Pandemic has exposed inequalities that lie beneath shiny veneer of Women’s Super League and the need for change
There has rightly been much outrage and confusion about the suspension of girls’ academies and regional talent clubs during the latest lockdown while, at the same time, boys in Premier League and Football League clubs’ youth pathways can continue to train.
It is outrageous. There should never be a situation where a young female footballer is being told she cannot play while her male equivalent can continue. It shatters even the illusion of equality and could actively hinder the “be whatever you want to be” message that women’s football is trying to instil in young girls.
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