41.   Smith, who attended college at St. Bonaventure University, argues the NCAA regularly waives its restrictive rule for male athletes but not for women.

42.   So Cooper responded in the manner of so many male athletes before her.

43.   So in some cases, male athletes are told that they cannot come out for the team because they would throw the participation numbers out of whack.

44.   Some are excellent students, but between half and three-quarters of male athletes end up in the bottom third of their classes at these institutions.

45.   Steve Blick, a Palo Alto, California attorney, has represented male athletes for years, and is adding a few women.

46.   Studies show that male athletes college age and older are more prone to violence and rule-breaking than the average American male.

47.   The Brazilian women use only one name, just like the male athletes from their country.

48.   The greater raw number of male athletes is due, in a great part, to football, which carries large rosters and in which women do not participate.

49.   The league hired Violet Palmer and Dee Kantner as referees, putting women on a playing surface with professional male athletes for the first time.

50.   The league commissioner said he would have had a different opinion for a male athlete, because women are more sensitive and should be treated accordingly.