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Women in sports and media coverage

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Women in sports and media coverage   Renowned tennis player Billie Jean King said “Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.” This has been the case of women in sports.  The sports industry is referred to as one the of most passionate industries where athletes try to give their best to impress and a grab the attention. The sports industry has come to be a major business which includes athletes, teams, clubs, leagues and federations sports agencies, sponsors, investors, and broadcasters. But the undeniable fact is that like every other industry, it is male dominant industry.  This phenomenon is highlighted in an informative documentary by The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota called “Media Coverage and Female Athletes” . The documentary highlights the paucity of coverage given to sports concerning female athletes and the gender discrimination faced by women in spor...
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Women in sports and media coverage

Women in sports and media coverage        The sports industry is known as one the of most passionate industry and only industry where fans and athletes try to give their best to impress and a grab the attention. The sports industry is considered one of the major business as it includes athletes, teams, clubs, leagues and federations sports agencies, sponsors, investors, and broadcasters. Like another industry this one is also considered as male dominant industry because according to  the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota, have produced “Media Coverage and Female Athletes,”  An  innovative  documentary that focus on the amount and type of media coverage given to female athletes as compare to men, this should be an eye-opening documentary to all especially to the fans who love sports and who passionately follow sports but ignores efforts of female athletes who put equal amount of time ...
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The National Football League one of the top-rated sports in American history, they just not only love watching the game, but they live with the game. During the season of the super bowl, the fever of NFL goes to beyond its level as it just does not limit to watch the game but to spark up a conversation or may end up having arguments with strangers like the NFL fans never had it better. The NFL also made a large amount of money, and the league continues to be responsible for the highest ratings of viewership for live sports in the United States. But there is always two side of coin apart from being glorious sports it has some drawback as well which is profoundly explained in the serious of League of Denial.   The documentary series is based on the book League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth," written by brothers Mark  Fainaru -Wada and Steve  Fainaru . the duo has done a marvelous job in term of research. The injuries in National football ...
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