More Coverage of Women's Sports

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 games and gain interest. I think this is a problem that is not widely talked about and needs to be more openly talked about.

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Women Running Sports Media

The past two weeks I have written about how the media portrays women around men's sports. This week I am going to dip into who is running the media outlets and what role women have inside them. Many of the sports news outlets today such as ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and Bleacher Report all have CEOs who are men. Men also dominate the employes inside of each of those companies. Barstool Sports, however, is a little different. Let me start off by giving you a little background on Barstool. Barstool started out as a betting newspaper by Dave Portnoy. Yes, a man started Barstool but when it was time to grow Barstool Dave went out and found a female CEO. The CEO of Barstool today is Erika Nardini. Erika being the CEO of Barstool puts Barstool apart from the other sports media outlets and often speaks openly about being a CEO of a male dominate platform. Many people have given Barstool a hard time for things that bloggers have said about women but they have a women CEO and they have a han

Women and Sports

This week I am going to discuss what I have found over the course of the semester related to women who are involved in sports whether it is the media side of the sports side. What I have found is that women who play sports want their sports to be played on national broadcasts at prime times. They also want to be paid fairly. A lot of them believe that they should be paid the same as male athletes. Women who are on the media side such as sideline reporters are portrayed as beautiful women who might know a thing or two about sports to appeal to the male viewership. Overall women's sports have a lot of growth and changes to make. Wages need to be higher for women athletes, their sports need to be shown at prime times and the media needs to stop portraying women as just beautiful people who don't know much. Instead, the media needs to portray women as strong, smart, and independent.

Women and Sports Team Owners

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

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