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Marie Hardin recently posted a WTS blog in response to Eric Deggens' column regardingandnbsp;a study confirming that while participation in women's sports has increased with Title IX, media coverage itself is stagnant, if not decreasing and#40;see "Why the Apathy of Women's Sports Coverage?" posted June 8, 2010and#41;.andnbsp; I concur with Marie...the results are no big shocker.andnbsp; And I don't think it's much of a shocker that as Deggens points out, the study has largelyandnbsp;been greeted with apathy.andnbsp;andnbsp;Although Marie agrees with Deggens that the media is complicit, she disagrees as to the extent.andnbsp; In her opinion, "lack of women's sports coverage is a cultural problem -- not one that can be blamed solely on media organizations."andnbsp; Id.andnbsp; I.e., "the values and#40;[of] masculinityand#41; that we've placed on spectator sports as a culture." Id. I agree that both are factors.andnbsp; I admit, when I ran a Google search onandnbsp;"NCAA women's basketball tournament and TV ratings, [Read More]

published June 12, 2010 at 6:21pm EDT

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