Second Class Citizens Tegan Graham

Women's college sports are legitimate and they deserve more promotion, investment, and coverage. This episode provides the way forward in closing the gender equity gap in college athletics, and in creating an environment where both men's and women's sports can be successful in college.

Student athletes can now profit off their own name, image, and likeness. How will this affect or influence the gender equity gap in college sports? I talk to student athletes Haley and Hanna Cavinder, and Shaylee Gonzales to learn from the women making money off the NIL.

Athletics administration, college coaches, and athletics supporting staff need to have a gender equitable mindset while working in college sports. This episode exposes the role that colleges and universities play in the gender equity gap.

Why don't female student athletes get the same enthusiasm and verbal commentary in sports media? Episode 5 will focus on how the media talks about and presents women in sports. Dr. Mary Jo Kane's landmark research on media representations of female athletes allows us to dive deep into this conversation. 

The lack of coverage of women's sports is astonishing. This episode focuses on the overwhelming evidence that demonstrates people want to watch women's sports.

People like to talk about how men's college sports make a lot more money than women's, but nobody wants to talk about why. Episode 3 dives into the investment, promotion, and financial growth surrounding women's sports in college.