On one hand, I felt differently when I was in high school at Southeast Polk, the girls' basketball team was revered because they had a winning record for many years. They were celebrities in the hallways. On the other hand, the media never paid any respect to SEP. We were just some country school. That was true of all our sports, not just the girls. SEP could not buy a mention on the TV news. Maybe that's why I was so comfortable at ISU. The Cyclones never got any attention then either. Thank goodness all of that has changed!
I've heard former Iowa girls' basketball players talk of how they went to college (in the 1970s or even later, but particularly the '70s) and be horrified at how the women were treated compared to how girls were treated at their high school. That it was worse in college was rather shocking to them.
On one hand, I felt differently when I was in high school at Southeast Polk, the girls' basketball team was revered because they had a winning record for many years. They were celebrities in the hallways. On the other hand, the media never paid any respect to SEP. We were just some country school. That was true of all our sports, not just the girls. SEP could not buy a mention on the TV news. Maybe that's why I was so comfortable at ISU. The Cyclones never got any attention then either. Thank goodness all of that has changed!
I've heard former Iowa girls' basketball players talk of how they went to college (in the 1970s or even later, but particularly the '70s) and be horrified at how the women were treated compared to how girls were treated at their high school. That it was worse in college was rather shocking to them.