More than half of national sports governing bodies have male - dominated boardrooms , Sky Sports has discovered .
Ellis believes quotas such as the one Maria Miller has advocated - 25 per cent of boardrooms made up by women by 2017 - is not necessarily the answer .
More than half of national sports governing bodies have male - dominated boardrooms , Sky Sports has discovered , but Ellis believes quotas such as the one Maria Miller has advocated - 25 per cent of boardrooms made up by women by 2017 - is not necessarily the answer .