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Kailey Olbrich-Daniels

Professor Malcolm Campbell

UWRT 1104

14 February 2017

Topic Proposal: Why is there discrimination between baseball and

softball?

Introduction/Overview:

I will be investigating the gender discrimination in sports, especially

softball because there are no professional platforms past the college level

and it doesnt get as much recognition as baseball.

It is hard enough as it is nowadays for girls to be interested and get

into a sport but it is even harder when it is dominated by males. Even at the

middle school and high school level baseball gets more recognition than

softball. According to the article Left Field many girls will stop playing

sports because society pays more attention to male sports than female

sports. I will mostly focus on sports within the United States but will also look

into international sports and if there is gender discrimination.

Initial Inquiry Question(s):

Why does baseball get more recognition than softball? Why doesnt

softball have a major league? Why does baseball get included in the

Olympics when they already have MLB? Why do women have to work so

much harder in sports to get recognized?

My Interest in this Topic:

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Im interested in in this topic because I played softball in middle school

and high school and have personally felt that softball didnt get as much

recognition as baseball. Even if the softball team was doing better than the

baseball team we would still receive less funding and recognition. Our

softball field looked nicer by my senior year and looks even better now

because as a team we would spend weekends working to improve the field. I

want to learn more as to why this is the case and why softball players have

to work significantly harder than the baseball players to receive the

recognition we deserve.

Next Steps:

I will use the library database to help further my research and to

narrow down my research to help refine my topic even more. I will also look

more into other resources like books and more articles.

http://web.b.ebscohost.com/pov/detail/detail?sid=337cd7c0-6a0c-48d6-

8794-e8e07fbb1f8f

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%3d#AN=117081960&db=pwh

http://fusion.net/story/343825/womens-professional-softball-league/
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http://web.a.ebscohost.com.librarylink.uncc.edu/pov/detail/detail?

sid=3dddf11c-37f0-4a1a-a532-

96e57ffac079%40sessionmgr4007&vid=0&hid=4204&bdata=JnNpdGU9cG9

2LWxpdmU%3d#AN=2W64262312687&db=pwh

This topic proposal is good and short and concise. It goes into enough detail

to answer any questions the reader might have but not too much detail

where it would drag on. It is clear that you are passionate about this topic

and that you have already done a good amount of research for it. It is also

clear that you have previous knowledge and experience which I think could

be incorporated into the essay to help the reader understand and be more

connected. I think this is a very interesting topic. While reading the proposal,

I found myself asking the same question that were posed and wondering why

softball isnt viewed on the same level as baseball.

-Maddison Clark

To me, it is clear that you have personal experience with this topic, and I

think that will make you write a better paper. If possible, I think maybe

including one thing from your life, or something you saw with a friend etc.,

would help make an emotional argument/get your point across in a different

manner than facts can. I liked the questions you asked about MLB and why
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its represented at such a high level. Asking those questions gets the reader

engaged in thinking about the topic like you do.

-Austin Vote

This is a nice topic proposal that is to the point. It includes good detail that

the reader will be able to use to answer any questions that they might have.

Your passion for the topic is clear and evident through the course of your

paper. I think your personal experiences will be able to help you through the

process of completing this assignment.

-Collin