Declining Women Participation

I’ve been playing Intramural Sports at UNC Charlotte for 4 years. I’ve noticed that every year, less and less women are participating in IM Sports. We used to have Women’s leagues specifically but now we only have Men’s and co-recreational leagues. Men are traditionally play sports more, however the decline in participation from women is interesting.

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is consistently growing with students each year. So wouldn’t that mean participation should grow as well? It;s a question that I still can’t seem to find an answer to. Generally, women seem to like sports such as soccer and volleyball however the lost of women’s teams shortens every year. We’re actually at the point where we don’t even have women’s leagues anymore because there aren’t enough teams to participate. Hopefully something changes because the more people that participate, the more fun everyone has.