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Females play in 24% fewer championships.(NEWSWATCH)

Women in Higher Education

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Female athletes deserve more post-season playing opportunities, a group of college coaches, ADs and conference commissioners recently told the NCAA.

During the 2004-2005 school year, about 1,000 more male athletes than female athletes participated in post-season competition. Those numbers do not even include football bowl games, which would add some 6,000 more male players and leave women with almost 25% fewer post-season playing opportunities.

"There's a glaring inequity that exists in the NCAA championships program," said Jean Lenti Ponsetto, AD at DePaul University IL and former chair of NCAA championships.

More women than ever are participating in college sports, but their numbers are not in proportion to the number of female college students. Of ...

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