Lady Wildcats, hear them roar.

So here I am, sitting in my room on a Saturday night, trying to finish summer internship applications...and I've officially decided I need to write more. So how about today?

There's no questioning that my love for sports has crazily increased since coming to Villanova. I've always been a huge fan(atic) of the Lakers and the NBA, but it was only when I attended college games that I could appreciate college sports. This year, I became one of two Athletic emcees. As an official Athletics emcee, I get to run on-court promotions during time-outs and halftime at football and basketball games.

So I woke up today and went to the women's basketball game versus Marquette. The only students I saw were the band members, probably racking up points for men's basketball game traveling privileges, the cheerleaders, and other dancers who were performing. What's wrong with this picture?

Yes, there's a huge men's basketball game against Georgetown tomorrow, but I highly doubt that the majority of campus was sleeping. So where was everybody? Why are there never any student spectators at women's games?

Just because the women are not ranked #3 in the nation? Or is there a deeper reason for the lack of the support? There is obviously no excuse that students don't like the sport because of the crazy love for men's basketball. So is it just because they don't have a great record?

Of course, I don't expect every team at Villanova, or any university for that matter, to be successful. Hey, we already have a women's cross country championship and football championship in the matter of a year! And our men's basketball team isn't looking too shabby. But couldn't there have been at least a couple students there? People are interested in winning, and some say they go to support their school...but there are few. Now, I am in no way critiquing Villanovans. I am however questioning the way in which society views male versus female sports. Where is the support?

I try to imagine being an athlete. A female athlete. And I can't. Not because I am obviously not inclined to playing sports (yay dance!), but the fact that many female athletes ultimately endure the same pressures as males and no support from their peers saddens me.

The double standards just never end.

This entry isn't meant to be a downer, but I realized that even I am guilty of not attending games and not questioning it. Of course, college kids lead busy lives, but I never thought of the inequality behind it all.

GO WILDCATS. (Men AND Women...but then again, do we really need to separate them?)

Life is good. In purple and gold. And blue and white.