthy. It is our job to be prepared, step out and slay the work in front of us. But it is society’s job to understand and assist us as we request equal pay, better opportunities and equal acceptance.
Women have already proven we can handle the work. We have shown the world–thanks to women like Brianna Decker, Toni Harris, Jen Welter, Amy Trask, Jeanie Buss, Michele Roberts, Becky Hammon–that we have the knowledge, skill and emotional intelligence to command not only our own leagues but men as well. Now, it’s time for the world to realize we belong.
Source: Sports Management Worldwide