Monday letters:Shelby Rogers, other female athletes deserve coverage

Thanks to The State’s sports department for its non-coverage of S.C. and Charleston native Shelby Rogers at the U.S. Open.

I love football too, but here we have a wonderful young lady who has worked so hard to overcome a recent injury to make it to the tournament as a qualifier. That in itself deserves some coverage. Zero mention of that.

Wins a solid first round. Zero coverage.

Wins a solid second round, which advances her to play the world’s No. 2 ranked player. Again, zero coverage.

You do the same disservice to the LPGA.

Title IX has been around a long time now. Maybe one day a State sports staffer will finally recognize that. Yes, I’m a season ticket holder to USC women’s basketball and have been for many years. But there are other women’s sports (college and professional) that deserve coverage too.

This story was originally published October 4, 2015 at 5:42 PM.