According to a new article on MamaMia, women are just not getting a fair go when it comes to media coverage of women's sports.  Did you know that:

1. Women make up just 9 per cent of all sports coverage in Australian TV news and current affairs – horseracing sits at 10 per cent
2. When the men’s cricket team lost the Ashes in January, there were 25,426 media reports. When the women won, there were 2,780.
3. Organisers for the London Olympics have priced tickets to female events well below their male counterparts
4. At 10 years of age, 64.6 per cent of girls play organised sport; by age 35, it’s 12.8 per cent.

Is there a causal relationship here, do you think?  Certainly food for thought... and sport...

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annie d commented on 29-Feb-2012 08:10 AM

Sports coverage for women is extremely limited and under-funded. The world champion women's 7's team had to compete in HK as Barbarians as they could not get funded by Australian bodies and had to pay their own way. The men were funded despite only being
3rd on the world scale, interesting!!!!

TheSheEO commented on 01-Mar-2012 03:10 PM

You're right Annie, very interesting and very frustrating! Heard you on Radio 702 the other day, good luck with the Mountain Climb! Jen :-)