Leagues of Their Own

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Leagues of Their Own
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HOCKEY
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Hockey

• Although opportunities exist for both men and
  women to participate in competitive hockey,
  hockey remains predominantly a male sport.

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Mens Hockey

• Minor
• Junior
• Major Junior
• AHL
• CHL
• NHL

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Womens Hockey

• Minor
• OWHA
• WNHL
• Various National teams

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The Growth of Womens Hockey

• There are limited opportunities for women within
  the sport of Ice hockey (Gap between minor
  leagues to National levels).
• It wasnt until 1992 that Womens Hockey was
  accepted as an Olympic Sport.
• However the true time when Womens hockey really
  sky-rocketed was during the 1998 Winter Games in
  Nagano when the USA defeated Canada in the gold
  medal game.
• Since 1990 womens hockey participation has
  increased approximately 5 fold.

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FOOTBALL
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North American Professional Football Leagues

• Mens Leagues

• Womens Leagues

• National Football League
• United States United Football
• United States American Professional Football
  League
• United States American Indoor Football
  Association
• United States Continental Indoor Football League
• United States Indoor Football League
• United States Southern Indoor Football League
• United States Mid Continental Football League
• United States North American Football League
• United States Southern States Football League
• United States Minor League Football Association
• United States Rocky Mountain Football League
• United States New England Football League
• United States Empire Football League
• United States Florida Football Alliance
• United States Central Football League (US
• United States Northeastern Football Alliance
• United States Oklahoma Metro Football League

• Women's Professional Football League
• United States National Women's Football
  Association
• United States Independent Women's Football League
• United States Women's Football League
• United States Lingerie Football League
• United States Women's Football Alliance

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• 10 Teams
• 200 Players
• No Televised Games (Online PPV Games PPV
  Lingerie Bowl)

• 32 Teams
• 1,696 Players
• 7.090 Billion in Team Revenue per year
• 20 Billion from Television Rights

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• Football Hockey have sociologically been
  considered mens sports because of their
  roughness, and aggression...

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BASEBALL
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Major League Baseball
VS.
National Pro Fastpitch
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• Womens organized softball growing, mens
  organized softball decreasing.
• Response to male dominant participation to
  baseball

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National Teams
Lu Wei of China
Lauren Bay of Canada
Crystl Bustos of USA

• Women only event at the 4 previous summer
  Olympic Games, however discontinued for 2012
  Olympics.
• USA dominance, winning 3 of the 4 gold medals
  over the four years of Olympic existence.

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SOCCER
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Soccer

• FIFA World Cup Soccer exists for both men and
  women.

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FIFA Mens Tournaments

• FIFA World Cup
• FIFA U-20 World Cup
• FIFA U-17 World Cup
• FIFA Confederations Cup
• FIFA Club World Cup
• FIFA Futsal World Cup
• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
• Men's Olympic Football Tournament
• FIFA Interactive World Cup
• Blue Stars/FIFA Youth Cup

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FIFA Womens Tournaments

• FIFA Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
• Women's Olympic Football Tournament

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GOLF
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• VS.

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Annika Sorenstam

• Career money leader for the LPGA with 22
  million
• Winner of 72 LPGA titles
• First woman to
• Participate in the Mens
• PGA Tour since 1945.

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Tiger Woods

• -Career money leader for the PGA Tour with 92
  million
• -Winner of 71 PGA titles

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PGA has more media coverage and fan base than LPGA
LPGA (and declining)
PGA
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TENNIS
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• VS.

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Men Talent Sells
Women Sex Sells
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BASKETBALL
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Teams 13 Salary Cap 803,000 Avg. Attendance
9,228 Revenue 85 Million Revenue

Teams 30 Salary Cap 57.7 million Avg.
Attendance 17,497 Revenue 3.2 Billion Revenue
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T H E B E S T
1 NBA MVP 4 NBA Championships 13 Years in the
League
2 WNBA MVP 1 WNBA Championships 4 Years in the
League
23,034,375 per year 280,907 per game
93,000 per year 2,735 per game
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if not at the professional level...
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...what about at the amateur level?
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Title IX

• An athletics program can be considered gender
  equitable when the participants in both the men's
  and women's sports programs would accept as fair
  and equitable the overall program of the other
  gender. No individual should be discriminated
  against on the basis of gender, institutionally
  or nationally, in intercollegiate athletics.    
• NCAA Gender-Equity Task Force
• "No person in the United States shall, on the
  basis of sex, be excluded from participation in,
  be denied the benefits of, or be subject to
  discrimination under any educational program or
  activity receiving federal financial
  assistance." 
• Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 to
  the 1964 Civil Rights Act

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

• Mens Sports

• Womens Sports

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cross Country
• Fencing
• Football
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Ice Hockey
• Lacrosse
• Rifle
• Rowing
• Skiing
• Soccer
• Squash
• Swimming/Diving
• Tennis
• Track Field Indoor
• Track Field Outdoor

• Archery
• Basketball
• Bowling
• Cross Country
• Fencing
• Field Hockey
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Ice Hockey
• Lacrosse
• Rifle
• Rowing
• Skiing
• Soccer
• Softball
• Squash
• Swimming/Diving
• Synchronized Swimming
• Tennis

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• Closer to equality, but...

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Average per Institution Division I
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Canadian Interuniversity Sport

• Womens Teams Mens Teams
• Hockey Hockey
• Basketball Basketball
• Rugby Rugby
• Soccer Soccer
• Golf Golf
• Volleyball Volleyball
• Wrestling Wrestling
• Lacrosse

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Funding
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Why the differences?