Consider this:

There are two main kinds of benefits from sports: the basic benefits to all who participate (ie: health, self-respect from doing one's best, co-operation learned from working with teammates, character building from being a good loser, fun, etc.) scarce benefit, especially in professional sports, to some who participate (ie: huge salaries, product endorsements, publicity, prizes, etc).

But there is very little equality and justice for girls and women in sport. More government funding at all levels has gone and still goes to male rather than female athletes. Millions of taxpayers' dollars went into paying part of the cost of the Skydome, built primarily for teams and leagues from which women are de facto prohibited from playing. The CBC, largely funded by tax dollars, devotes far less time to covering women's sports than men's. As far as scarce benefits go, only 4 or 5 of the top 100 paid athletes in North America are females. Moreover, far fewer females than males derive basic benefits from participation in amateur sports.

What would fairness or justice in the funding of amateur sports require? Should girls get less than boys because of lesser interest? Should funding be equal for each gender? Maybe girls should get more funding to help move towards equality.

Should the media be required by legislation to devote roughly equal time to male and fefemale sports?

What can be done to change to situation that currently exists?