Earlier this week Sue Falsone announced via twitter that she was resigning from her position as the head athletic trainer (AT)* of the LA Dodgers. In 2011, Falsone had become the first female head AT of a major league male professional team in the United States. It took until 2011 to have the first ever (smh) we’ve got a long way to go, ladies. Falsone’s exit means that there are no longer any female head ATs in major professional sports; none in the NFL, none in the NBA, none in the MLB and none in the NHL. That the resignation of one head AT would mean that there are no longer any female head ATs in all of major league sports is incredible…in a bad way.
What gives? Why aren’t there more female ATs in professional sports? It can’t be that there is a shortage of female ATs. The National Association for Athletic Trainers (NATA) reported that half, 15,000, of its members are female; ...
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