40 years after Title IX, the insults keep coming...

The best player in women's college basketball, Britney Griner, decided to stay in school and complete her degree at Baylor. The best men's player, Anthony Davis, is not. As a matter of fact, Davis and the other four underclassmen starters from Kentucky are high-tailing it out of Lexington faster than you can say bluegrass. That's right. Kentucky's national champion starting five, made up of three freshmen and two sophomores, have all declared for the NBA Draft. St. Louisan Bradley Beal, another freshman from the University of Florida, has declared as well.

Those six underclassmen combined don't have the college credit hours of Nnmekadi Ogwumike. Oh you don't know who she is? Here you go:

Ogwumike on draft day with WNBA President Laurel Richie

Ogwumike was picked no.1 overall in the 2012 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She has already completed her psychology degree from Stanford. The reason you probably haven't heard of her or anything else about the WNBA Draft is because it aired at 2 p.m. Eastern Time last Monday afternoon. You were probably at work, at lunch, in a meeting or at the snack machine. All the little girls who would probably look up to Ogwumike and her fellow draftees were in school.

That won't be the case when the NBA Draft broadcasts live in prime time for all of your kids to see. College dropout after college dropout will parade across the stage sending the subliminal message to your son that school's for fools. On the other hand, the WNBA Draft board is filled with graduates from some of the most prestigious universities in the country. Only in sports can a Kentucky dropout be celebrated more than a Stanford graduate.

Forty years after Title IX, the landmark legislation that made equal opportunities for women in education a matter of law, we're still treating our girls like they don't matter. We tell them they can do anything a man can do. Then, we don't bother to show up to see them do it. Girls play to half-empty gyms and arenas all over this country and it's a shame. We wouldn't dare interrupt the 500th consecutive repeat edition of a highlight show to broadcast the the first round of the WNBA Draft.

We are not doing the right thing by our girls and we should be ashamed. Good day. Until next time...

Be a Good Sport!

-Sol