[0] https://www2.census.gov/ces/wp/2017/CES-WP-17-68.pdf [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/05/25/gender-pay-... [2] https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/bolotnyy/files/be_genderga...
You also provide nothing to support your viewpoint.
If you're going to criticize the article for lack of data, that's fair. But be better than them. Can/will you provide data for your claim?
A few smaller schools have taken it a step further to having pretty much open membership sports teams (intercollegiate not just intermural). They play off the egos and hopes of those who couldn't get on a team at higher division schools that offer scholarships for athletes. If you dream of playing college football but no one recruited you, there are Division III schools you can go to and get on the team as long as your tuition check clears. And if football isn't your thing, there's a dozen or so other sports you can play. As long as you pay tuition, the quality of your play doesn't matter.
"Some selective colleges discriminate against women in admissions to maintain a gender balance, as The Journal reported. Generally, admissions officials prefer to limit the disparity to 55 percent female and 45 percent male."