Although both Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments and the advent of professional women's sporting significant discrepancies still exist between men's and women's sports. For example, women receive less media coverage, promotion, and institutional support. According to , the motivation for women athletes to perform at the top of their ability is less than that for men. A) equity theoryB) reinforcement theoryC) goal-setting theoryD) theory of procedural justiceE) expectancy theory