And it led Seth Davis (Sports Illustrated) to investigate why the percentage of women coaching women's college teams has dropped from about 9 of 10 to less than half in the 42 years since Title IX. Tara knows one reason, "When there was no money in it, there were no men in it."
Davis concludes with another quote from Tara, "The world we live in still has a long way to go in terms of sexism ..."
Read more in Davis's article and in “Women in Intercollegiate Sport. A Longitudinal, National Study, Thirty Five Year Update. 1977-2012”.
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