Women: Sports Media

I have talked a lot about different women who promote and support women's sports. Well, there are ways that the media can help promote women's sports and it starts with the coverage of women's sports. Most of the time men's sports are shown on prime tv channels at prime times and women's sports are either not shown at all or on random channels no one has heard of. Or they are shown on ESPN at non-prime times. This is a major problem women talk about not having the chance to be shown at primetime because men take precedence over women's sports. If women's sports were shown at primetime there might be more of an interest from spectators who would have said they don't care about women's sports and then all of a sudden they do care about women's sports. Which is what women's sports want. I even like the idea of giving women's sports their own channel that would just play women's sports games. To give spectators the chance to watch the gam

This week I am going to talk about a woman who is a soccer standout from brazil, her name is Marta. Over recent years international women sports have become very popular and now there are some international women who are recognizable. Marta, was one of the first women international soccer players because she is so dangerous on the field. Her being dominant on the field only helped women athletes around the world grain attention. When you think of the most famous women athletes they are all Americans this is because of title 9 and how hard America fought for women athletes' rights. Now you are starting to see international women start to gain attention and rights in the sports world because of how America leed the way. Marta, was one of the first names to become recognized internationally because of how she performed in the world cup. Her performance on the field only helped her Brazilian teammates also gain attention and hopefully bright awareness of how important women's sport

This week we are going to look at the potential of women to play in the NBA alongside professional male athletes. As many know Kobe Bryant was a huge advocate for women's basketball and even said some of the best players in the women's national basketball league are good enough to play in the NBA. He also hoped that his daughter would get the chance to experience the same things he did in the NBA unfortunately that won't be possible because of the horrible helicopter crash that took both Bryant and his daughter Gianna's life. However, Sabrina Ionescu a standout women's basketball player who broke NCAA records while at Oregon is attempting to keep Kobe's dream alive. Recently Ionescu was asked if she thought men and women would play on the same court and her response was that he hoped so. To me this would not only make watching the game more interesting it would be breaking the norm of women have their sports and men have theirs. To see both men and women on the

When you think of the word position and sports you probably think about a pitcher, goalkeeper, or a quarterback. Many women and men play other positions off the field as well but particularly women athletes that are attractive play a different position than ones that are classified as "less attractive" by whoever classifies them. Let's take Alex Morgan, for example, she is a phenomenal soccer player who plays for the US women's national team. You probably have seen her face on many promotional ads as well as other brands outside of soccer brands not because she is the best female soccer player some might argue there are better ones but because she is "the most attractive". Most companies running ads targeted toward people who are fans of sports pick the most attractive women to be on their ads because they know men like to look at attractive women so then it makes them more likely to buy the product they are advertising. This happens with women athletes acro

This week I am going to talk about a woman you might not associate with sports at all but you have probably heard of how she has made all her money. Sara Blakely is one of the only women to buy into a sports team to become a co-owner. Sara is the owner and creator of the company Spanx, Spanx is a brand built around making women feel comfortable and confident. Sara is a strong advocate for women CEO's and entrepreneurs. She has also been guest shark on the popular show Shark Tank. Now you might think what does the women who created Spanx have to do with sports at all. Well, she bought into the ownership group for the professional basketball team the Atlanta Hawks. She is one of the first women to be a co-owner of a sports team who did not become an owner because of it being handed down through the family. This is important because Sara is such a role model for not only young women who want to start and create their own businesses but also for women who want to be a part of sports

There are many women athletes out there but there are not as many women pro teams as men. Women also do not get paid as much as men do to play sports. This is a major topic in women's sports right now especially with the women's national soccer team. When it has come to women's rights in the sports world it has always been a hot topic. I first remember hearing about women not getting as many scholarships or not as much scholarship money as the male college athletes. Now there are rules in place that for every male athlete scholarship there is a women's one as well. Which I believe is important because women deserve the same things men do. So back to the US women's soccer team, they have been fighting for equal pay and it looks as if they are finally going to get it (yay!). I love what this is doing for women's sports because the players in the Women's national basketball association are also fighting for higher pay. Its the part where the word fighting comes