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1 The Focus Is on Females Almost all sports are played by both men and women But softball is played mostly by girls Why In 1972 Title IX became law It stated that the government had to give schools the same amount of money for boys and girls sports Baseball and softball were a lot alike so most schools 4 created softball leagues for girls and baseball leagues for boys Many people believe that teenage girls cannot compete against boys for spots on a baseball team because most boys are physically stronger than girls Softball is a sport where girls can compete against each other
Years ago there were some baseball teams for girls However there was not much interest from fans As men’s baseball became popular women turned to softball instead Girls professional baseball teams played 1943 1954 THINK ABOUT IT Do you think it’s fair that softball is thought of as a girls sport 9.59 Number in millions of Americans who played softball regularly in 2017 In 2012 there were more than 245,000 softball teams in the US That year more than one million girls played on softball teams Statistics say that up to 40 million adults play at least one game a year 5
