“You have to work twice as hard to get half of the recognition.” The main culprit of the quote is women dominating a typical “Men’s” sport but aren’t recognized the way they should be. Our Lady Jaguars are the SWAC Champions and made it to the first round of March Madness, and no noise has been made about them yet. When looking at the school’s response to Men’s sports compared to Women’s sports at this school, the reaction and support are on different ends of the spectrum.
Many students at our school can confidently say that our Women’s team is more successful, yet they don’t receive coverage. From people who have attended most, if not all, the Men’s and Women’s games, the Men’s games are more attended, yet the women have more success, particularly in the postseason. Is it the fact that nobody knows when the games are? Is it because we don’t have quote-unquote “stars” like Angel Reese, JuJu Watkins, or Caitlyn Clark? Or is it because of the sad fact that will always be true? “You have to work twice as hard to get half of the recognition.”
Unfortunately, it is not just a Southern issue but with quote-unquote “Men’s” sports or “Men” things in general. Comparing the NBA vs. the WNBA, both leagues are qualified and equally entertaining, but because it’s a woman, it’s not “profitable,” and it’s “boring.” The separation gap is blasphemous when support should be equal on all levels. Women’s sports don’t get the love that they’re supposed to because of these stereotypes that women’s sports are “boring” or “not entertaining,” yet the students have the power to make the games a better experience by showing up for our ladies who work just as hard if not more than our men.