High School Athletics Equity Checklist: Are All Sports Getting the Visibility They Deserve?
Athletic directors across the country make well-intentioned decisions about recognition, media coverage, and facility allocation based on sport popularity, revenue generation, or historical tradition. Yet these seemingly practical choices often create invisible inequities where athletes in certain sports receive comprehensive recognition while equally deserving athletes in less visible programs remain unacknowledged despite comparable achievement levels. Football players who earn all-conference honors see their names displayed prominently in lobby trophy cases while swimmers breaking decades-old program records remain invisible to school communities. Basketball championship teams receive permanent recognition through retired jerseys while tennis state qualifiers never appear in any permanent display.
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