Men & Women in sport media

In regards to our discussion about the media of sport today in class, and how the majority of the time men are primarily the ones who not only are broadly mentioned but also seen in magazines, newspaper, television etc. rather than women. There has been a few incidents where I hear about young kids who have been scouted by schools, professional teams and even major club sports overseas. For example USC picked up a young boy who I believe is around the age of 13-15 who they are already beginning to train and work on his athletic skill to become a quarterback for the big football team, even offering him a full scholarship in order for him to stay. I also heard about a young boy who has been picked up by the one of the biggest Spanish soccer teams in Europe (FC Barcelona). He is about 11-13 years old and they claim that he has good skill. Of course this is amazing and in a way good for these young athletes but what I do not hear about are the women and little girls in these situations. For example the youngest player on the U.S national women’s soccer team is 22 years old and you don’t hear about young girls being scouted to play and train with these big teams.