Boys Will Hire Boys: The Media Is Male and Getting Maler

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17. I reckon the odds are stacked up against women even more so than at first apperance.

So many sportscasters are former atheletes, especially for big 4 sports coverage, women have a hard time competeing with those kinds of credentials. Sure, they may have degrees in broadcasting and a passion for the subject, but this guy has name appeal and played in the league for 10 years. For most companies that is a nobrainer. I'd say the imbalance is just another function of the massively larger emphasis our society puts on male atheletics over female atheletics.