Soo koob maqaalka:  Bishii la soo dhaafay, Aniga iyo seygeyga waxaan u kaxaynay gabdhaheena kulan kubada koleyga ah oo ay gabdhaha ku ciyaarayeen jaamacada Columbia. Waxaan ku noolahay meel u dhow, waxaan horay ugu soo qeyb galnay ciyaar ragga waxaana aad ugu faraxsanahay gabdhaheena, mid kamid ah ayaa ciyaara kubada koleyga, si aan u daawano gabdhaha jaamacadaha dhigata. Markii aan garoonka ku soo galnay, Afkeyga ayaa dhulka isugu dhacay. Dad aad u tiro yar ayaa goobta joogay, si aad uga duwan kooxda ragga oo aad u buux dhaafiyay. Waxaan ku fekeray inay fasax jiilaal tahay. Ma aysan aheyn. Xaqiiqdii, kooxda haweenka ee Columbia maysan sameynin xili ciyaareed aad u wanaagsan sanado badan-- sanadkana wax badan ma badaleen. Weli, kaliya koox yar oo daawadayaal ah ayaa ku qeylinaya dumarka kuwaasoo si cad uga soo muuqday dugsigooda sare si ay ugu soo biiraan kooxda kubbada koleyga? Waxaan fadhiistay kursiga, dumarka ayaan taageeray, aadna waan u xanaaqay. Sida loo ciyaaro Super Bowl #LikeAGirl. Dhowr usbuuc ka dib, kooxda kubadda koleyga ee haweenka Princeton waxay sameeyeen wax aan koox kale oo ragga ah ee Ivy League aysan hore u sameynin, iyagoo ku guuleystay 30 guul iyo eber guuldarooyin inta lagu gudajiray xilli ciyaareedkii caadiga ahaa waxayna garaacday rikoodhkii xilli ciyaareedka Ivy League ee 28-0 ee ay haysay kooxda ragga ee Penn 1970-71. (Princeton waxay ku dhamaatay inay ku guuldareysato wareega labaad ee tartanka NCAA, waxayna ku dhameysatay rikoor 31-1 ah.) Kooxda Princeton ayaa waxay qabteen cinwaanada ugu sareeya, taasoo cajiib ah, laakin anigu marwalba waxaan la yaabanahay waxa dhici doona in isboortiga dumarka uu helo feejignaan lamid ah kan ragga-- taasoo la micno ah tiro lamid ah taageerayaasha, xuquuqda telefishanka, xayaysiinta suuq geynta, wax walbood. Ma dhici kartaa in maalintaas ay dhacdo? Ka fikir mushaaraadka kaligiis. Celceliska mushaarka ciyaaryahanka WNBA waa $72,000, taasoo aan ku jirin gunnooyinka iyo gunnooyinka, halka celceliska mushaarka ciyaaryahanka NBA uu yahay $5 milyan, ama ku dhowaad 70 laab inta ay tahay celceliska mushaarka ciyaaryahanka dumarka ee kubada koleyga. Ka fikir faraqyada u dhaxeeya xidigahaasi Kooxda Final Four ee tartanka NCAA ee ragga ayaa bogga hore ee wargeyska New York Times soo gashay. Dumarka miyaa? Sheeko aan sawiro ku jirin oo ku jirta qeybta isboortiga. Waxaan la kulmay Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Saddex jeer oo ay ku guuleysatay billadaha dahabka ee Olombikada dabaasha, intii lagu guda jiray ciyaar cajiib ah oo dhiirigelin leh...
Ciyaaryahanka WNBA celcelis ahaan wuxuu helaa $ 72,000; ciyaaryahanka NBA celcelis ahaan wuxuu helaa $5 milyan. Waxaa jira kala duwanaansho weyn oo u dhexeeya ciyaaraha ragga iyo dumarka, ayuu yiri horyaalkii hore ee Olombikada. Sahan dhowaan la sameeyay ayaa sheegaya in ragga iyo dumarkaba ay aaminsan yihiin in ragga ay ku fiican yihiin ciyaaraha.