Fair Game #1 | Media Coverage

Whenever there is a discussion about women’s sports, or sportswomen, or women in sport – however you choose to phrase it – all roads inevitably lead back to one thing: media coverage. Why can’t people rattle off starting line-ups of women’s teams the way they can men’s? Not enough media coverage. Why do female athletes not get the level of sponsorship that they deserve? Not enough media coverage. Why are attendances at women’s sporting events so low? Not enough media coverage… and so on, so forth. In this episode Emily and Elaine are joined by Sinead Kissane and Kate Rowan to discuss. Follow @fairgamecast