Good points. I wondered just what the ratio is between boys and girls getting scholarships. Found this........
College sports scholarships are available to students at the top of their respective sports and can help them with college tuition fees which otherwise run into the tens of thousands of U.S. dollars. Overall, there were almost 152 thousand sports scholarships available to students in 2020/21, with over 3,000 more scholarships available to male athletes than female athletes. Football alone accounted for over 27,000 scholarships in this year.
I really expected the number of boys getting more scholarships would be much much higher.
My daughter was a four year starting varsity letter at a division 1 high school, in tennis. She was a quarter finalist in her junior year of The Ohio State high school championships, state ranked. Her #1 goal was to get a full ride college scholarship, which she did, but it was tough, she worked out, went to tournaments, hit tennis balls about 300 out of 365 days a year. She sacrificed sleepovers, parties, etc. That was twenty years ago. Today, it wouldn’t be worth it because I am betting pretend women get first dibs with these recruiters. Every sport for these girls requires lots of sacrifice, they give it their all, only to be overlooked when payoff time comes.