Gender Disparities Plague Sports Funding

Although women are incrementally becoming more involved in college sports, the investment gap between men’s sports and women’s sports remains unchanged. With a difference of a nearly 3-1 ratio, some are asking why that disparity exists. At the college level, some experts have pointed out that women do not occupy many leadership roles in sports. In 1990, 90% of women’s sports were managed by women, but in 2020 that number dramatically declined to just 41%. Some wonder if invoking Title IX is appropriate to address this disparity. Experts are unsure whether the financial disparity constitutes an infraction of Title IX.

SOURCE: NPR